Press Relase: Agnitio Appoints Niko Brümmer as Chief Scientist
11/06/2008

Madrid, Spain

Agnitio is proud to announce the appointment of Niko Brümmer as Chief Scientist. He will be spearheading Agnitio's R&D efforts in order to further advance, improve and consolidate the leading position that Agnitio has garnered in voice biometrics technology and its applications in live scenarios.

Niko Brümmer comes with a rich background in speaker recognition. He was Research Engineer with Spescom DataVoice, Stellenbosch South Africa from 1990 to May 2008. In this position he has participated in six National Institute and Science Technology (NIST) Speaker Recognition Evaluations between 2000 and 2008 and two NIST Language Recognition Evaluations in 2005 and 2007. His contributions on application-independent evaluation of systems have been adopted by NIST in Speaker and Language recognition evaluations since 2006.
His research interests include speaker and language recognition and the evaluation and improvement of pattern recognition and machine-learning technologies via information theory. He co-chaired Odyssey 2008: The Speaker and Language Recognition Workshop in Stellenbosch, South Africa.

'We are delighted to have Niko join the Agnitio team and believe he will be instrumental in consolidating Agnitio's R&D efforts that will bring  Agnitio to the forefront of further advancing voice biometrics technologies' said  Javier Castaño CTO of Agnitio.  'With his joining, Niko will really help us in adapting our voice biometrics technology to better serve our customers present and future needs as well as accelerating the rate of introducing new technologies and products in the marketplace.'

'I am very excited about this opportunity which makes it possible for me to continue concentrating on speaker recognition research, but also to see this technology delivered to end users, to solve real problems' said Niko Brümmer.

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 state of the art technology (Language and text independent) and more than 10 years of close collaboration with law enforcement organizations. Intelligence organizations and security forces on three continents are using AGNITIO's products in real life operations, in more than 20 different languages. AGNITIO has been recently selected as a winner of the Red Herring 100 Global Award, given to the 100 most promising technological start-ups in the world.

Sectors such as public security, intelligence, counter-terrorism and forensic investigations, use AGNITIO's products that compare recorded voices taken by security forces with those of suspected criminals. These tools are being used currently by police labs, law enforcement and courts in Spain, France, Germany, Chile, Mexico, Colombia, South Korea and others.

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. 

For further information please contact:

Sapna Capoor, Director of Corporate Development and Strategy
Mobile: +44 (0) 7766338089
Email: scapoor@agnitio.es

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