Alcatraz appoints Matthew Powell as senior director of infrastructure markets

CUPERTINO, Calif.—Alcatraz, a provider of facial biometric authentication for physical access, has announced the appointment of Matthew Powell as the company’s first senior director of infrastructure markets. 

Powell brings over two decades of experience helping secure the systems that power our economy. His career has focused on enabling infrastructure owners to protect their operations, manage risk and build long-term resilience through intelligent security technology.

Before joining Alcatraz, Powell served as managing director for North America at Intelligent Security Systems (ISS), where he led transportation and video intelligence strategy. His work focused on delivering AI-powered analytics and integrated solutions to the commercial sector as well as supporting large-scale public infrastructure and transportation initiatives.

Prior to ISS, Powell spent more than eight years at Convergint Technologies. As principal for transportation, he led the strategy that helped transform Convergint into one of the world's premier aviation integrators. Over seven years, his team added more than 60 airports and eight major airlines to Convergint’s client base. He also played a key role in building the company’s transit and construction management practices.

At Alcatraz, Powell will lead infrastructure strategy as the company expands across high-security, high-throughput sectors. Alcatraz’s platform is already trusted in data centers, telecom networks, utilities and transportation hubs. He will focus on growing the company’s footprint in these critical areas, as well as building the partnerships and programs that help operators strengthen security, meet compliance and improve resilience across their facilities.

“Infrastructure resilience begins with trusted access,” said Tina D’Agostin, CEO of Alcatraz. “Matthew’s deep expertise and industry leadership will be essential as we continue to grow in critical sectors where operational uptime and public safety are non-negotiable.”

Powell added, “Critical infrastructure is a high-risk, high-volume environment that has unique needs around access control. While the technologies being deployed are similar to other markets, the use cases and ecosystems are very different. At Alcatraz, we are helping solve these challenges with a platform that’s built around privacy, performance and accountability. That’s exactly what the sector is asking for. I'm excited to bring a new wave of innovation into this space, backed by a team that understands both the urgency and the opportunity.”