UPEK Appoints Robert Blau as Vice President of Development

Business Wire, Feb 23, 2006

EMERYVILLE, Calif. -- UPEK(R), Inc., the leading brand of biometric fingerprint security solutions, today announced that Robert Blau has joined the company as vice president of development. Blau brings more than 18 years of engineering and management experience to UPEK, where he will lead all hardware and software content development for the company. Blau was most recently vice president of software engineering at Nuance Communications and prior to that spent eleven years at Hewlett-Packard. Blau is a graduate of the California State University at Chico, where he graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science.

"Rob brings a wealth of experience to the organization and is an excellent addition to our executive team," said Alan Kramer, CEO of UPEK. "His background in software and solutions development will help us define products best suited to meet the needs of customers in a wide range of industries."

"I look forward to continuing UPEK's legacy of converting biometric technology into commercial applications for enterprises, consumers, and the government sector," stated Blau. "I am particularly excited about UPEK's technology and its unique ability to be applied in a wide range of markets and applications."

UPEK's ten-year legacy of technology innovation includes the development of the only complete hardware/software biometric solution for the PC market, already adopted by three out of the top five notebook PC manufacturers; a solution for the first broadly deployed biometrically-protected flash drive with true portability; and a mobile solution that provides simplified protection, personalization and navigation for mobile and wireless applications.

About UPEK, Inc.

UPEK, Inc., the global leader in biometric fingerprint security solutions, offers integrated end-to-end solutions including comprehensive design & integration services to the world's leading consumer and industrial products companies. UPEK solutions enable the strongest fingerprint authentication security available, packaged for high user convenience and rapid integration into existing products and network architectures. The company has been pioneering biometric fingerprint technology since 1996 and shipping product in volume since 1999. UPEK is headquartered near Berkeley, California, with offices in Prague, Singapore, Taipei and Tokyo. For more information, please visit www.upek.com.

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