John Splain
Biometrics & Identity Systems Consultant CBSP/CBSE Standards, Conformance & InteroperabilityHelping Agencies Reduce Risk
- Role
- Grand Poobah at Biometrics Guru Llc
- Location
- Springfield, VA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About John Splain
I help agencies, integrators, and vendors design and improve biometric and identity systems. With 35 years across DHS, DoD, DOJ, DOS, and NIST, I specialize in standards, conformance, interoperability, and systems engineering.My work includes major contributions to ANSI/NIST‑ITL, leadership roles across national and international standards bodies, and hands‑on support to programs such as IDENT/HART, DoD ABIS, OBIM Futures Identity, and FBI IAFIS/NGI.Through Biometrics Guru LLC, I provide consulting in biometric standards, identity architecture, technical writing, product evaluation, and proposal support. I help clients reduce integration risk, improve data quality, and deliver mission‑ready identity capabilities.
Experience
Grand Poobah
Aug 2021 — Present · Springfield, VA, US
Certified Biometric Security Professional (CBSP) and Certified Biometric Security Engineer (CBSE) with 30 years of experience ranging from biometric applications, studies, and evaluations to developing websites that assist employers and the unemployed with their unemployment insurance needs. Skilled at leading groups to consensus needed to make meaningful contributions to the advancement of a task/project/program. Recognized member of the biometric and forensic standards development community with more than a decade of experience in standards development and adoption.
Education
Carnegie Mellon University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics with Scientific Instrumentation
1986 — 1990
University of Maryland
MS, Systems Engineering
1991 — 1998
Skills
- Software Development
- Software Project Management
- Analysis
- Requirements Analysis
- Databases
- Identity Management
- Software Design
- Xml
- Software Documentation
- Sdlc
- Systems Engineering
- Program Management
- System Architecture
- Testing
- Software Engineering
- Integration
- Project Planning
- Technical Writing
- Dod
- Biometrics
- Building Consensus
- Consensus Building
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