Successful Business Executive Brings a History of Success with High Volume/Low-Cost Semiconductor-based Solutions to Innovative Biometric Fingerprint Sensor Start-Up
Foster City, California, May 02, 2006 - Validity Sensors - a leading developer of biometric fingerprint sensors - today announced the appointment of Mr. Jalil Shaikh as its Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Shaikh was most recently a VP & Assistant GM at Broadcom following their successful acquisition of Zeevo, Inc. in 2005. As President and CEO of Zeevo, he led a resurgence of the company to exponential revenue growth and substantial cost reductions, while defining new market opportunities for Zeevo Bluetooth stereo audio products. Prior to Zeevo, as EVP of Operations, Mr. Shaikh, as a very early employee, was a key contributor to Silicon Image's rapid growth and eventual successful IPO. He was also significant factor in the growth and success of Trident Systems, Micro Linear and Matra Design Semiconductor. At National Semiconductor he was with the MOS Analog group which enjoyed extremely rapid revenue growth during his four year tenure.
"We are delighted to have Jalil join as Chief Executive Officer," said Atiq Raza, Validity's Chairman of the Board. "I have known Jalil for a long time and am a big supporter. His experience and leadership skills will be a great asset as Validity moves to the next level. Jalil's market creativity and operations experience bring together a set of attributes that is perfect for Validity as we enter extremely cost-sensitive markets where volumes are very large. Quality and critical functionality will be required." Alex Erhart, Validity's Executive VP of Products, added, "Jalil's first hand experience with high volume/low-cost environments will be invaluable. I am thrilled with the expertise he will bring us as we move forward."
"Validity Sensors' next generation products create a hugely exiting opportunity," said Mr. Shaikh. "I look forward to working with the very strong development team to assure that the intrinsic advantages of Validity's technology are valued and become required in our chosen markets. Validity's unique technology, decoupling the biometric sensor from the silicon die, delivers several customer-demanded intrinsic advantages, such as durability, a very small z-height and customizable aesthetics."
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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