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Homeland Security

Private Equity Firm Acquires Linkware and Pangiam to Create New Travel Security Company

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, November 10th, 2020

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Private Equity Firm Acquires Linkware and Pangiam to Create New Travel Security Company

Kevin McAleenan, CEO of Pangiam. Photo: Pangiam

AE Industrial Partners (AEI) has acquired federal services provider Linkware, LLC, and Pangiam, a security and travel consulting firm, to create a new platform under Pangiam as an integrated travel solutions technology company. Terms of the acquisitions were not disclosed and AEI declined to say how many employees the combined company has. Pangiam will be led by CEO Kevin McAleenan, an operating partner at AEI and former acting Homeland Security Secretary, commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, and co-founder of…

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