This appointment follows a transition period during which Nixon led the U.S. business in a dual capacity alongside his role as chief customer officer. During this time, the company has seen continued progress across sales, partnerships, and regional priorities.

“Since stepping in as the interim leader, Randy has driven meaningful progress across the business while maintaining a clear focus on our customers and mission,” said Blake Bartlett, Janes chief executive officer. “His deep expertise and leadership experience position him well to continue advancing our U.S. operations.”

Nixon joined Janes as chief customer officer in September 2025, after a distinguished career in the U.S. intelligence community, including serving as director of the CIA’s Open-Source Enterprise.

“I’m excited to step into this role on a permanent basis,” said Nixon. “Having spent my career in service to the nation and relying on Janes to support my mission, I’m committed to advancing our foundational military intelligence and continuing to equip our customers with the clarity and confidence they need when it matters most.”

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By combining exoINSIGHT’s corpus of more than five billion structured records concerning major great power competition environments—including China, Russia, and Iran—with Janes validated intelligence into a single domain, analysts gain access to enriched data. This will enable them to uncover military capabilities and force posture in full operational context while eliminating the friction of disconnected workflows.

“For too long, analysts have had to connect the dots across tools that weren’t built to work together,” said SOSi CEO Julian Setian. “This synergistic relationship changes that—fusing Janes validated intelligence with exoINSIGHT’s curated data to provide a unified, real-time understanding of both military capability and intent.”

exoINSIGHT is an AI-powered SaaS platform with extensive data holdings and mapped interconnections concerning priority national security data environments, including media, scientific and technical research, Defense Industrial Base information, corporate and procurement records, and biographical data. Janes contributes an unmatched, independent repository of military intelligence, spanning orders of battle, equipment, facilities, defense companies, and market forecasts, grounded in millions of rigorously validated data points and analysis.

“Janes machine-readable data easily integrates into any system or workflow. Partnering with SOSi allows us to extend our validated military intelligence into a data-rich environment,” said Blake Bartlett, Janes CEO. “By combining Janes authoritative foundational intelligence with the real-time data in SOSi’s exoINSIGHT platform, we’re bringing deeper context and, ultimately, decision advantage to our customers’ critical missions.”

Leveraging exoINSIGHT’s advanced analytics—including translation, visualization, and narrative tracking—analysts can track how information evolves and spreads, identify hidden relationships between entities, and generate intelligence on adversary technologies, networks, and supply chains beyond what commercial aggregators provide., the companies said.

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For decades, government agencies and prime contractors have operated publicly available information and structured military intelligence tools separately. This fragmentation often results in workflow friction, slower response times, and incomplete context regarding global threats. By fusing Seerist’s AI-driven forecasting and real-time alerting with Janes foundational data on military units, equipment, and orders of battle, the two companies are delivering a first-of-its-kind integrated solution.

“Defense and intelligence organizations need faster, accurate, and more integrated insight into global security developments,” said John Goolgasian, president of Seerist Federal. “By combining Seerist’s AI-driven geopolitical risk intelligence with Janes validated defense data, we are enabling analysts and decision-makers to move from detection to force understanding in a single workflow. This partnership represents a major step toward delivering a unified intelligence platform for government and defense customers.”

“By integrating Janes validated intelligence directly into the Seerist platform, analysts gain a seamless new way to access the data they trust, when they most need it,” said Blake Bartlett, Janes chief executive officer.

The joint offering is specifically designed for the U.S. Department of Defense and Intelligence Community, European Ministries of Defense, NATO, and Tier-1/Tier-2 federal systems integrators. The integration enables faster sensemaking and higher-confidence reporting for missions ranging from Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance to scenario-based forecasting.

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“Paul has made a significant contribution to our U.S. business, expanding partnerships that allow us to further integrate Janes data into critical systems for our customers and refining operations to scale for growth. I want to personally thank him for his leadership and wish him continued success as he begins his next chapter,” said Blake Bartlett, Janes chief executive officer.

“I am confident that Randy will continue our momentum during the transition,” Bartlett continued. “As former Director of the CIA’s Open Source Enterprise and now our Chief Customer Officer, he brings unmatched mission expertise and a strong commitment to serving our defense and national security customers.”

“I’ve devoted my entire adult life to the nation and its mission partners,” said Nixon. “I’m honored to take on this expanded role and look forward to working even more closely with our teams as we continue our mission to inform defense and national security through validated intelligence.”

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“Janes is a long-standing partner to defense and military agencies within the U.S. and globally, delivering validated foundational insights that enhance situational awareness and decision-making,” said Paul Tierney, president of Janes Group Americas. “Our partnership with Carahsoft simplifies procurement for our U.S. Government customers, enabling faster, easier access to Janes intelligence capabilities.”

Janes provides trusted, foundational, current, country and strategic intelligence by turning vast amounts of data into clear, actionable insights for military, government and industry leaders. The company’s intelligence is verified by expert analysts and delivered through interoperable digital platforms and APIs, enabling rapid, mission-critical decision-making. Janes also offers strategic consulting through direct collaborations with its global network of analysts.

“With the addition of Janes solutions to our portfolio, Carahsoft and its reseller partners are providing government customers with commercially available, validated open source intelligence that enables multi-partner missions where classified data may be limited,” said Michael Shrader, vice president of innovative and intelligence solutions at Carahsoft. “These capabilities, combined with flexible delivery options, whether through the Janes portal or integrated into existing systems, will be game changers for our joint customers.”

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Unlike general-purpose large language models, the IBM Defense Model is optimized for defense-specific tasks and deployable in air-gapped, classified, and edge settings. The model aligns with IBM’s focus on smaller fit-for-purpose, open-source AI models and datasets – developed and fine-tuned for specific domains and use cases – that can deliver exceptional value and drive innovation. Built on IBM’s Granite foundation models and delivered via IBM watsonx.ai, the solution supports planning, reporting, and strategy.

“Defense organizations need AI they can trust – solutions that deliver accurate insights without compromising security or ethics,” said Vanessa Hunt, general manager, technology, U.S. federal market for IBM. “The IBM Defense Model provides a fit-for-purpose capability that accelerates mission planning and enhances operational readiness, while reinforcing IBM’s commitment to responsible AI.”

“Our collaboration with IBM brings together Janes trusted defense intelligence and IBM’s advanced AI capabilities,” said Blake Bartlett, CEO for Janes. “This model helps to ensure defense organizations can access timely, relevant insights in secured environments, helping them make informed decisions with confidence.”

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“I am excited to be joining Janes at this time.” Tierney said, “In today’s complex global environment, the need for reliable intelligence has never been more important. Janes is uniquely positioned to enable decision makers to act with confidence by delivering validated data and insights directly into their systems and workflows. I’m looking forward to working with the team as we continue to drive value and deliver decision advantage for our US customers.”

Tierney has over 25 years of technology sales experience with a proven track record of scaling high performing teams, delivering strong financial results and fostering customer-centric innovation. Most recently he served as senior vice president, North America Public Sector Sales at Dataminr, responsible for driving growth with public sector and non-profit organizations in the US and Canada. Tierney also served as a Surface Warfare Officer in the US Navy for six years and is a member of the Mid-Atlantic USO Board of Directors.

“We are thrilled to welcome Paul Tierney as president of Janes US. He is an experienced leader who brings an extensive background in delivering real value to customers, making him an excellent addition to the Janes leadership team.” Blake Bartlett, Janes CEO said. “As we continue to deliver new and innovative solutions in support of our customers’ missions, Paul will play a critical role in ensuring we deliver the best data, analysis and customer experience to our customers in the US and Canada.”

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