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MorphoTrust appoints new CEO

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

MorphoTrust USA, the security and credentialing division of Safran, has announced the appointment of Robert Eckel to the position of chief executive officer of the MorphoTrust division.

Eckel became part of Safran when it acquired biometrics developer L-1 Identity Solutions, where he served as president of the Secure Credentialing division. In July 2011 L-1 merged with its Morpho brand to become MorphoTrust. Eckel also has past experiences running another biometrics developer, Digimarc. [end] 

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