Mitek Names New CTO PYMNTS.com

Mobile capture and identity verification firm Mitek said on Wednesday (March 23) that it has appointed Stephen Ritter as the firm's chief technology officer. In that role, the company said in a release, Ritter will spearhead and lead the development of Mitek's core offerings, along with overseeing Mitek Labs, which is the company's scientific and computer vision operations. The firm said that, prior to coming on board at Mitek, Ritter served as senior vice president of engineering and research for Emotient, which was acquired by Apple. That firm used what are known as deep learning techniques in order to address computer vision issues. At Emotient, said Mitek in the release, Ritter helped fashion an emotion detection offering based on subjects' facial expressions.