Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ: AWRE), a leading supplier of biometrics software and services, announced that Richard P. Moberg has resigned, effective March 3, 2017, as co-Chief Executive Officer and co-President and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Aware citing a desire to retire. Mr. Moberg will continue to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of Aware.
Kevin T. Russell, Aware's co-Chief Executive Officer and co-President, General Counsel has been named Chief Executive Officer, President and General Counsel. Mr. Russell will continue to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of Aware. Mr. Russell has been with Aware since April 2000 and has served as co-Chief Executive Officer and co-President, General Counsel since April 2011. David J. Martin, Aware's Controller, has been named Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Aware. Mr. Martin has served as Aware's Controller since October 2006 and previously served as Controller from October 1996 to October 2005.
Mr. Russell said, "We thank Rick for his many years of dedicated service to Aware. Rick's numerous and valuable contributions to Aware include helping to build the company's biometrics business as well as managing all of the company's financial reporting obligations. He has left behind a strong organization that is well positioned for the future. We wish him the best in his future endeavors and look forward to continuing to work with him as a member of our Board of Directors."
Mr. Russell continued, "We are happy to announce Dave's promotion to CFO. Dave has provided many years of valuable service in Aware's financial organization. His vast experience in financial reporting and with Aware's business will serve him well as he takes on the role of CFO."
About Aware
Aware is a leading provider of biometrics software products and development services to governments, system integrators, and solution providers globally. Our products include SDKs, software components, workstation applications, and a modular, centralized, service-oriented platform. They fulfill a broad range of functions critical to biometric authentication and search, including face, fingerprint, and iris autocapture, image quality assurance, data compliance, capture hardware peripheral abstraction, centralized data processing and workflow, subsystem connectivity, and biometric matching algorithms. The products are used to enable identity-centric security solutions with biometrics for applications including border management, credentialing and access control, intelligence and defense, and law enforcement. Aware is a publicly held company (Nasdaq: AWRE) based in Bedford, Massachusetts.
