Mr. Khitrov is a seasoned biometric industry professional with over 10 years of managerial experience at C-level positions with biometric and financial companies (STC, Speechpro, Bank of Montreal). After graduating from an International MBA program at Schulich School of Business, Toronto, Canada in 2004. Alexey got actively involved with the biometric marketplace, specifically in the fields of voice and multi-modal biometrics pioneering breakthrough innovations and award-winning projects with Fortune 500 companies. In 2016 Alexey launched ID R&D, a new biometric company with a focus on developing cutting-edge voice and behavioural biometrics along with "liveness detection" capabilities. The company is working with leading technological and financial companies in the US and globally. Recently ID R&D introduced industry-first frictionless and continuous biometric authentication product for Conversational Interface - Safechat.  In March of 2018 Microsoft selected ID R&D as a Top-10 AI company in its AI-Innovate Global Competition.  Mr Khitrov is an industry thought leader with dozens of speaking engagements at most prominent industry events.