Michael A. Tzannes has been Aware's chief executive officer since April 1998 and has served as a director of Aware since March 1998. Mr. Tzannes also served as Aware's president from April 1998 to March 2001. From September 1997 to April 1998 he served as Aware's chief technology officer and general manager of telecommunications. Mr. Tzannes served as Aware's senior vice president telecommunications from April 1996 to September 1997 as Aware's vice president telecommunications from December 1992 to April 1996 as a senior member of Aware's technical staff from January 1991 to November 1992 and as a consultant to Aware from October 1990 to December 1990. From 1986 to 1990 he was a staff engineer at Signatron Inc. a telecommunications technology and systems developer. Mr. Tzannes received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Tufts University an M.S. from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and a B.S. from the University of Patras Greece. |