ROC founders Brendan Klare, Joshua Klontz, and Scott Klum welcomed Mr. Swann to spearhead the overall strategic growth and leadership for their Colorado-based technology company.

Dr. Klare stated about the addition of Mr. Swann: “Scott Swann is a deeply trusted thought leader in the biometrics industry and he is the only person we trust to assume the reins as CEO. Scott will bring an immediate impact to our growth strategies and our ability to continue to put best-in-class “Made in the U.S.A.” biometrics and AI software in our customers’ hands. I have known and worked with Scott for over a decade, and he has the utmost integrity and is one of the most professional leaders I have ever engaged with. Our entire ROC team is thrilled to follow Scott’s lead into this next phase of Rank One’s growth journey.”

Mr. Swann previously held the position of President and CEO at IDEMIA National Security Solutions where he stood up IDEMIA’s Special Security Agreement subsidiary company. Swann drove tremendous growth and profit while managing some of the country’s most critically important biometric-based identity systems. Prior to IDEMIA, Swann served 18-years with the FBI where he patriotically fulfilled multiple executive roles advancing technology to include Special Assistant in the FBI Director’s Office for the Science and Technology Executive Assistant Director; Executive Officer in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; and Unit Chief at the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Division.

Dr. Klare had held the position of CEO since 2015 and was a key decision-maker in shifting his day-to-day role to being ROC’s Chief Scientist. He will also serve as the company President.

Press Release

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While this growth is great news for our ever growing population being safer and more conveniently inter-connected, it also means there is more of a need for educational resources on how FR technology works, how to properly choose an FR solutions, and societal considerations around this powerful technology. While the academic literature is full of articles on many of these topics, these publications are often too dense for the broader community of users, integrators, and stakeholders. At the same time stories in media publications are often misinformed or focus only on narrow aspects of the conversation.

To help fill this void Rank One Computing is dedicating time and resources to providing educational content on all the important considerations around face recognition technology.

Our team’s background in automated face recognition technology provides an informed and diverse perspective on the subject:

• For over a decade, several members of our team have been at the forefront of automated FR algorithms
• Dozens of peer-reviewed academic articles on automated FR algorithms.
• Multiple U.S. government agencies have been advised and directly supported by Rank One’s team members prior to the company’s founding in 2015.
• Rank One’s algorithms are currently the most deployed FR solution in the U.S. Dept. of Defense, and they power over a dozen law enforcement agencies, major banks, a leading credit provider, and over 100M identity proofing verifications each year.

Over the course of these experiences we have learned a lot of lessons about face recognition technology, and through ROC News intend to share these lessons with the greater community. And, for FR topics we are less familiar with, guest authors will join the conversation to share their thoughts.

We hope to hear from our readers along the way. We encourage you to leave a comment in the articles or <a href=reach out to us directly.

Sincerely,
Brendan (and the Rank One team)

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