Fingerprint sensor maker NEXT Biometrics has announced it shipped sensor number 2 million in April, and new appointments.Next stated in a press release that the number of sensors shipped means it has: “proven its ability to consistently mass produce fingerprint sensors with industry normal yield figures.”NEXT also announced that Dan Cronin has joined the company as Executive Vice President of Engineering.Cronin was previously at IBM, Motorola, Freescale and NXP, holding senior executive level positions in those companies. His initial focus will be ASIC and module design and delivery.In addition, NEXT announced that Zehira Dadon-Sitbon has accepted the position as Vice President of Product and Program Management. She has worked in the semiconductor industry for more than thirty years, running complex multi-discipline programs at large companies including Motorola, Philips, Freescale and Synaptics.NEXT CEO Ritu Favre said, “The recent executive hires prove our ability to attract top semiconductor industry talent. We are now taking a number of steps toward becoming a leading supplier of high-quality large fingerprint sensors. Production is running at high yields, and coupled with our new ASIC we are able to ramp up volumes to meet the increasing demand for our cost efficient large-size fingerprint sensors.”

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