DynCorp’s (NYSE:DCP) Tony Smeraglinolo sat down with ExecutiveBiz to discuss, among other things, local capacity:
“(Local capacity) comes through knowledge transfer, which takes the form of training, mentoring, and development activities. ‘Whether training police or hiring locals to help us in construction — not other third party nationals, as some of our competitors do — the ultimate goal is to transfer our knowledge, as a corporate entity and as a nation, to another country as the foundation of nation-building, ‘ says Smeraglinolo. Current efforts include teaching local nationals to carry out demining in countries such as Turkey, Cambodia, and along the Syrian border; abatement and removal of obsolete and dangerous weapons in Bulgaria; and security services in Pakistan, Iraq, and Afghanistan. ‘Wherever the location, when we leave, those skills remain with local nationals, ‘ says Smeraglinolo.”
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