AnchorID is aiming to pick up some momentum with the appointment of a prominent new member of its Board of Directors. Mark Roe joins the Board after previous stints as Solar City’s VP of Operations and Engineering, and Apple’s Senior Director of Worldwide Service. In a statement announcing the appointment, the company emphasized Roe’s track record,…
“In a statement announcing the additions to the team, CLEAR framed them as part of a “major nationwide expansion.”” Biometric security screening specialist CLEAR has dramatically expanded its executive team with five new additions. Todd Edebohls is the company’s new SVP of Corporate Development, having previously held business development roles with Amazon.com and Zocdoc and…
Norway-based fingerprint biometrics specialist Zwipe has announced two major new additions to its executive team. Orlando Martinez has signed on as the company’s new Chief Operating Officer, and John Laws is now Director of Sales Access Control EMEA. Martinez comes to the company from a previous position as SVP of Business Development for Snarf Networks,…
In a statement announcing his appointment, Veridium suggested that Stickland’s background makes him “uniquely well positioned to lead the company…” Fresh off a major rebrand announced in September, Veridium has appointed a new CEO. James Stickland joins the company from a position as Non Executive Director of Red Deer, a UK-based fintech company offering an investment…
IDEX has appointed a new Director of Investor Relations and Communications. Charlotte Knudsen joins the company from a previous stint as Norway-based Electromagnetic Geoservices’ Head of IR. She also held a corporate communications position at Crux Communications, and was a Hugin’s Business Manager before that. In a statement announcing Knudsen’s appointment, IDEX CEO Dr. Hemant…
Precise Biometrics has appointed a new CFO. Göran Thuresson will take the position starting November 9th. Thuresson joins the company from a position as CFO at gtIM AB, which he describes on LinkedIn as “an industrial company” in Sweden; and he has had other recent stints as CFO and Nordic Integration Manager with Weidmüller. Thuresson has also held…
Further adapting its positioning for continuing growth, FST Biometrics is expanding its upper management. The company has appointed Gary Drutin as its new CEO; meanwhile previous CEO Aharon Zeevi Farkash “will shift his focus to the areas of innovation and strategy development,” according to a statement from the company. Drutin previously held a position as sales…
Chile-based biometric authentication solutions provider TOC has appointed a new International Manager. Andrés Landerretche, a lawyer with the University of Chile, takes the post. It’s a new position aimed at promoting the company on the global market, and has been created in the wake of new TOC office openings in Europe. In a statement announcing the position…
BIO-key has appointed a new Chief Operating Officer. Barbara Rivera joins the company from a previous stint as the President & General Manager of Experian North America’s US Public Sector Division. Experian is a company providing consumers with their credit reports and FICO scores, and as such has to handle very sensitive information in a way…
Fingerprint Cards‘ new CEO has officially taken the helm. On August 1st, Christian Fredrikson took the place of former CEO Jörgen Lantto. In a statement announcing the transition, FPC highlighted Fredrikson’s previous leadership roles in Nokia Networks, noting that he has “strong engineering know-how in areas essential for FPC’s future growth,” as well as “experience…
Anticipating a ‘major growth phase’, FST Biometrics‘ board of directors has appointed Avi Naor its new chairman. A co-founder of software company Amdocs, Naor helped to build it into a multimillion dollar company and led its IPO just a few years after its launch in 1995. He went on to work for investment firm Alpha Group,…
Hoyos Labs has appointed a new Chief Technology Officer. Dr. John Callahan has taken on the role as the biometrics company continues to develop security solutions for the enterprise. With an academic background including a stint as Research Director of NASA’s Independent Verification and Validation Facility, Dr. Callahan brings a strong level of expertise to…
“In a statement announcing the new appointments, NuData suggested they would help to maneuver the company through a growth phase…” NuData has announced a couple of major strategic appointments that it says are aimed at adapting to substantial growth. Both are internal promotions. Randy Lukashuk has helped the company in development and programming roles and…
Fingerprint Cards is getting a new CEO. The company’s Board of Directors has announced that Christian Fredrikson will take the post starting this August, when current CEO Jörgen Lantto will step down. In a statement announcing the change, the company suggested that FPC’s remarkable growth over the past year, as well as its move beyond the…
ImageWare has appointed tech industry veteran Dana Kammersgard to its board of directors. The appointment suggests anticipated growth on the company’s part. Kammersgard is a co-founder of Artecon, for which he served as director when it merged with Box Hill Systems Corp. in 1999 to create data storage company Dot Hill Systems. After serving in…
Behavioral biometrics specialist NuData Security has appointed a longtime digital security expert as its new Vice President of Business Development. Robert Capps comes to the company with over 20 years of experience in this area. He previously held digital security positions with network security provider RedSeal, and before that with Stubhub. Capps is also a…
Israel-based BioCatch has a new CEO: Eyal Goldwerger has taken the helm, aiming to guide the company through an intensive growth phase. BioCatch is aiming to be a pioneer in the growing field of behavioral biometrics. Its platform uses a complex combination of behavioral, physiological, and cognitive patterns for user authentication, and in a statement announcing…
Global IT solutions provider Unisys has launched a new Justice, Law Enforcement and Border Security Initiative, and has appointed a 20-year FBI veteran to lead it, the company has announced. The initiative is aimed at helping governments around the world in several areas, including border traffic processing, cloud-based IT infrastructure setup, public safety consulting, and…
Biometric smart card developer Zwipe is aiming to enter a new phase of growth with some strategic additions to its talent pool. The company has just announced the appointment of Lisbeth Breum, formerly of the Herkules Capital equity firm, as its new CFO; she replaces Steffen Larsen, who is now the company’s SVP of Products.…
Biometric storage specialist Rx Safes has added two new members to its executive team. William V. Koch joins the company as its new Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, having come to the company from a strong background in this area, with previous stints at Pitney Bowes and The Tweddle Group. Meanwhile, Faruk Okcetin is the…