Who Are We?

IriTech is a US corporation headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia with a regional office in Seoul, Korea. We supply the iris biometrics software and hardware foundational for identity assurance and contribute to the security and safety of humankind. IriTech's unique and patented iris recognition algorithm underlies our highly acclaimed iris identification technology. Independent US government testing (NIST IREX I) has validated the superior performance of this algorithm.

Our team is composed of exceptional researchers, hardware engineers, and software engineers with a passion for iris recognition technology. As a result, this company has a singular focus on developing and introducing the best iris analysis and matching algorithms and the most compact yet powerful camera hardware. This passion was ignited by our founder, Dr. Daehoon Kim, who first developed an interest in the iris while a researcher at the Mayo Clinic.

Years later, Dr. Kim began creating a new type of iris identification and founded IriTech in March of 2000. The first patent for iris technology was issued later that year. Early after the founding, IriTech began fostering the acceptance of iris biometrics through a leadership role formulating US (ANSI) and international (ISO) standards. By 2001, IriTech unveiled a table-top iris camera called the I-CON 2000, which could capture high resolution, natural light images of the iris.

IriTech has tried creative applications of iris technology, including inventing the first iris-based narcotics pre-screening system. The experimental DM 2000 was able to judge if a human subject had taken drugs with 95% accuracy based upon the pupil's response to light stimulus. The technology had the benefit of being less invasive than other forms of drug testing.

In 2007, IriTech formed a strategic partnership with Lockheed Martin, a leader in biometrics solutions that provides a full range of technologies to law enforcement, homeland security, military and intelligence customers. IriTech continues to forge strategic alliances with systems integrators and manufacturers of biometrics solutions. We welcome new partners.

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