This episode focuses on Dexter Caffey, a member of the BioVenture’s Arkansas Collaborative for Technological and Innovative Venture Equality (ACTIVE) program. Dexter shares his entrepreneurial journey and the inspiration behind Smart Eye Technology, a biometric security platform focused on continuous facial recognition to protect sensitive data. His entrepreneurial path began at a young age, selling local newspapers in his neighborhood, where he learned the importance of customer relationships and market control. Smart Eye Technology was born from Dexter’s experience at a cybersecurity event, where he noticed the vulnerability of data on a laptop screen. The idea was to develop software that uses continuous facial recognition to ensure only the registered user can view their data on a screen. This system also integrates other biometrics like fingerprints, voice recognition, and behavior-based inputs (such as how a user holds a phone) to verify identity.

Dexter emphasizes his commitment to staying active and healthy, given the high stress of entrepreneurship, and continuously innovating. He also highlights the value of the ACTIVE program in helping Smart Eye Technology forge important relationships with institutions, especially in healthcare and banking, which are the company’s ideal customer profiles. Future developments for Smart Eye Technology include adding continuous facial recognition to individual applications (e.g., Microsoft Word, Excel), meaning even when opening an app, the user's identity would need to be continuously verified.