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Tesfaye Hailemichael joined Mitek Systems, Inc., as CFO in May 2005. Mr. Hailemichael is a seasoned financial executive with 15 years of strategic and tactical planning leadership for both public and private companies, and has extensive capital markets experience.
Prior to joining Mitek, Mr. Hailemichael was CFO at Maxwell Technologies (NASDAQ: MAXWELL), a leading global provider of micro electronic products, where he was responsible for all financial, accounting and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. From 2001 through 2003, Mr. Hailemichael was CFO of Raidtec, Ltd., a privately held technology company based in Atlanta, Georgia and Cork, Ireland. From 1990 until 1998, Mr. Hailemichael was Vice President, Finance, and CFO of Dot Hill Systems (NASDAQ: HILL) where he oversaw 32 consecutive quarters of growth from $10 million to over $183 million resulting from organic growth and acquisitions, and orchestrated the Company's Initial Public Offering.
Mr. Hailemichael began his career as Division Controller for Mallinckrodt, Inc., a manufacturer of medical products and a division of Tyco. Mr. Hailemichael has a B.S. in Accounting from Bowie State College, and a M.A. in Accounting from Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. He is a co-founder and member of the CFO Roundtable and a member of Day for Change, a support organization for abused children. | 