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Exhibit
99.5
ImageWare® Appoints Chris Dickson as Vice President of
Sales
San Diego (July 1, 2020) – ImageWare® Systems, Inc.
(OTCQB: IWSY), a leader biometric identification and
authentication, is pleased to announce the appointment of
Christopher (Chris) D. Dickson, as Vice President of Sales,
effective June 30, 2020.
Dickson
joins ImageWare with over 25 years of sales and business
development experience in Security, Blockchain, Cloud and
Enterprise software. His career includes eighteen years with
Computer Associates, where he held key sales leadership positions
in various parts of the world including Australia, New York,
California and Switzerland.
Before
coming to the Company, Dickson worked within technology for nearly
two decades in sales. Most recently, he was responsible for sales
at The Bitfury Group (a Forbes 50 blockchain company) and was
pivotal in launching one of the first Enterprise based Blockchain
SaaS solutions into the market, delivering quarter over quarter
growth, ending the first 12 months, with a 600% increase in sales.
While at Panaya (an Enterprise SaaS company), he delivered quarter
over quarter double-digit (50%) growth, with significant new client
focus. While at Verizon Enterprise, he led the partner and system
integrator businesses for EMEA, growing sales by 350% within
eighteen months through country-specific go to market strategies,
partner specialization, enhanced operating discipline, and
deliberate expansion of cross-sell and up-sell.
Kristin
A. Taylor, President and CEO of ImageWare, said, “Chris
brings a welcomed sense of urgency and focus to our Company and a
network of key relationships in the tech sector. He applies his
deep technical background to his role which gives us a vital sales
edge as he guides us to achieve our revenue goals. His passion for
building teams, collaborating closely with engineering, and product
management are Chris’s strong
suites.”
Dickson
said, “With an organized focus, and new go-to-market
strategies, I am certain we have the technology and team to help
customers solve their identity management challenges leveraging
ImageWare’s deep experience with biometrics. Multi-factor
authentication that leverages Cloud-based biometric matching is
fast becoming the new standard for ensuring and protecting access
to data for both consumers, enterprises, and governments
alike.”
Originally
from Wellington, New Zealand, Mr. Dickson studied Computer Studies
at the Central Institute of Technology, now Victoria University. He
is a trained programmer and began his career performing object-
oriented coding.
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 millions
of 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, ImageWare is giving populations around
the globe access to their important data.
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Forward-Looking
Statements
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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, 2019 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.
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Relations:
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MacInnis, Inc.
(818)
379-8500
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