Joel Shaw, is the Chief Strategy Officer of CryptoMetrics. An internationally acclaimed expert in the field of machine-readable travel documents and border management systems, Mr. Shaw has spent more than 18 years conceiving, designing and developing border clearance, airport security and document-reading systems. Mr. Shaw is a co-author of a patent dealing with securing of travel documents. Before the acquisition by CryptoMetrics, Mr. Shaw was the founder and driving force behind BioDentity where he played a leading role in formulating the international standards behind machine-readable travel document systems. Previous to founding BioDentity, Mr. Shaw served as Executive Vice President of AIT where he conceived the Passport Reader product and the optical character recognition logic behind it. At AIT he led the business identification, product development, launch and initial market delivery aspects of the business. Mr. Shaw is a highly sought-after advisor to border control and travel document issuing authorities in North America and throughout the world. He has worked closely with the Canadian Passport Office, the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. Mr. Shaw is also the Chairman of the International Standards Organization (ISO) Working Group for the development of standards for machine-readable documents and serves as ISO�s official liaison with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). |