San Francisco, CA; New York City, NY; and Chicago, IL; -- July 25, 2005. SageGroup Strategies announces that it has formed a major new Homeland Security Industries Division to help troubled Homeland Security companies within the USA and throughout the world.

SGS is the USA's and world's largest Professional Troubled-Company Specialist firm, with over 600 professionals based in over 60 offices located in the USA, Canada, Europe, and Asia.

"The rapidly-expanding and rapidly-evolving Homeland Security Sector consists of many companies in many industries," explained Dr. Ken Ferguson, a SGS Homeland Security Industries Division Co-Manager with strong technology-related business experience and with a nuclear engineering doctorate degree. "The governments of the USA and many other countries can be expected to focus on such areas as: bioterrorism analysis; chemical and nuclear plant vulnerabilities; transportation infrastructure; border entry detection and prevention; immigration; computer security; port security; container security; explosives detection; airline baggage screener technology; railroad safety and security; monitoring and tracking of trucks carrying hazardous materials; coast guard support; firefighter assistance; emergency preparedness; threat and vulnerability assessment and warning systems; biological countermeasures and surveillance; nuclear and radiological countermeasures; high-explosives countermeasures; and others. SageGroup is prepared and capable of helping troubled companies having interests in serving Homeland Security needs."

"The Homeland Security Sector is very large and complex, including to contain many industries which themselves are very large and fragmented, with there always being many troubled companies," stated Thomas Murray, a SGS Homeland Security Industries Division member with broad international, global sourcing, and turnaround experience in many industries. "SageGroup has formed this Division as part of a very proactive overall program to help these troubled companies to get out of trouble and move forward well."

"Also, the Homeland Security Sector is evolving and transitioning very rapidly," added Galen Geigley, a SGS Homeland Security Industries Division member with much top-management and functional experience in companies that he has entrepreneurially founded. "This includes both in established industries and companies and also in exciting new industries and companies. As an example, I have experienced this first-hand in the powered parachute industry, including as founder and president of Soaring Concepts, Inc., since 2000. Although this industry has been largely viewed primarily as a sports and recreational field historically, we have found much interest in recent years for powered parachutes by governmental and other entities for Homeland Security, border patrol, law enforcement, military, and related product applications."

"The Homeland Security Sector has some major overall aspects that are similar to the Religious Sector, another major SageGroup priority." noted Chaplain Alvin McKinley, a military chaplain who is concurrently a SGS Homeland Security Industries Division member and a SGS Religious Sector Division Co-Manager. "First, both Sectors are huge, with many nonfinancial and financial opportunities and incentives for their involvees therein. Second, both Sectors are complex and multi-faceted, with many troubled companies that cannot find the very capable Professional Troubled-Company Specialist capabilities that SageGroup has specifically developed for these Sectors. And, third, both Sectors fit very well with high-principled SageGroup's interest in helping good people in various nonbusiness and business ways, while also proactively countering bad intentions and attempted actions by bad persons."

"Homeland Security has been becoming a larger and larger concern and focus of the public, governments, companies, organizations, and other entities throughout the world," added Larry Lindsey, another SGS Homeland Security Industries Division Co-Manager with over 35 years of experience as a troubled-company specialist in over 300 situations, plus as an executive, venture capitalist, financier, and entrepreneur. "The world has been shocked by recent bombings, airplane crashes, deadly kidnappings, and other tragedies in many countries, including the USA, England, Spain, Israel, et.al. And, television and other media contain many frightening discussions about even more devastating possibilities of various types. SageGroup has the capabilities and high interest to help much in the Homeland Security fight against such terrible possibilities."

"Troubled companies in the Homeland Security Sector, as in any other sector or industry, often have serious Human Resources problems; this is an area in which we can provide our extensive expertise," added Sherry McVicar, another SGS Homeland Security Industries Division member who has over 30 years of experience as a HR professional, and who also manages McVicar & Associates, LLC, a Human Resources firm specializing in troubled companies. "Human Resources issues in Homeland Security companies can encompass employee relations matters, labor issues, and management and organizational structure challenges, as well as Human Resources issues unique to this market segment."

The SGS Homeland Security Industries Division has at least one representative in every SGS Office worldwide. For maximum confidentiality, initial inquiries from troubled Homeland Security companies and their representatives can be directed to Larry Lindsey, a SGS Managing Director and a SGS Homeland Security Industries Division Co-Manager, at SGS's International Coordination Office, phone number (510) 865-2480.