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Management Team

JAMES M. DEMITRIEUS
Chief Executive Officer

James M. Demitrieus, has more than 30+ years of diversified experience with global leading edge companies. Over the past decade, Jim has served as CEO in several private equity turnarounds and early stage situations in technology and industrial sectors.

KEITH HANNA, PhD.
Chief Technology Officer

CTO and Co-Founder - Dr. Keith Hanna holds a PhD from Oxford University and is one of the most influential leaders in the biometrics space. Dr. Keith Hanna has published over 25 papers and holds 23 patents. Dr. Hanna and his co-authors were awarded the 2007 Most Influential Paper of the Decade award at the Machine Vision Applications Conference, Tokyo, Japan.

Jeff Carter, CDO

JEFF CARTER
Chief Development Officer

Jeff Carter is one of the world's leading innovators. He most recently ran innovation for Bank of America and the Center for Future Banking, a JV between Bank of America, MIT and Harvard University. He was named the 4th most innovative person in banking by American Banker in 2010. His business strategy book, "No-Limit" was published by Amacom in 2009.

Amy Romeo, CFO

ANTHONY ANTOLINO
Chief Marketing Officer

Anthony Antolino is an acknowledged innovative marketer with over 15 years of diverse strategy, marketing and digital technology innovation expertise. Prior to joining Eyelock, he was Senior Vice President at DMC Worldwide where he was instrumental in successfully developing multiple new high- value businesses and revenue vehicles. He conceived the highly acclaimed Copia social media and content delivery platform which Gartner named 1 of 3 most transformative in 2010, and was recognized as one of 40 under 40 in Consumer Electronics for 2010.

Amy Romeo, CFO

AMY ROMEO
Chief Financial Officer

Before joining Eyelock as CFO, Ms. Romeo was the Chief Financial Officer of Gundersen Partners from January 2004 to February 2008. Prior to Gundersen Partners, Ms. Romeo was Controller of Kenzer Corp.

Ms. Romeo began her career in Public Accounting at Brown, Schultz Sheridan Fritz (formerly Laventhol and Horwath), a regional accounting firm, managing multiple engagements in a variety of industries.

David Strauss

DAVID M. STRAUSS
General Counsel

Mr. Strauss joined Eyelock in 2008 and is responsible for managing all legal affairs, including corporate and commercial transactions, as well as organizing, expanding and enforcing the Company's Intellectual Property portfolio.  Before coming to Eyelock, Mr. Strauss worked at several New York law firms representing a wide range of clients, including individuals, large corporations and New York governmental agencies.

Mr. Strauss earned his B.A. from Union College and received his J.D. from New York Law School.  He is admitted to practice in the State of New York and before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.