Irvine, Calif. - OMNIKEY, one of the world´s leading manufacturers of smart card readers, has announced that David Koma has joined OMNIKEY Americas as regional sales director. In this new role, Mr. Koma will primarily focus on supporting OMNIKEY's strong OEM customer base in the Americas and the development of new OEM opportunities.
Most recently, Koma was director of sales, North America, for the Datastrip Group, where he was responsible for developing key relationships in physical security and identity management business segments for the mobile biometric terminal manufacturer. Koma also worked at Gemplus for seven years in the roles of senior account manager for the security and ID business unit, director of business development for the financial services and security business unit, and product marketing manager. In all, David brings 20 years of global experience to OMNIKEY.
"David provides the expertise and strategic vision to extend OMNIKEY's presence in the OEM channel," says Kurt Schmid, CEO of OMNIKEY. "His skill set and knowledge of the OEM market uniquely positions David to help the OEM channel better understand the smart card market and how they can take advantage of the growth in this technology area."
"I am excited to join the OMNIKEY team to promote the use of smart card technology," says Koma. "Never before has the Americas' smart card market been so dynamic and energized. I look forward to providing OMNIKEY customers with a wide range of OEM products backed by solid and timely engineering and technical support."
