From 2005-2015 Dr. Hanna was a board member and Chief Technology/Innovation Officer at EyeLock Corporation, a company he co-founded to enable the global deployment of iris recognition. EyeLock is now a leading biometric provider with major commercialization partners worldwide, including Stanley Security Solutions, Wistron NeWeb Corporation, and Voxx International Corporation. Voxx, a global manufacturer and supplier of consumer electronics products, acquired a controlling interest in EyeLock Corporation in August 2015.

 

Previously, he held various positions at Sarnoff Corporation including Group Head, Vision Systems. He co-founded several Sarnoff spin-off companies and embedded within them for over 3 years.

 

He received a B.A. in Engineering Sciences and a D.Phil in Medical Image Processing and Computer Vision, from Oxford University.