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Ari Vidali is the founder and CEO of Envisage Technologies, a unique software company developing training and compliance ecosystems for Law Enforcement, Public Safety and Military professionals. Envisage is the sixth high-tech enterprise for which Vidali has served as the lead founder and visionary. His current work spans a host of interconnected disciplines: next-generation training/learning architectures, cloud-based learning, social media applied to public safety, automation of high-liability training, complex logistics management, operational automation and pervasive readiness technologies.

During his 20-year career, Vidali has been instrumental in developing innovative readiness strategies for Military, Public Safety and Law Enforcement commands. As a visionary, inventor, frequent speaker and award-winning writer on the subjects of technology in support of readiness, he has been featured in numerous national and international publications. He is an acting committee member for the National Congress for Secure Communities, a technology advisory board member of the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training (IADLEST), and an advisory board member for the Bloomington Technology Partnership.

Vidali founded iFORCES (Institute For Operational Readiness and Continuous Education in Security), a unique, nationwide public- and private-sector consortium. The group is dedicated to practical scientific research into the application of effective practices, next-generation methodologies, and continuous learning and performance technologies for the acceleration of Security, Law Enforcement, First Responder and Military readiness.

His interviews and articles have been featured in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, The Chicago Sun-Times, The Indianapolis Star, The Herald Times, RIS Media, PC Week, Inc. Magazine, ZD NET, Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, and NATO IOS Press.