Vince Gaydarzhiev

Vince is the CEO of Alcatraz AI, a facial authentication platform for secure and frictionless physical access control, augmenting badging and replacing biometric technologies in enterprise. Previously he worked at NVIDIA on the embedded multimedia systems that power Tesla Model S, BMW and Audi. Later on, he joined Apple to lead the hardware prototype engineering team for iPad and iPhone, integrating the first FaceID into iOS devices. This is where he saw a clear need for a better, future-proof access control platform not only for mobile but also for the physical world.