Cathy Tilton

Mrs. Tilton has over 25 years of engineering and management experience, including over 14 years in the biometrics industry. She has led or been involved in the design, development, and deployment of numerous biometric systems in both the commercial and government domains. These include programs in the areas of border management, transportation security, credentialing systems, law enforcement and defense in the US and internationally.

She is very active in the development of national and international biometric standards, currently serving as the US head of delegation to ISO/IEC JTC1 SC37 subcommittee on biometrics. She also chairs the BioAPI Consortium, is the international representative for INCITS M1, and chairs the Biometric Identity Assurance Services (BIAS) Integration technical committee at OASIS. Cathy was recently awarded the Edward Lohse Information Technology Medal by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

Previously, she was involved with large scale electronic defense systems development. She has a BS in nuclear engineering from Mississippi State and an MS in systems engineering from Virginia Tech.