Paul Collier

Mr. Collier is a founding partner and serves as President of Identification Technology Partners, Inc. He also served as Executive Director of The Biometric Foundation. Mr. Collier has held executive posts in the design and marketing of forensic and biometric identification systems since 1978. His background in biometrics encompasses commercial, government and military applications of biometrics, including physical and logical access control, entitlement fraud control, refugee tracking; border control, and e-commerce and electronic funds transfer applications. Mr. Collier has participated in many government and industry biometric standards activities over the past 25 years. He is a founding member of the International Biometrics and Identification Association (IBIA) and served on its board of directors for over two years. He has served on the Service Membership Advisory Board of the American Bankers Association and has testified before both US House and Senate committees as an expert witness on biometric technology.