Press Release: Agnitio Appoints Emmanuel Derome as VP Business Development - Homeland Security
08/09/2008

Madrid, Spain

Agnitio is delighted to announce the appointment of Emmanuel Derome as VP of Business Development for the company's Homeland Security (HLS) range of products and related services.
Emmanuel will be focussed on further shaping  and developing the  global sales and marketing strategy for Agnitio's HLS products portfolio, including software dedicated to voice experts of forensic laboratories (Batvox), to automated speaker identification systems of law enforcement organisations (ASIS) and to automated speaker spotting systems of intelligence agencies (BS3).  
Emmanuel brings to Agnitio over 25 years of experience in senior management positions held at French and North American companies. In his last role as Group Business Development Director of Steria, Emmanuel had a key role in the development of Schengen II across Europe, by providing to the Member States, standardised interconnection solutions to centralised systems (SIS II and VIS) and related consulting and support services.  
His career experience expands over specialised knowledge in logistics, prepress and publishing solutions, supercomputers, medical imaging equipments and automation systems, like CS, GE Healthcare, Rockwell/Allen-Bradley or Renault Automation.

'We are very proud to have Emmanuel Derome join the Agnitio team. His vast breadth and depth of knowledge and experience will be instrumental in further enhancing the scope of the HLS business unit' Emilio Martinez, CEO and co-founder of Agnitio

'Agnitio's founders have been able to attract the best talents for building best of breed voice biometrics technology and delivering high performance HLS solutions across the globe. These are helping public security agencies to fight against worldwide terrorism and organised crime.' Emmanuel Derome, VP

About Agnitio
Agnitio is a privately owned company with venture capitalist funding from Nauta Capital. It is the worldwide leader in voice biometrics for Homeland Security (HLS). 
Agnitio's portfolio of products addresses a wide range of HLS and corporate applications. The company's technology was initially co-developed with some of the world's most reputable police organisations and is currently deployed in over 20 countries.
It has successfully adapted its robust technology to provide the most sophisticated corporate authentication product. KIVOX, Agnitio's corporate flagship product, is a smart verification system for banks and other commercial organisations which can be adapted very easily into existing voice and technology infrastructures.
With its capability of performing voice verification in any language and mixing different voice channels, Agnitio provides the most advanced voice biometric technology currently available for the government and corporate sectors.
Agnitio was selected as the market leader for the Speech Security Market at the SpeechTek Awards 2008, recently held in New York. Agnitio has also been selected as a winner of the Red Herring 100 2007 Global Award, given to the 100 most promising technological start-ups in the world.
 
For further information please contact:
Sapna Capoor, Director of Corporate Development and Strategy
Telephone Number: +44 (0) 7766338089
Email: scapoor@agnitio.es

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