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Randal Wimmer became a multi-millionaire based off a contract proposal he wrote at his kitchen table and at a Northern Virginia Starbucks. A Navy veteran, Wimmer started his own government contracting firm, McLean-based Analytic Strategies, in 2003. It took three-and-a-half years and a lucky business connection for the company to win its first subcontract — […]
EY names eight Virginians mid-Atlantic entrepreneurs of year
Eight leaders from six Virginia businesses have been named winners of Ernst & Young LLP’s Mid-Atlantic Entrepreneur of the Year Award for 2022. The winners, named in early July by the Big Four multinational professional services company, include: 10Pearls | Imran Aftab, co-founder and CEO, Vienna Aireon LLC | Don Thoma, founder and CEO, McLean ID.me […]
McLean-based ID.me lays off 54 workers
McLean-based tech company ID.me Inc. has laid off 54 employees, months after the Internal Revenue Service — among other government agencies — said it would drop its plan to require taxpayers to submit to facial recognition via ID.me’s software. Fifty-four employees lost their jobs, according to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which is […]
ID.me to drop facial recognition requirement for government agencies
Amid concerns over privacy and data security, McLean-based tech company ID.me announced Tuesday it would drop the facial recognition requirement in its identity verification software, offering a new option to all government clients. Founded in 2010 as TroopSwap, ID.me works with 10 federal agencies, including Social Security and Veterans Affairs, and 30 states, in addition […]
IRS drops plan to use Va. firm’s facial recognition tech
The Internal Revenue Service is dropping a controversial plan to require taxpayers to submit to facial recognition to access their online accounts, the agency announced Monday. McLean-based contractor ID.me was working on the facial recognition system, which the IRS had earlier said would be implemented on its website this summer. To prevent larger disruptions to […]
