Aware, Inc. announced that David Barcelo has been appointed Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective May 4, 2020. Mr. Barcelo is responsible for finance, accounting, legal, and overall business operations and as a senior member of the executive team reports directly to the CEO Bob Eckel. In addition to Mr. Barcelo's appointment, Aware has hired David Traverse to serve as Controller, effective April 27, 2020.
Mr. Barcelo served as Vice President of Strategic Marketing of IDEMIA (OT-Morpho) from November 2017 to May 2020. Mr. Barcelo previously served as Vice President of Business Operations for MorphoTrust USA LLC from 2011 to 2017 and as Corporate Director of Financial Planning and Strategic Operations of L-1 Identity Solutions from 2006 to 2011.
Aware, Inc. is a global biometric platform company that uses data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to tackle everyday business and identity challenges through biometrics. Its software offerings address the growing challenges that governments and commercial enterprises face in knowing, authenticating, and securing individuals through secure user experiences. Its algorithms are based on diverse data sets from around the world and can be tailored to the unique security and requirements of each customer. Its portfolio enables government agencies and commercial entities to enroll, identify, authenticate, and enable using biometrics, which comprise physiological characteristics, such as fingerprints, faces, irises and voices. Its portfolio of biometric solutions is based on advanced, robust products designed explicitly for ease of integration, including customer-managed and integration ready biometric frameworks, platforms, software development kits (SDKs) and services.