WARNING SYSTEMS CTO RECEIVES OASIS DISTINGUISHED CONTRIBUTOR AWARD

SARASOTA, FL and HUNTSVILLE, AL, 11 May 2009 – Warning Systems, Inc. (WSI), provider of public alert and notification systems for emergency management, today announced that the company’s Chief Technology Officer, Elysa Jones, was one of three recipients of the inaugural OASIS Distinguished Contributor award. This award was given by OASIS, the international, not-for-profit consortium, to recognize individuals who have made an extraordinary impact on the advancement of open standards for the global information society.

“Warning Systems is pleased to see our CTO recognized for her accomplishments and commitment to advancing the field of open Internet connectivity standards for alert notification,” said Patrick Gannon, Warning Systems’ President and Chief Operating Officer. “Elysa is certainly a distinguished contributor to our customers’ success.”

The OASIS Distinguished Contributor award was presented to individuals who demonstrated outstanding achievement as evangelists of the open standards process, as recognized leaders and experts in their fields. The recipients were cited for building consensus, promoting collaboration, and raising the quality and breadth of OASIS technical work.

"I am deeply honored by this distinction," said Elysa Jones. "At OASIS, I am privileged to work with some of the most intelligent, creative individuals both in the emergency response industry and the open standards community. I am proud of the work we've accomplished on standardizing CAP and the EDXL suite, and I look forward to the benefits we'll see as these standards become even more widely adopted."

Jones was an early leader in identifying the need for common methods and protocols for national and international alerting protocols. She has chaired the OASIS Emergency Management Technical Committee since 2004. Under her leadership, the Committee has produced four approved OASIS Standards (the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) and the Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) suite of standards including EDXL-RM, EDXL-DE, and EDXL-HAVE), and has begun work on a fifth new specification (EDXL-Situation Reporting). Jones also sits on the Steering Committee of the OASIS Emergency Interoperability Member Section, the Board of Directors for the Emergency Management Forum and the Emergency Interoperability Consortium. She previously served on the Board of Directors of the Partnership for Public Warning.

About WSI
WSI is dedicated to providing high quality, versatile, state-of-the-art hardware and software products and services for effectively alerting emergency management professionals, and the public in the event of emergencies or incidences of concern. WSI’s products also have the capability to alert selected populations of people located within specific affected geographical zones. WSI is well known for their Tone Alert Receivers installed at US Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP) sites, along with their CAP-enabled Emergency Alert System (EAS) and radio frequency activation systems. An equity-owner company, WSI is headquartered in Huntsville, AL, with offices in Anniston, AL and Sarasota, FL.
http://www.warningsystems.com.