2015 June/July Digital Edition

Secure Identity & Biometrics Association (SIBA) names
Troy Potter of L-3 National Security Solutions as chairman
WaSHiNgtoN, June 8, 2015 /
PRNewswire/ -- The Secure identity
& Biometrics association
(SiBa), announced today their
selection of troy Potter of L-3
National Security Solutions (NSS)
as Chairman, effective immediately.
SiBa is a non-profit association
that was established in February
2014 to steadfastly promote responsible
policy, education and implementation
of solutions that protect
and secure identity across private
and public platforms.
Potter was chosen because of
his vast experience in both the government
and industry. He served as
the identity Services Branch (iSB)
Deputy assistant Director at the
U.S. Visitor and immigrant Status
indicator technology (US-ViSit)
program and was US-ViSit’s Biometrics
Systems Program Manager
for a number of years, responsible
for the management and oversight
of one of the largest biometrics
systems in the world. today Potter
is the vice president of L-3 NSS’
global Solutions Sector and leads
all L-3 NSS Border Security and
Biometrics programs.
“i am very pleased to chair
SiBa, which has rapidly established
itself as the leading resource to proactively
create awareness
and promote
the value of identity
technologies and biometric
solutions to
enhance the security
of individuals as well
as organizations and
the government,”
said Potter. “i look
forward to working
with SiBa CEo Janice
Kephart and the board
to continue the significant progress
the association has made,” he
added.
Potter takes over as Chairman
from former animetrics
CEo Paul Schuepp who served
with outstanding leadership in the
formative stages of SiBa. Schuepp
said, “i believe strongly in the SiBa
mission, and am very proud of how
far SiBa has come in a short while.
With persistence, strategic vision
and credibility, SiBa is already
well-respected by government, the
private sector, and the media. i am
so pleased with how serious our
work is valued.”
Recently CEo Kephart was
asked to testify before the Senate
Homeland Security Committee
on a key biometric border issue.
in addition, SiBa is galvanizing
industry-leading
companies and
trade associations
to come together to
address core federal
government biometric
challenges.
The SiBa
board continues
to attract proven
expertise in identity
management and biometric
solutions, high
technology government relations
and commercialization, and the
defense, intelligence and homeland
security communities both domestically
and overseas.
“When we began on this
journey to create an organization
that was as cutting-edge and gamechanging
as the identity solutions
SiBa sought to represent, we never
imagined the exceptional growth
and quality of membership we
would have,” said Kephart. “i look
forward to working with Mr. Potter,
our Board and our growing membership
to expand our presence in
the identity market,” she added.
in addition to Chairman troy
Potter, SiBa board members are:
• Jim Annulis, President and CEO,
ProQual-i.t., inc.
• Ernest Baynard, President, Merid-
Troy Potter
ian Hill Strategies inc.
• Michael Dougherty, Director of
Law Enforcement Solutions, Raytheon
• Michael Petrov, Managing Director
North america, Vision-Box
• Lester Quintana, Senior Vice
President, Cellucci associates
• Catherine Renner-Amachree, DC
Head of operations and Business
Development, abanacle Corp.
• Paul Schuepp, former President
and CEo, animetrics
“With the increasing threats of
transnational organized crime and
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global terrorism, effective public
– private sector collaboration is
essential to strengthen our border
security and public safety,” said Celeste
Thomasson, CEo and President
of Morphotrak. Morphotrak
is one of the newest members of
SiBa. “We look forward to engaging
in this collaboration with SiBa
via its air Entry and Exit Working
group and other activities. We
continuously strive to strengthen
our biometric and identity management
solutions to address the everevolving
challenges of homeland
security,” Thomasson added.
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About SIBA
SiBa is a group of vendors and
other stakeholders with a common
interest in proactive thought
leadership, communications and
government relations regarding the
value of solutions that effectively
protect and secure individuals from
identity threats as well as protect
and secure facilities, organizations
and governments.
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