PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL – March 17, 2008 – Sonavation, Inc., today announced the addition of two key members to its management team – Ben Wagner, vice president of marketing and Yakub Aliyu, vice president of manufacturing – as it continues to move toward revolutionizing the biometrics industry.
Mr. Wagner joins Sonavation with more than 20 years in high tech product marketing and business development experience. He joins Sonavation from Texas Instruments, Inc., where most recently he was worldwide marketing director of DSP Systems Broadband Solutions for DSL, WiFi, IPTV, home gateways access technologies and fixed mobile convergence, where he developed worldwide relationships with key OEMs and service providers.
Mr. Aliyu joins Sonavation also from Texas Instruments, where he was director of manufacturing for the TI OMAP chipsets. He has more than 15 years of international experience in module development, technology integration, device engineering and operations. He has a proven track record in directing high-volume manufacturing operations on an international scale.
“These hires demonstrate Sonavation’s commitment to excellence,” said Steve Mansfield, president and chief operating officer for the company. “We are putting together a team with the best talent to deliver the best products in the industry.”
Sonavation, Inc., headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., is an independent of Cross Match Technologies, Inc., the premier provider of government and law enforcement agency biometrics applications in the world. Sonavation is dedicated to bringing to market the most accurate fingerprint sensors in the biometrics field at a price point that will totally revolutionize the industry.