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authID Appoints Rhon Daguro as CEO and Joe Trelin as Chairman of the Board
Experienced leaders with proven business growth success in the identity industry assume executive leadership. DENVER, March 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
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[{"type":"text","content":"Experienced leaders with proven business growth success in the identity industry assume executive leadership. DENVER, March 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- authID® [Nasdaq: AUID], a leading provider of secure identity authentication solutions, today announced the appointment of Rhon Daguro as Chief Executive Officer and Joe Trelin as Chairman of the Board. “The Board is delighted to welcome Rhon Daguro as our new Chief Executive,” said Chairman Joe Trelin. “Rhon has exceptional strategic capabilities, proven operational effectiveness, and a track record of outstanding revenue growth in the identity space. We look forward to working together to realize the full potential of authID.” Rhon Daguro, appointed as a member of the Board on March 9, joins the Company’s executive team with proven success in building multiple profitable software and professional services firms, and over 20 years of sales, marketing, technology, and venture capital experience. Bringing extensive knowledge of the identity market, Rhon served most recently as the Chief Revenue Officer of Socure Inc. where he helped the company attain ‘unicorn’ status, growing annual recurring revenue to over $100 Million. Previous to that, Rhon served in identity management positions at Oracle. He also built the identity management team at Persistent as General Manager, created an API layer for the Oracle identity platform (achieving Partner of the Year status twice), and delivered a FIDO solution for the banking industry based on USAA’s patents. Rhon’s teams built additional identity products for Oracle, NokNok Labs, and IBM. Rhon also lead the sale of an enterprise software company for approximately $100 million. “I am excited about this opportunity to lead authID because of the strength of its technology platform and growth potential,” said Rhon Daguro, CEO of authID. “I look forward to collaborating with our newly strengthened Board and new Chairman Joe Trelin. I will be fiercely focused on bringing my expertise, vision, and energy to take advantage of that potential to escalate the Company’s performance and market presence.” Having joined the authID Board of Directors in April 2022, Joe Trelin, assumes the role of Chairman effective immediately. Joe offers invaluable industry expertise having formerly served as the Chief Platform Officer at CLEAR, where he designed, launche...