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ImageWare®
Systems Names New Chief Financial Officer
San
Diego, CA (May 1st, 2020) -
ImageWare® Systems, Inc.
(OTCQB: IWSY), a leader in identity
management software, is pleased to announce the appointment of
Jonathan D. Morris as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer (CFO) effective today.
Morris
has more than 23 years of experience as a finance executive,
holding key roles in financial management, mergers &
acquisitions, private equity, merchant banking and investment
banking. His career includes key leadership positions with a large
private family office in New York where he led principal
investments and structuring. He also had key roles with the
Blackstone Group, Credit Suisse, Gain Capital, and Lombard, Odier
et Cie. Most recently, he joins ImageWare from American Patriot
Brands, a provider of consumer staples, where he served as the
CFO.
Jonathan holds an
MBA from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University
and an undergraduate degree in Finance from the McIntire School of
Business at the University of Virginia, where he graduated with
honors.
“We are
excited to have Jonathan join ImageWare. He brings savvy expertise
in finance, as well as deep relationships in the global financial
sector. His breadth of understanding of the tech sector, keen
attention to detail and incredible execution, make him the best
choice to lead our financial strategy as we drive towards key
growth and profitability in the coming 24 months,” said
Kristin A. Taylor, CEO of ImageWare Systems.
Morris
said, “ImageWare has exciting technology that solves
authentication issues with multimodal biometrics. Customers in
enterprise and government are ripe for their innovations. I look
forward to joining this high- powered team and bringing my
relationships, expertise and ability to execute to the
company.”
About
ImageWare® Systems, Inc.
In
1987, ImageWare was founded to innovate imaging. After a bold start
evolving silver halide photography into digital images, ImageWare
built the first statewide digital booking platform for the United
States law enforcement in 1998. Since then, ImageWare has evolved
into the largest holder of multimodal biometrics, managing over 100
million identities daily. With vast experience in the government
sector, ImageWare is democratizing biometrics by offering
defense-grade identity and authentication solutions to the masses.
By identifying the person, not a device, and never disclosing
Personally Identifiable Information (PII), ImageWare is giving
populations around the globe access to their important
data.
Forward-Looking
Statements
Any
statements contained in this document that are not historical facts
are forward-looking statements as defined in the
U.S.
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as
“anticipate,” “believe,”
“estimate,” “expect,”
“forecast,” “intend,” “may,”
“plan,” “project,” “predict,”
“if,” “should” and “will” and
similar expressions as they relate to ImageWare Systems, Inc. are
intended to identify such forward-looking statements. ImageWare may
from time to time update publicly announced projections, but it is
not obligated to do so. Any projections of future results of
operations should not be construed in any manner as a guarantee
that such results will in fact occur. These projections are subject
to change and could differ materially from final reported results.
For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, see “Risk
Factors” in ImageWare’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 and its other reports filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Readers are cautioned not to
place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which
speak only as of the dates on which they are made.
Media Contact:
Jessica
Belair
Veritas
Lux
(310)
717-0877
jessica@veritaslux.com
Investor Relations:
Harvey
Bibicoff, CEO,
Bibicoff +
MacInnis, Inc.
(818)
379-8500
harvey@bibimac.com