Paravisions offers best-in-class face recognition technology designed specifically for Enterprises who need mission-critical face recognition that excels at speed & accuracy, provides superior levels of security and can be deployed in any environment. Paravision is the only AI company in the world to rank in the top 5 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Face Recognition Vendor Test for 1:1 and 1:N matching. Our solution can be deployed on-premise, on-device, or in the cloud.Key Achievements• Built a world-class Machine Learning research and engineering team with 30+ engineers/Ph.Ds• #1 NIST face recognition accuracy, 1:1 2021, 1:N 2022. #1 in the world for accuracy DHS biometric technology rally, 100% on UK DSTL face recognition accuracy.• Created proprietary machine learning models for face detection, landmark prediction, face recognition, quality, liveness, face attribute classification, medical imaging, vehicle, and person detection, etc. across multiple hardware platforms (Nvidia, Intel, iOS, Android, Ambarella)• Developed a robust, automated machine-learning training pipeline that enables the creation and evaluation of thousands of machine-learning models• Created a robust data acquisition, annotation, evaluation, and curation workflow• Supported product and enterprise sales staff at conferences, analyst briefings, and C-level customer meetings

Executive leading the software engineering team.• "Fastest Growing Consumer Company in the USA" - Inc 5000 (2017)• “Fastest Growing Ticket Company Ever” - Business Insider (2017)• “Best Event App” - 2017 Appy Award • “Best in Mobile Fan Experience” - Sports Business Journal (2017)• "Best User Exprience" - Webby (2018)Key Achievements• Financials: 6x revenue growth, 30% increase in margin, 250% increase in monthly active users, 100% increase in paid/unpaid conversion to active users• Quality: 4.8 playstore rating, 4.6 appstore rating, world class net promoter score.* Features: launched music/theater verticals, customer resale, friends connect, mobile website and performance improvements leading to a 20% conversion increase• DevOps: increased availability of backend services from low 80s to 99.9%, crash-free users at 99.8%, consolidated hosting on to AWS, automated infrastructure builds with CloudFormation.• BackOffice: 50% decrease in contact rates, 300% increase in supported events & venues, 20% increase in on-time delivery, doubled inventory of tickets, doubled third-party integrations.• Architecture: implemented a service oriented architecture with autoscaled docker containers, converted backend from Ruby to Golang, developed machine learning ticket image recognition, created a real time data architecture stream, deployed API caching and integrated analytics driving pricing.

Hands on senior engineering executive and member of the senior leadership team for one of Silicon Valley's leading e-commerce startups. Responsible for strategic planning, technology architecture roadmap, board presentations, investor due diligence and Q4 peak scaling. During the past 18 months, our revenues have more than doubled, we have launched 2 new verticals, rebranded our core shopping site, and launched a mobile optimized shopping experience for art.Key Achievements• Scaled engineering and IT to 65+ people including 2 senior architects and 5 directors.• Launched an automated fulfillment system with 7 external partners.• Transformed IT to 99% customer satisfaction during 3 building moves and rapid staff expansion.• Launched a rebranded e-commerce site, community relations site and mobile shopping site.* Implemented new development process for capacity planning, project estimation, quality analysis and roadmap creation.• Simplified DevOps by consolidated vendors, creating run books and automating provisioning.• Enforced operational discipline to achieve 99.9% availability through process automation, extensive testing and deep monitoring.

Plan and execute software automation supporting outbound fulfillment of orders occurring in 100+ centers on 4 continents while experiencing 50% transaction growth per year. Scope includes packaging recommendations, physical and automated packing, shipping and quality assurance. Manage related software security worldwide. Oversaw $1B retail website with 4-fold growth in 2 years. At peak, 250 total staff with emphasis on recruiting top talent, team development, training and performance management.Retail Achievements* Led $2M relaunch of an $150M direct-to-consumer web/in-store/phone project for a billion-dollar retailer.* Directed $1M relaunch of a $25M e-Commerce site for a $500M furniture retailer.Amazon Web Services* Increased availability of cloud services database platform by 3 orders of magnitude -- to less than 8 minutes downtime annually. * Cut cycle time for server acquisition by 9 days, 70%, for $1B in annual CapEx by proposing and delivering automation of the capital acquisition process.* Rolled out a mobility platform for server onboarding , reducing intake time 95% worldwide.* Reduced out-of-service equipment 78% per year.Fulfillment Successes* Delivered multiple production gains: 10% for new shipping application and 98% reduction in printing network utilization, 80% decrease in latency for printing applications, 25% increase in productivity for learning new packing applications.* Cut packaging costs $10M+ and automated box creation robotics saving millions in transportation costs each year. * Delivered software projects which will save over $$30M per year.* Reduced stuck customer shipments by 99% over holiday peak.* Multiple patents awarded and filed.

Led technology strategy and evaluation of RFID and related technologies for start up delivering services to retail, pharma and DoD customers. Shaped strategies enabling explosive growth over 24 months. Designed and constructed state-of-the-art RFID labs in California and Texas. Active industry thought leader nationally and internationally (Chair, RFID Africa, 2005). • Served as lead architect – evaluating, acquiring, installing and integrating RFID technology at 50+ Wal-Mart, Target, Albertsons and Best Buy top 100 suppliers. • Created 5-year RFID business strategy template for a $50B retailer.• Project manager/lead architect for major pharma manufacturer tagging 21M items annually. Integrated 200M transactions into SAP.

Shaped strategy and directed all technical operations for provider of software and services to global transportation companies. Supported 8 locations and 12 customers in 40+ countries handling more than 400,000 daily transactions. Recruited and developed top-performing team with 60 total staff and $15M operating budget. • Led re-factoring/rollout of a $50M supply chain optimization application used in 32 countries/266 cities by a top airline. • Created 1st retail website for selling airline meals/products directly to passengers with delivery to seat. Site fully integrated with airline reservation system, caterer and financial settlement company.

Executive Officer and co-founder of a boutique consulting firm that specialized in the creation of global e-commerce infrastructures for multinational corporations including Dow Chemical, Rohm & Haas and Valspar. Solutions were LAMP and Java based systems.

Direct report to the Vice Chairman of a Fortune 500, $3 billion publicly held books and music retailer. Borders has 350 superstore locations, 950 mall locations, 700 kiosks, 10 warehouses and 23,000 employees in 6 countries. This role had global responsibility for creating and maintaining the technical infrastructure for all corporate and retail

Executive officer reporting to the CFO of a $300 million publicly held insurance services company. IAA acquires and disposes of salvage vehicles while providing other ancillary services to the insurance industry. This role had responsibility for strategic planning, technical infrastructure and application development for all locations nationwide.