AGNITIO Appoints Douwe Mik as Vice President of Business Development
06/02/2008

AGNITIO Appoints Douwe Mik as Vice President of Business Development
Madrid, Spain – 02/06/2008

Douwe Mik has joined AGNITIO, a leading voice biometrics company, headquartered in Madrid, Spain as Vice President of Business Development.  Douwe will be at the forefront of shaping up the product development, sales and marketing of AGNITIO’s KIVOX solutions. This primarily includes the on-going development of voice biometrics solutions for the corporate sector, in particular the financial - and telecoms industry.

Douwe has gained credibility within the corporate sector in operational, product marketing and sales positions. His career history includes having worked for large global organisations including IBM, Cambridge Technology Partners and most recently BT Global Services. Douwe has lived and worked in various European countries and the United States.

“We are very excited about Douwe joining our team, and are confident that his international experience and know-how of identity management will prove to be a great asset to our company”, says Emilio Martinez, CEO of AGNITIO. “Douwe´s background in building meaningful relationships with customers and strategic partners will be instrumental in securing leadership in the corporate sector with KIVOX voice biometrics.”

About AGNITIO:
AGNITIO is the worldwide leading provider of voice biometrics products for law enforcement and intelligence organizations. In addition, the company has a strong presence in the market of Voice ID verification for financial institutions and large corporations. AGNITIO was founded in 2004 as a spin-off from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

Its products are the result of the development of state of the art voice biometrics technology - language and text independent and more than 10 years of close collaboration with law enforcement organizations. Intelligence organizations and security forces in key geographic regions such as Europe, Asia and South America are using AGNITIO's products in real life operations, in more than 20 different languages. AGNITIO was recently selected as a winner of the Red Herring 100 2007 Global Award, given to the 100 most promising technological start-ups in the world.

Industries such as finance, IT security and large corporations in general, use AGNITIO's powerful engine for remote ID verification in critical phone transactions. The product easily integrates with existing platforms and can be use to reset passwords, phone banking and e-banking. AGNITIO's solutions are versatile, robust and accurate. 

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