About Kathryn

Kathryn B. Freeland is founder and former chief executive officer of RGII Technologies Inc., an information technology, systems integration, and engineering solutions company that served nine presidential cabinet agencies of the federal government. Freeland successfully built and sold RGII to Computer Horizons Corp. in 2003. After fulfilling a three-year transition period with Computer Horizons, she retired in 2006.

As the CEO of RGII, Freeland was directly responsible for developing goals, operating plans, and policies for the corporation and implementing board-approved plans. She directed the company with a strategic business plan designed to optimize profits and return on invested capital. During her tenure as CEO, Freeland played a vital role in business development, customer satisfaction, financial stability, and employee relations. During that time, RGII more than tripled in size, with revenue growing 4,800% during an 11-year period.

Prior to founding RGII, Mrs. Freeland spent more than seven years supporting various federal government agencies in the areas of financial, information, and program management support. Freeland is a visionary leader who has made her mark in the business community.

Freeland now serves as the founder and chief executive officer of Freeland and Associates LLC (www.freelandassociatesllc.com), a consulting services firm that partners with businesses in the areas of executive advisory services, interim executive support, strategic planning/mapping, market analysis/penetration, financial/accounting management, business integration/transition, and business development.

Freeland remains active in several local, regional, and national organizations. Her current and previous board appointments include the following:

Board of Directors, Black Women in Sisterhood for Action (BISA)
Board of Visitors, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
Board of Directors, Baltimore Washington Medical Center (BWMC), formerly North Arundel Hospital
Board of Directors, University of Maryland Medical Systems (UMMS)
Board of Trustees, Anne Arundel County Retirement and Pension System
Board of Directors, Anne Arundel Economic Development Corporation (AAEDC)
Board of Directors, Girl Scouts of Central Maryland

Among her notable achievements are the following:

2007 TWIN Awardee: YWCA of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County
2006 Top Technology Entrepreneur by Black Engineers of America
2006 Maryland Top 100 Women
2003: Selected as one of six successful business owners to be honored during SBA’s fiftieth-anniversary celebration
Leadership Maryland Class of 2003
Maryland’s Top 100 Women for 2003
Outstanding Alum by her alma mater, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where she has established the Kathryn B. Freeland Endowment for minority and underprivileged students pursuing degrees in the field of finance at UAB
Established the Richard Gregory Freeland II Scholarship Program in memory of her deceased son, supporting minority students in the areas of computer science, information management, engineering, business management/administration, telecommunications, or other technology-related fields
Established the R. Gregory and Kathryn B. Freeland Scholarship at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, supporting students majoring in the areas of information technology or computer engineering within the Meyerhoff Scholars Program
2002 Baltimore Business Journal Forty under 40 Award
2001 TechnoRising Star Award for Woman-Owned Business by Maryland’s Department of Business and Economic Development
2001 Industry Information Technology Award for Top Minority-Owned Firms by PostNewsweek Technology Group
2000 Black Woman of Courage: Emerging Business Award by the National Federation of Black Women Business Owners (NFBWO)
Black Enterprise Magazine 1999 Emerging Company of the Year
The Network Journal 1999 Forty and Under 40 Award for excellence in business achievement
Finalist in the highly coveted Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award competition
Named the Minority Small Business Person of the Year by the Small Business Administration in 1995

Freeland also holds membership in various professional organizations and is a sought-after speaker. Speaking engagements include the following:

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Honors Convocation Speaker
Panelist on the topic of Global Trends in Technology, Propelling Women into Leadership, sponsored by the Centers for Women in Technology at UMBC in conjunction with the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development
Keynote speaker at Wake Forest University Babcock Leadership Series
UMBC Alex Brown Center for Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Speaker Series on the topic “Entrepreneurship: More Than a Notion”
University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business Entrepreneurship Club
DuBois Business Summit on Survival and Success

Freeland holds a master’s degree in business administration with a concentration in financial management from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Freeland currently resides in Pasadena, Maryland, with her husband of 24 years, R. Gregory Freeland, president of FI Holdings Inc., and their twin daughters, Brya Simone and Brynn Nicole. They are also the proud parents of one deceased son, Richard Gregory II, for whom RGII Technologies Inc. was named.