Company: BKYI
Filing Date: 2025-06-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001437749-25-021438
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Company: BIO KEY INTERNATIONAL INC
Filing Date: 2025-06-27
Form: DEF 14A
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 nominees receiving the highest number of affirmative “FOR” votes will be elected as directors. Votes withheld and broker non-votes are not considered to be votes cast and, accordingly, will have no effect on the outcome of the vote on this proposal.

| The board of directors recommends a vote FOR each of the director nominees. |

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Non-Director Executive Officers

The following sets forth information regarding our non-director executive officers:

| Name           | Age |     | Position                                                              |
| Cecilia Welch  |  65 |     | Chief Financial Officer                                               |
| Mira K. LaCous |  63 |     | Chief Technology Officer                                              |
| James Sullivan |  57 |     | Senior Vice President of Strategy and Compliance, Chief Legal Officer |

Cecilia C. Welchhas served as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company since December 21, 2009. Ms. Welch joined the Company in 2007 as Corporate Controller. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Welch has held senior financial management positions in various industries, including software and manufacturing. Ms. Welch has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Franklin Pierce University.

Mira K. LaCous has served as Chief Technology Officer of the Company since March 13, 2014, as Senior Vice President of Technology & Development since 2012, and as our Vice President of Technology and Development since 2000. Ms. LaCous has over 35 years of product/project management, solution architecture, software development, team leadership and customer relations experience, with a background that includes successfully bringing numerous innovative products and technologies to market, including automated voice response systems, automated building control systems, software piracy protection, internet training materials and testing, WYSIWYG page layout and design software, image scanning/recognition software and systems, biometric security systems and algorithms, automated national ID systems using biometrics, and mobile applications with secure frameworks. Ms. LaCous earned a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, with mathematics and physics from North Dakota State University.

James D. Sullivan has served as BIO-key’s Senior Vice President of Strategy and Compliance and BIO-key’s Chief Legal Officer since February 2020, as Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development from April 2012 through December 2018, and the dual role as Senior Vice President of Global Sales from August 2015 through December of 2016. Mr. Sullivan is a recognized expert in privacy, cybersecurity, and biometric authentication for workforce