Management

James B. DeBello, Chief Executive Officer

Mr. DeBello was named President and Chief Executive Officer in May 2003. He has served as a director of Mitek since 1994. Prior to being named Chief Executive Officer, he served as Chief Executive Officer of AsiaCorp Communications from 2001 to May 2003. Prior to that, he served as Venture CEO of IdeaEdge Ventures from 2000 to 2001. Prior to that, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of CollegeClub.com from 1999 to 2000, Chief Operating Officer of Wireless Knowledge in 1998, a joint venture between Qualcomm and Microsoft, and Vice President and General Manager of Qualcomm's Eudora Internet Division from 1996 to 1998.

Prior to beginning his career managing technology companies, Mr. DeBello was the youngest executive hired by the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee for the 1984 Olympics, which remain the most financially successful games staged. Mr. DeBello has been a featured keynote speaker at the Shanghai Government International Business Forum, China Telecommunications Development Forum, and the Greek National Economic Development Forum. He holds a B.A., magna cum laude, and M.B.A. from Harvard University, and was a Rotary Scholar at the University of Singapore where he studied economics and Chinese.

Dr. Grigori Nepomniachtchi, Chief Technology Officer

Dr. Nepomniachtchi serves as Chief Technology Officer and leads Mitek's scientific research staff in the United States and Russia. He is an accomplished international expert in image preprocessing, and has played a principle role developing Mitek's industry leading intelligent recognition and identity verification technologies.

Prior to becoming CTO in September 2003, Dr. Neponmniachtchi served as Mitek's Chief Scientist between 1999 and 2003. He joined Mitek in 1996 as Staff Scientist.

Before joining Mitek, Dr. Dr. Nepomniachtchi worked as Senior Analyst at AUDRE Inc., where he designed and implemented Optical Character Recognition and Geometrical Recognition engines for converting engineering drawings, maps and electronic schematics into machine-readable format.

While at Mitek, Dr. Nepomniachtchi created Mitek's advanced algorithms for finding dynamic data in unstrucutured forms. These algorithms enable Mitek's award winning DynaFind toolkit for EOB, HCFA and invoice processing. His work in image enhancement and form identification has contributed to Mitek's leadership in the intelligent character recognition industry. Most recently, he has invented various fraud detection techniques including signature and check stock validation which are the foundation of Mitek's Check Image Analytics.

Dr. Nepomniachtchi holds 4 patents in image analysis and intelligent character recognition. He has published more than 40 technical papers and has spoken at numerous international conferences on Document / Image Analysis and Understanding, Pattern Recognition and Biometrics.

Dr. Nepomniachtchi has a M.S. in Math and a Ph.D. in Topology/Geometry from the Lomonosow University in Moscow, Russia. Dr. Nepomniachtchi was recognized as Outstanding Researcher/Professor by the United States INS in 1995.

David Youngerman, Vice President of Sales

Mr. David Youngerman was appointed Vice President of Sales at Mitek in March 2007 and is responsible for all revenue generation, channel management and partner relationships worldwide. He has over 20 years of senior executive level experience in the financial services industry and has proven his ability to identify and seize business opportunities leading to successful operating results.

Prior to joining Mitek, Mr. Youngerman was President of Panini, N.A. (the US subsidiary of Panini, S.P.A. based in Turin, Italy). Youngerman joined Panini in 1999 and was promoted to President in 2001. He implemented a plan that grew the company's revenue substantially and cemented Panini's reputation as the leading manufacturer of remote image scanners in the Distributed Capture Industry. Prior to that, he held senior sales and operations positions at Wausau Financial Solutions and Culvern Corporation. Mr. Youngerman started his career at NCR Corporation where he was quickly promoted through product management and sales/marketing positions.

Mr. Youngerman received his B.S. in Management from The University of Dayton and has attended an Executive Management Program at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business. He is a member of the American Bankers Association, the Banker Administration Institute and The Association of Work Process Improvement (TAWPI).