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Bioscrypt Inc.

BYT is in the Business Services Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$17.6M
  • Public
  • CA
Dow Jones Description

Bioscrypt is an enterprise access control solution provider, enabling the unification of physical and logical access through its Door to Desktop products. Bioscrypt's hardware and software solutions deliver strong authentication processes to facilities, equipment, IT networks and computer applications and allow organizations to administer unified identity policies across the enterprise. Building on its proven expertise in biometric technology and its unique multi-factor authentication platform, Bioscrypt integrates all major secure authentication standards, transforming how organizations are bridging the gap between physical and logical access to create secure working environments. Bioscrypt offers four solutions: Multi-Factor authentication readers featuring fingerprint or 3D face biometric matching for facility access, embedded solutions for integration of biometrics in to products designed by original equipment manufacturers, Single Sign On and network log on software for IT security and technology licensing of our patented, award-winning algorithms. ...

President & Chief Executive Officer
Rob Douglas
Number of Employees 102
Contact Information

505 Cochrane Drive

Markham, Ontario L3R 8E3

www.bioscrypt.c...

(905) 940-7750

NAICS Code Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths): 561621

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Rob Douglas President & Chief Executive Officer
Bruce MacInnis CFO
Bruce Maclnnis CFO, Vice President, Finance, Admin & Secretary
Dr Colin Soutar Bioscrypt's Cto
Stephen McDonald Chief Financial Officer
Yuri Khidekel Executive Vice President, Products
Mark Duato Senior Vice President, Americas Sales
Alex Krasnov Vice President, Software Development
Fred Palma Vice President, Software Engineering
Henri H. Tchen Vice President, Synapse Capital, Llc
Kelly Richdale Managing Director, Intl Operations & Vice President, Intl Sales
Lenore Yearwood Vice President, Finance & Admin
Matthew Bogart Vice President, Marketing
Ryan Zlockie Vice President, Marketing & Product Mgmt
Shiraz Kapadia Vice President, Hardware Engineering and Operations
Eric Hu
Poonam Khanna

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Pierre Donaldson Chairman of the Board
Borden Rosiak Board of Directors
Grant Evans Board of Directors

Organization Position Status
Bioscrypt Inc President & Chief Executive Officer Current
Bioscrypt Inc Board of Directors Current
Pivotal Corporation Executive Vice President, Sales & Operations, N American Former
McMaster University Bachelor of Business Administration Degree Former

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Bioscrypt Inc CFO Current
Bioscrypt Inc President and CEO Former
Certicom Corp. Cfo and Corporate Secretary Former
Bioscrypt Inc Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration Former
Media Buying Services Ltd. Vice President of Administration Former
Netegrity, Inc. Support Manager Former
University of Toronto Bachelor of Commerce Former

Organization Position Status
Bioscrypt Inc CFO, Vice President, Finance, Admin & Secretary Current

Dr. Colin Soutar joined Bioscrypt Inc. in 1994 and currently holds the title of Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President for Research & Development. Colin's primary responsibilities at Bioscrypt include the core biometric technology, such as matching algorithm development, and system performance, interoperability and security. Colin is also responsible for the acquisition, development and maintenance of Bioscrypt core intellectual property. Colin's has served in many Industry and Standards development positions, such as the Steering Committee for BioAPI, Vice Chair for INCITS M1, ISO SC37-SC27 Liaison Officer, CATA Alliance Chief Technology Adviser and a technical contributor to IBIA. Prior to joining Bioscrypt, Colin worked on optical correlation systems at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Colin received his Ph.D. in physics from Dundee Institute of Technology in Scotland in 1992.

Organization Position Status
Bioscrypt Inc Bioscrypt's Cto Current
Bioscrypt Inc Vice President Current
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Former

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Bioscrypt Inc Chief Financial Officer Current
Touche, Inc. Senior Manager Former

Mr. Khidekel joined Bioscrypt pursuant to the Bioscrypt's acquisition of Cognizance in March 2005. Prior to founding Cognizance in 2002, Mr. Khidekel was the CTO of IT security at Identix (NASDAQ: IDNX) from 1999. He led the company's development of the biometric and smart card applications products as well as assisted in introduction of the biometric industry standard BioAPI. Additionally, Mr. Khidekel designed and developed the architecture of the company's product entry into authorization and multi-factor authentication suite of products. In 1992 Mr. Khidekel co-founded Identicator Technology where as V.P of software development he directed software development in the area of biometrics, image recognition and computer security. He successfully led the development of the core fingerprint and facial recognition algorithms and imaging technology that today, is considered best of breed in the industry. He has also pioneered the leading information security products that were broadly distributed by major PC OEMs and large ISVs.. Mr. Khidekel graduated from St. Petersburg State University with M.S. in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science. For six years he worked in various St. Petersburg research centers as a research scientist and director of engineering. He also co-founded one of the first private software companies in St. Petersburg. He eventually moved to the United States where he was first employed for two years by Visa as a system architect.

Organization Position Status
Bioscrypt Inc Executive Vice President, Products Current
Identix Incorporated Cto Former

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Bioscrypt Inc Senior Vice President, Americas Sales Current
Software House, Inc. Director of North American Sales Former

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Bioscrypt Inc Vice President, Software Development Current
Bioscrypt Inc Senior Director, Software Dev Former

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Bioscrypt Inc Vice President, Software Engineering Current

Henri H. Tchen joined Bioscrypt's board of directors in May 2002 and has more than 29 years of business, finance and strategic consulting experience. Henri began his career in the finance industry in 1973 with Irving Trust Company in New York City. He left the company in 1977 and joined Marine Midland Bank, as assistant vice president, US multinationals, where he advised multinationals on funding their overseas subsidiaries and worked on financings of major overseas power and infrastructure projects. Henri then became senior vice president and manager US corporate finance for Banque Nationale de Paris in New York from 1979 to 1986. In 1987, Henri assumed the position of senior vice president and manager of corporate finance at Tokai Bank and was responsible for growing the income of the organization from $5.5 million to over $28 million. In 1989 Henri joined Dah Chong Hong Group in New York City and served as director of Strategic Planning and Real Estate. Prior to his current position, Henri held the position of Chief Financial Officer of Kingston Technology Corporation where he participated in the company's sale to SOFTBANK Corporation for $1.5 billion. Henri is now vice president for Synapse Capital, LLC, a financial management firm focused on investing and advising at angel stage of medical and high technology start-ups. Henri also serves on the boards of Liquidmetal Technologies, Inc. and Future Scientists and Engineers of America. Henri holds a bachelor of applied economics from the University of Brussels, Belgium where he graduated Summa Cum Laude, and an MBA from Columbia University.

Organization Position Status
Bioscrypt Inc Vice President, Synapse Capital, Llc Current
Liquidmetal Technologies Board of Directors Current
First Foundation Bank Director Current
Kingston Technology Company, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former
Marine Midland Bank Senior Vice President and Manager Former
Irving Trust Company Former
Columbia University MBA Former
University of Brussels Bachelor of Applied Economics Former
University Corp. Bachelor Degree In Applied Economics Former

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Bioscrypt Inc Managing Director, Intl Operations & Vice President, Intl Sales Current
A4Vision Founder Former
INSEAD MBA Former
Cambridge University Degree In Modern Languages Former

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Bioscrypt Inc Vice President, Finance & Admin Current

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Bioscrypt Inc Vice President, Marketing Current

Organization Position Status
Bioscrypt Inc Vice President, Marketing & Product Mgmt Current
A4Vision Director of Product Management and Marketing Former
Rider University B.S. Degree In Marketing Former

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Bioscrypt Inc Vice President, Hardware Engineering and Operations Current

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Socal Tech Group Current
The Gordian Corporation Current
Bioscrypt Inc Current

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Bioscrypt Inc Current

Pierre Donaldson is a Partner at JLA Ventures, an investor in Nstein. Prior to joining the investment fund in 2005, he was President and CEO of Bioscrypt Inc., a leader in the biometrics industry; Executive Vice-President, Worldwide Operations, for Descartes Systems Group Inc., a provider of business-to-business Internet logistics solutions; Vice-President, Sales and Marketing, of Treasury Services Co. (acquired in August 1997 by Oracle Corporation); and President and CEO of Virtual Prototypes Inc. He also held various important positions with Dun & Bradstreet Software. At present, he is serving as a Director of Mediagrif Interactive Technologies.

Organization Position Status
Nstein Technologies Inc. Partner Current
Jla Ventures Partner Current
Inter Logiq Network Partner at Jla Ventures Current
Bioscrypt Inc Chairman of the Board Current
Tungle Corporation Director Current
Espial Corporation Director Current
Nstein Technologies Inc. Director Current
Mediagrif Interactive Technologies, Inc. Director Current
Bioscrypt Inc CEO Former
Bioscrypt Inc President Former
The Descartes Systems Group, Inc. Executive Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations Former
University of Montreal Bachelor of Commerce Former
Hautes Etudes Commerciales Bachelor's Degree In Marketing and Finance Former

Organization Position Status
Priszm Limited Partnership Board of Directors Current
Bioscrypt Inc Board of Directors Current
Cameron Capital Chief Executive Officer Former
Confederation Life Insurance Company Chief Financial Officer Former
Crystallex International Corporation Chief Financial Officer Former

Organization Position Status
Bioscrypt Inc Board of Directors Current
A4Vision Director Former
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