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Director & Officer Bios
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Jim Miller – Chairman & CEO
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Jim Miller has served as CEO and as a Director since 1990. From 1980 to 1990, he was an executive with Oak Industries, Inc., a manufacturer of components for the telecommunications industry. While at Oak Industries, Miller served as a director, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, and Chairman/President of Oak Industries' Pacific Rim subsidiaries. Miller has a J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law and a B.A. from the University of California, San Diego.
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Wayne Wetherell – SVP of Administration and CFO |
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Wayne Wetherell serves as SVP of Administration and CFO of ImageWare Systems. He has more than 25 years of financial experience, having managed financial operations for a variety of corporations. Prior to joining ImageWare in 1996, he was the VP of Finance and CFO of Bilstein Corporation of America, a manufacturer and distributor of automotive parts. From 1980 to 1990, he held various senior management roles within corporate finance including Director of Finance at Oak Industries, a leading manufacturer of components for the telecommunications industry. Wetherell holds a B.S. in Management and an M.S. in Finance from San Diego State University.
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Chuck AuBuchon – VP, Business Development | |
| Chuck AuBuchon joined ImageWare Systems in 2003 and is responsible for leading ImageWare’s worldwide strategic business relationships and driving the company’s growth in the identity management market segments. Aubuchon brings ImageWare more than 25 years of global business development and sales experience in the secure credential industry. AuBuchon’s expertise ranges from identity authentication/authorization, provisioning, data security and systems integration. Previously, he was VP, Sales & Marketing at Card Technology Corporation, a manufacturer of Card Personalization Systems, where he was responsible for distribution within the Americas, Asia Pacific, and EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) regions. Earlier, AuBuchon drove the sales efforts of Gemplus and Datacard, where he increased sales by 20% annually.
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David Harding - Chief Technical Officer |
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Mr. Harding, an accomplished technology executive with more than 17 years of technology implementation and management experience, is responsible for strategic design, technology infrastructure and core technology strategy from concept through delivery. Before joining ImageWare, Mr. Harding held several CTO positions, with the most recent at IC Solutions, Inc., where he was responsible for all technology departments including the development and management of software development, IT and quality assurance as well as their respective hardware, software and human resource budgets. He has also held other CTO and executive management positions at numerous technology companies such as Thirsty.com, Fulcrum Point Technologies, Inc.; and Access360, which is now part of IBM/Tivoli.
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John Callan – Outside Director
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John Callan was elected to the Board in September 2000. He is an independent business strategy consultant who advises clients in the imaging and logistics fields. Prior to consulting, Callan served as COO of the shipping systems software start-up, Milestone Systems and held a number of senior executive roles at Polaroid Corporation.
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David W. Carey – Outside Director |
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Mr. Carey currently serves as Executive Director for Blackbird Technologies, where he assists the company, which provides state-of-the-art IT security expertise, with business development and strategic planning. Prior to joining Blackbird Technologies, Mr. Carey was Vice President, Information Assurance for Oracle Corporation. In addition, Mr. Carey worked for the CIA for 32 years. During his career at the CIA, Mr. Carey held several senior positions including that of Executive Director, often referred to as the Chief Operating Officer, or No.3 person in the agency from 1997 to 2001.
Before assuming that position, Mr. Carey was Director of the DCI Crime and Narcotics Center, the Director of the Office of Near Eastern and South Asian Analysis, and Deputy Director of the Office of Global Issues. Mr. Carey is a graduate of Cornell University and the University of Delaware.
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Steve Hamm – Outside Director |
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Mr. Hamm brings ImageWare more than 20 years of financial and business management experience. He is a retired PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) national partner-in-charge and was instrumental in growing the Audit Business Advisory Services (ABAS) Middle Market practice where he was responsible for $300 million in revenue and more than 100 partners.
Prior to ABAS, Mr. Hamm held numerous managing partner positions with PwC where he was responsible for all lines of service; the successful integration of Coopers & Lybrand and PwC offices in Orange County, Ca.; and the successful management of the Los Angeles region, leading it to become one of the top operating regions in the firm. Mr. Hamm currently holds Board positions with Chromavision, a publicly-traded Cancer Diagnostic Company and Aspen Holdings, a privately-held Workers Compensation Insurance Firm.
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David
Loesch – Outside Director | |
| David Loesch joined the ImageWare Board of Directors in October 2001.
He retired as Assistant Director in Charge of the Criminal Justice
Information Services (CJIS) Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) in 2001. Loesch began his investigative career with the FBI in 1972
as a Special Agent and was appointed to his final position by FBI Director
Freeh, with the concurrence of Attorney General Janet Reno, in
1999. Loesch earned
a Bachelor’s degree from Canisius College, in Buffalo, NY,
and a Master’s degree in Criminal Justice from George Washington
University. |
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