IDEX Biometrics ASA (OSE: IDEX and Nasdaq: IDBA) is a leading provider of fingerprint identification technologies offering simple, secure and personal touch-free authentication for all. 

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Mr. Simms is an accomplished executive, with extensive experience with publicly-listed companies across high technology. Since 2008, he has served as Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Vicor Corporation (Nasdaq: VICR), for which he played a key role in repositioning the company strategically and organizationally, leading to an order of magnitude expansion of market capitalization. Prior to joining Vicor Corporation, Mr. Simms was an investment banker for two decades, most recently with Needham & Company, Inc.    

Mr. Simms holds an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton School) and a BA from the [University of Virginia](/org/university-of-virginia). He will be based at [IDEX](/org/idex)’s Wilmington office, outside of Boston, Massachusetts, USA.    

James Simms

Hunter Hu is the VP of Sales for Asia Pacific at [IDEX Biometrics](/org/idex-biometrics). 

Hunter has over 15 years of experience in the biometrics industry. Hunter started their career as an RD Engineer at SHANGHAI AEROSPACE 802 RESEARCH INSTITUTE. Hunter then became a Sales supervisor at Secom Telecom before becoming the China Sales Manager at AuthenTec Inc. 

In 2011, Hunter became the Solutions Marketing Manager at SiliconBlue Technologies and then in 2013, they became the Country Manager at NEXT Biometrics overseeing the China, Korea, Japan, and India markets. 

Hunter’s experience and success in sales has led him to their current position as VP of Sales for Asia Pacific at [IDEX Biometrics](/org/idex-biometrics).

Hunter Hu received a Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications Engineering from Hohai University and then pursued a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a focus on Exchange Studying from Umeå University. Afterward, Hunter Hu completed an MBA with a focus on IMBA (Executive Stream) from The University of Hong Kong.

Hunter Hu reports to Art Stewart, Global Head of Sales & Marketing.

Hunter Hu

Vince became Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of [IDEX Biometrics](/org/idex-biometrics) on the 27th February 2020.

Vince joined [IDEX Biometrics](/org/idex-biometrics) from Infineon Technologies where he was most recently Vice President of Strategy Development and Implementation where he was responsible for leading new business development and strategic partnerships. Vince has also led technology companies from the pre-revenue stage to significant revenues and scale while serving as CEO of Sand 9 Inc., Vbrick Systems, and Sandburst Inc. These were all early-stage technology companies when he joined them. Earlier in his career, he held positions of increasing responsibility in engineering as well as sales and marketing at Intel, [Broadcom](/org/broadcom), and Siemens Semiconductor. Vince is a US citizen and resides in the USA.

As at 27 February 2020, Vince holds no shares and 5,000,000 subscription rights in [IDEX](/org/idex).

Vincent Graziani

Art rejoined [IDEX Biometrics](/org/idex-biometrics) as Global Head of Sales and Marketing in July 2020. He has over 18 years of experience in biometrics and over 30 years in technology development roles. Prior to joining [IDEX](/org/idex), Art held a variety of executive management positions at AuthenTec, a fingerprint biometrics-based semiconductor start-up and spin out from Harris Corporation. Art was directly responsible for the first fingerprint sensor integrations into the mobile phone market, lead the AuthenTec WW Sales team when the company went IPO, and was VP-GM of the Mobile and PC business unit when the company was acquired by Apple. After the Apple acquisition Art was recruited by [Synaptics](/org/synaptics) to lead their technical diligence initiative to get into the fingerprint biometrics space. This resulted in the acquisition of Validity Sensors which become a third operating division of [Synaptics](/org/synaptics). As VP of Product Management, Art drove product strategy at [Synaptics](/org/synaptics) Biometrics Product Division. In January 2018 Art started Cinnamon Ridge Advisors, LLC providing strategy guidance and market analysis services to several companies in the valley, prior to his return to [IDEX](/org/idex).

Art Stewart

Deborah has served the board of [IDEX](/org/idex) since 2015. She is independent of the company’s executive management, material business contacts and the company’s larger shareholders. Deborah has more than 25 years of technology (software, telecommunications) and Internet (payments/ financial services & retail) company experience, with 14 years in European and global vice president roles at [PayPal](/org/paypal), [eBay](/org/ebay), [Verizon](/org/verizon-communications) and Symantec. She holds a non-executive director position at [Which?](/org/which), and is an active trustee of SATIB Conservation Trust. Deborah is a Fellow of the Institute of Company Directors UK, and holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Electronics) Honours degree from the [University of Melbourne](/org/university-of-melbourne) and a Sloan Masters in Science (Management) with Distinction from [London Business School](/org/london-business-school).

Deborah Davis

Stan served as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of [IDEX](/org/idex) Biometrics from 1 April 2018 to the 26th February 2020. He joined the Strategy Advisory Council of [IDEX](/org/idex) in May 2016 and was appointed Chief Products Officer in October 2016. Stan most recently served as Senior Vice President & General Manager MaxTouch Business Unit and Chief Technology Officer of Atmel, where he drove the overall technology strategy and direction for the company. Previously, Stan served as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Senior Vice President of Advanced Development for [Synaptics](/org/synaptics), where he was instrumental in the formulation of the biometric fingerprint strategy, including the acquisition of Validity. Prior to [Synaptics](/org/synaptics), Stan held senior positions at semiconductor companies, such as MiniCircuits, [Skyworks Solutions](/org/skyworks-solutions), Agere Systems and Quantex Microsystems. Stan is a US citizen and resides in the USA.

Stanley Swearingen

Brian Roberts

Guido Bertocci

Fred Benkley is the Chief Innovation Officer at [IDEX Biometrics](/org/idex-biometrics). Fred has over 40 years of experience in the engineering field and is a founding member of Picofield Technologies Inc and Validity Sensors, Inc. Fred is the inventor of the fingerprint sensor tailored for mobile devices that will provide automatic individual user recognition each time the home button is touched. This uniquely effective and easy to use technology will secure mobile e-commerce transactions and protect personal data with a simple touch.

Fred Benkley reports to Vincent Graziani, CEO. Fred Benkley works with Art Stewart - Global Head of Sales & Marketing, James Simms - Chief Financial Officer, and Brian Roberts - SVP, Product Management & Business Development.

Fred Benkley

Hanne has served on the board of [IDEX](/org/idex) since 2007. She is independent of the company’s executive management, material business contacts and the company’s larger shareholders. Hanne has a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. In her professional career, Hanne has held several management positions within personnel administration, finance, credit card administration and debt collection.

Hanne Høvding

Morten Opstad

Stephen A. Skaggs

Larry has served the board of [IDEX](/org/idex) since 2015. He has broad expertise from the semiconductor industry. Larry is independent of the company’s executive management, material business contacts and the company’s larger shareholders. He played a pivotal role in transforming AuthenTec from a start-up into the world’s leading fingerprint sensor supplier, serving as CEO from September 2010 and instrumental in the acquisition of AuthenTec by Apple in October 2012. Larry remained with Apple through February 2013 to assist in the acquisition integration and transition.

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