Women In Biometrics 2017 winner: Liane Moriyama, Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center

Published: Nov. 8, 2017, 3 p.m.

b'Liane Moriyama retired last summer as Administrator of the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center and she is honored for her innovative career as a 2017 winner of the Women in Biometrics awards. She was instrumental in bringing the first AFIS to Hawaii and helping other states to follow suit. But it is her crossover between the use of biometrics for law enforcement and its use to protect vulnerable populations that defines her most significant contributions.'