Akoura Biometrics Expands Technology Advisory Board; Two Industry Veterans Join Technology Advisory Board of Enterprise Information Security Software Firm

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 18, 2005--Akoura Biometrics, Inc. (Akoura(R)), a leading provider of information security solutions, today announced Naeem Zafar and Michel Vandenberghe have joined its Technology Advisory Board.

"Akoura continues to attract world-class business and technology professionals and we are extremely proud of the strength of the management team that we have in place," said Billa Bhandari, Founder and Chief Architect of Akoura. "Our Technology Advisory Board consists of world-class thought-leaders across a wide range of industries, providing important insight into the development of technology solutions that will best serve our customers. We are excited to welcome Michel and Naeem to this prestigious group."

“Our Technology Advisory Board consists of world-class thought-leaders across a wide range of industries, providing important insight into the development of technology solutions that will best serve our customers. We are excited to welcome Michel and Naeem to this prestigious group.”

"Having been involved in the biometric security field over the last six years, I believe Akoura is uniquely positioned to succeed. Their focus on providing data-centric enterprise security solutions and biometric hardware independence will serve them well. Their technology platform is excellent and they can execute well ahead of the competitors with the team they have assembled" said Naeem Zafar, CEO of Silicon Design Systems. Mr. Zafar has extensive experience in high tech startup companies, including capital investment, international market and channel development, M&A and IPOs. Zafar has been a frequent lecturer on the subject of entrepreneurship and high-tech startups, and has served on advisory boards of various early stage companies including NewCore Networks, Relatia, Network Utilities, Cautella and EZValidation.

Michel Vandenberghe is another key addition to Akoura's Technology Advisory Board, having been instrumental in the development of ubiquitous computing and collective intelligence applications. Mr. Vandenberghe has more than 20 years' experience in information technology working at Amdahl, Sun Microsystems and IBM where he received recognition for his instrumental role in emerging business projects.

About Akoura

Akoura is an information security solutions company. Akoura is committed to developing security solutions that offer the strongest levels of commercially available information protection technology, with zero incremental investment in infrastructure, and a simple, functional end-user experience. For more information please visit www.akoura.com.