Source: Validity
Industry Veteran Brings History of Product Leadership and Business Development Experience to Innovative Biometric Fingerprint Sensor Startup
San Jose, California, October 9, 2006 - Validity Sensors, Inc., a privately held biometric company specializing in high quality durable fingerprint sensors, today announced that Ramesh Kesanupalli has joined as Chief Technical Officer.
As CTO, Mr. Kesanupalli will be responsible for software direction, strategy, alliances, and strategic business development. His addition will further enhance Validity's capabilities to compete effectively in the fast-growing fingerprint sensor market.
Before joining Validity, Mr. Kesanupalli was Senior Vice President and General Manager of Worldwide Product Operations at Phoenix Technologies (NASDAQ: PTEC), where he managed a team of several hundred people and was responsible for engineering, product marketing, and business development. Prior to his time at Phoenix, Mr. Kesanupalli was the founder of Middle Tier software provider for wireless Carriers for IP services delivery, Kinera, Inc., (now Telsima, Inc.), where he served as CEO more than 8 years. Prior to founding Kinera/Telsima, Mr. Kesanupalli worked very closely with IBM, Peoplesoft, and Gap on projects ranging from firmware to highly scalable distributed software systems.
Mr. Kesanupalli holds patents in wireless middle tier software systems and is also part of the CTO forum for Business Software Alliance for the Federal Government. He has also published papers in IEEE on Digital Image Processing and Edge Enhancements. Ramesh Holds a Bachelor's Degree in Electronics Engineering from Madras Institute of Technology, India, and a Bachelor's Degree in Physics from Nagarjuna University India.
"Ramesh's eclectic management experience and successful history as a market leader mold into the perfect fit for Validity as we further enhance our software development efforts " said Jalil Shaikh, Validity's Chief Executive Officer. "Software has increased as a priority in this industry and Ramesh is just the right person to move us ahead of the curve."
"Validity Sensors' next generation products and superior technologies present a brilliant opportunity," said Mr. Kesanupalli. "I am excited to work with Validity's internal team and first-rate business partners to not only ensure that our solutions are valued as the world's best in our chosen markets; but also that they are considered necessities in our chosen markets."
About Validity Sensors, Inc.
Headquartered in San Jose, California, Validity Sensors, Inc. develops the world's most durable, flexible and highest performing biometric fingerprint sensor for communication and information devices for PC, Mobile, Portable Media and Access Control markets.
Validity's biometric security products enable a wide range of convenient features including password replacement, identity verification, centralized management for corporate network security, secure wireless transactions, protection of portable data, and physical access control.
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