January 27, 2010 (FinancialWire) — Encompass Holdings, Inc. (OTC: ECMH) said the appointment of Kirk Hurford as the chief operating officer of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Quadrant Data Systems, Inc.

As the founder and CEO of Lucas Valley Technologies, Hurford has guided the technological direction for over 200 companies and government agencies, including Fujitsu of America, Link TV, the U.S. Navy, and the NSA.

Hurford is a data security specialist and has consulted on the design and implementation of network security systems for several supercomputing facilities. As the CTO for a Motorola start-up, Hurford became deeply involved in the birth of wireless communications, most notably the specification of over-the-air data transmission protocols in use by all of the major cellular carriers TODAY.

Hurford’s management career extends back to the early days of the PC era, when he served as the Software Product Line Manager for Heath/Zenith Data Systems, a subsidiary of Zenith Radio Corp..

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