International Biometric Industry Association Names AuthenTec and Cogent Systems CEOs to Its Board of Directors; Expanded Board Reflects Growth in Consumer, Commercial and Government Biometrics.WASHINGTON -- The International Biometric Industry Association (IBIA IBIA International Biometric Industry Association (trade association founded in 1988) IBIA International Brain Injury Association IBIA Interior Board of Indian Appeals ) - the biometric industry's leading trade organization -- today named AuthenTec CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. F. Scott Moody, and Ming Hsieh Ming Hsieh (simplified Chinese: 谢明; traditional Chinese: 謝明; b. 1955) is a billionaire Chinese American entrepreneur and philanthropist and the founder of AMAZ technology in 1987 and Cogent Systems in 1990. , CEO of Cogent Systems (Nasdaq:COGT), to the association's Board of Directors. The announcement expands the IBIA's board to 10 industry leaders, and reflects the non-profit trade organization's goal to represent the entire fast growing biometrics industry - including the consumer, commercial and government markets. "We are excited to add two prominent leaders from the consumer and government biometrics industry segments to our Board," said Walter Hamilton, chairman and President of IBIA. "This is a very exciting period in the emerging biometrics industry, with increased awareness and dramatic growth in all markets. Mr. Moody and Mr. Hsieh bring a wealth of experience and expertise in these markets, which will help the IBIA better represent the overall industry." Mr. Moody has served as AuthenTec's president and CEO since co-founding the company in 1998. Since that time, Mr. Moody has been responsible for its overall strategic direction, fund raising, business development and the management of day-to-day operations. He led the company from a startup to become the world leader in biometric fingerprint security, innovation and sales for the PC, wireless and access control markets. The company's sensors are now used in more than 8 million devices worldwide. Mr. Hsieh has served as CEO, president and chairman of the Board of Directors since founding Cogent in 1990. He is responsible for the company's executive management, including long-range planning and corporate growth, as well as developing and implementing company policies, procedures and philosophies. Cogent is a leading provider of Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems, or AFIS AFIS Automated Fingerprint Identification System AFIS Aerodrome Flight Information Service AFIS Armed Forces Radio and Television Service AFIS Airborne Flight Information System AFIS Automated Fingerprinting Identification System (Pakistan) , and other fingerprint biometric solutions to governments, law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). and other organizations worldwide. IBIA's board of directors and officers now includes the following industry leaders: Walter Hamilton, IBIA Chairman and President, and Vice President of Saflink Corporation (Nasdaq:SFLK); Joseph Atick, IBIA Vice Chairman and President & CEO of Identix, Inc. (Nasdaq:IDNX IDNX Integrated Digital Network Exchange IDNX Integrated Data Network Exchange ); Christer Bergman, IBIA Secretary and President & CEO of Precise Biometrics AB (Stockholm Exchange:PRES PRES President PRES Present (abstention 'vote' or recorded show of presence, US Congress) PRES Pressure (meteorology) PRES Preserve PRES Atmospheric Pressure PRES Prestin A); Frank Fitzsimmons, IBIA Treasurer and President & CEO of Iridian Technologies, Inc.; F. Scott Moody, President & CEO of AuthenTec, Inc.; Neville Pattinson, Director of Business Development of Axalto, N.V. (Euronext: NL0000400653 AXL); Ming Hsieh, CEO, President & Chairman of Cogent Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:COGT); William Spence, Strategic Business Unit Manager - Biometrics of Recognition Systems, Inc., a unit of Ingersoll-Rand, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :IR); Robert Harbour, President & CEO of Lumidigm, Inc.; and Frank DeFina, President of Panasonic System Solutions Co. of America, a unit of Panasonic Corporation of North America, the principal North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. subsidiary of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (NYSE:MC) of Japan. About IBIA Founded in 1998, the International Biometrics Industry Association (IBIA) is a non-profit trade association, and the biometric industry's leading voice on key policy issues. Association members represent the leading providers of biometrics products, systems and services for the consumer, commercial and government markets. Headquartered in Washington, DC, IBIA impartially represents all biometric technologies used for automated human recognition -- including face, fingerprint, hand, iris, vascular, speech, dermis/skin as well as DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. . For more information, visit www.ibia.org. Photographs of Mr. Moody and Mr. Hsieh are available upon request. |
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