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Ajay K. Amlani serves as Aware, Inc.’s President and CEO and is a recognized leader in identity and defense technology, having spent over two decades driving innovation in biometric authentication and security. With Ajay’s extensive background across both government and private sectors, he has a unique perspective on how to achieve public private partnerships.

He was the cofounder and inventor of CLEAR, now serving 12 million members across 43 airports, and founded YOU Technology, a mobile-first retail loyalty platform acquired by Kroger. Earlier in his career, he held leadership roles at iProov, IDEMIA, General Motors, PwC, Baxter International, and CSX Transportation. As a White House Fellow and Senior Policy Advisor at the Department of Homeland Security, Ajay led biometric security initiatives and later helped launch the Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit to advance cybersecurity and AI. He is also a proud advisory council member of the Women’s Coaching Alliance.

Ajay earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Michigan, and Stephen M. Ross School of Business.