diff --git a/rfcs b/rfcs
index 98ec027..c973203 160000
--- a/rfcs
+++ b/rfcs
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 98ec027ca5aa27b390b91e7d619c2512f76574d3
+Subproject commit c973203daf24793c02ce9e75cd2fda6858f1241c
diff --git a/src/faceembed.rs b/src/faceembed.rs
index d89ceb0..ccdb743 100644
--- a/src/faceembed.rs
+++ b/src/faceembed.rs
@@ -1,20 +1,18 @@
+pub mod facenet;
+
+// Re-export common types and traits
+pub use facenet::FaceNetEmbedder;
+pub use facenet::{FaceEmbedding, FaceEmbeddingConfig, IntoEmbeddings};
+
+// Convenience type aliases for different backends
+pub use facenet::mnn::EmbeddingGenerator as MnnEmbeddingGenerator;
+pub use facenet::ort::EmbeddingGenerator as OrtEmbeddingGenerator;
+
 use crate::errors::*;
 use ndarray::{Array2, ArrayView4};
 
-pub mod mnn;
-pub mod ort;
-
-/// Common trait for face embedding backends
+/// Common trait for face embedding backends - maintained for backward compatibility
 pub trait FaceEmbedder {
     /// Generate embeddings for a batch of face images
     fn run_models(&self, faces: ArrayView4<u8>) -> Result<Array2<f32>>;
 }
-
-// Convenience type aliases for different backends
-pub mod facenet {
-    pub use crate::faceembed::mnn::facenet as mnn;
-    pub use crate::faceembed::ort::facenet as ort;
-}
-
-// Default to MNN implementation for backward compatibility
-pub use mnn::facenet::EmbeddingGenerator;
diff --git a/src/faceembed/facenet.rs b/src/faceembed/facenet.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6977d2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/faceembed/facenet.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+pub mod mnn;
+pub mod ort;
+
+use crate::errors::*;
+use error_stack::ResultExt;
+use ndarray::{Array1, Array2, ArrayView3, ArrayView4};
+
+/// Configuration for face embedding processing
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+pub struct FaceEmbeddingConfig {
+    /// Input image width expected by the model
+    pub input_width: usize,
+    /// Input image height expected by the model
+    pub input_height: usize,
+    /// Whether to normalize embeddings to unit vectors
+    pub normalize: bool,
+}
+
+impl FaceEmbeddingConfig {
+    pub fn with_input_size(mut self, width: usize, height: usize) -> Self {
+        self.input_width = width;
+        self.input_height = height;
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_normalization(mut self, normalize: bool) -> Self {
+        self.normalize = normalize;
+        self
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for FaceEmbeddingConfig {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            input_width: 160,
+            input_height: 160,
+            normalize: true,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Represents a face embedding vector
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+pub struct FaceEmbedding {
+    /// The embedding vector
+    pub vector: Array1<f32>,
+    /// Optional confidence score for the embedding quality
+    pub confidence: Option<f32>,
+}
+
+impl FaceEmbedding {
+    pub fn new(vector: Array1<f32>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            vector,
+            confidence: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_confidence(mut self, confidence: f32) -> Self {
+        self.confidence = Some(confidence);
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Calculate cosine similarity with another embedding
+    pub fn cosine_similarity(&self, other: &FaceEmbedding) -> f32 {
+        let dot_product = self.vector.dot(&other.vector);
+        let norm_self = self.vector.mapv(|x| x * x).sum().sqrt();
+        let norm_other = other.vector.mapv(|x| x * x).sum().sqrt();
+        dot_product / (norm_self * norm_other)
+    }
+
+    /// Calculate Euclidean distance with another embedding
+    pub fn euclidean_distance(&self, other: &FaceEmbedding) -> f32 {
+        (&self.vector - &other.vector).mapv(|x| x * x).sum().sqrt()
+    }
+
+    /// Normalize the embedding vector to unit length
+    pub fn normalize(&mut self) {
+        let norm = self.vector.mapv(|x| x * x).sum().sqrt();
+        if norm > 0.0 {
+            self.vector.mapv_inplace(|x| x / norm);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Get the dimensionality of the embedding
+    pub fn dimension(&self) -> usize {
+        self.vector.len()
+    }
+}
+
+/// Raw model outputs that can be converted to embeddings
+pub trait IntoEmbeddings {
+    fn into_embeddings(self, config: &FaceEmbeddingConfig) -> Result<Vec<FaceEmbedding>>;
+}
+
+impl IntoEmbeddings for Array2<f32> {
+    fn into_embeddings(self, config: &FaceEmbeddingConfig) -> Result<Vec<FaceEmbedding>> {
+        let mut embeddings = Vec::new();
+
+        for row in self.rows() {
+            let mut vector = row.to_owned();
+
+            if config.normalize {
+                let norm = vector.mapv(|x| x * x).sum().sqrt();
+                if norm > 0.0 {
+                    vector.mapv_inplace(|x| x / norm);
+                }
+            }
+
+            embeddings.push(FaceEmbedding::new(vector));
+        }
+
+        Ok(embeddings)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Common trait for face embedding backends
+pub trait FaceNetEmbedder {
+    /// Generate embeddings for a batch of face images
+    fn run_model(&mut self, faces: ArrayView4<u8>) -> Result<Array2<f32>>;
+
+    /// Generate embeddings with full pipeline including postprocessing
+    fn generate_embeddings(
+        &mut self,
+        faces: ArrayView4<u8>,
+        config: FaceEmbeddingConfig,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<FaceEmbedding>> {
+        let raw_output = self
+            .run_model(faces)
+            .change_context(Error)
+            .attach_printable("Failed to generate embeddings")?;
+
+        raw_output
+            .into_embeddings(&config)
+            .attach_printable("Failed to process embeddings")
+    }
+
+    /// Generate a single embedding from a single face image
+    fn generate_embedding(
+        &mut self,
+        face: ArrayView3<u8>,
+        config: FaceEmbeddingConfig,
+    ) -> Result<FaceEmbedding> {
+        // Add batch dimension
+        let face_batch = face.insert_axis(ndarray::Axis(0));
+        let embeddings = self.generate_embeddings(face_batch.view(), config)?;
+
+        embeddings
+            .into_iter()
+            .next()
+            .ok_or(Error)
+            .attach_printable("No embedding generated for input face")
+    }
+}
+
+/// Utility functions for embedding processing
+pub mod utils {
+    use super::*;
+
+    /// Compute pairwise cosine similarities between two sets of embeddings
+    pub fn pairwise_cosine_similarities(
+        embeddings1: &[FaceEmbedding],
+        embeddings2: &[FaceEmbedding],
+    ) -> Array2<f32> {
+        let n1 = embeddings1.len();
+        let n2 = embeddings2.len();
+        let mut similarities = Array2::zeros((n1, n2));
+
+        for (i, emb1) in embeddings1.iter().enumerate() {
+            for (j, emb2) in embeddings2.iter().enumerate() {
+                similarities[(i, j)] = emb1.cosine_similarity(emb2);
+            }
+        }
+
+        similarities
+    }
+
+    /// Find the best matching embedding from a gallery for each query
+    pub fn find_best_matches(
+        queries: &[FaceEmbedding],
+        gallery: &[FaceEmbedding],
+    ) -> Vec<(usize, f32)> {
+        let similarities = pairwise_cosine_similarities(queries, gallery);
+        let mut best_matches = Vec::new();
+
+        for i in 0..queries.len() {
+            let row = similarities.row(i);
+            let (best_idx, best_score) = row
+                .iter()
+                .enumerate()
+                .max_by(|(_, a), (_, b)| a.partial_cmp(b).unwrap())
+                .unwrap();
+            best_matches.push((best_idx, *best_score));
+        }
+
+        best_matches
+    }
+
+    /// Filter embeddings by minimum quality threshold
+    pub fn filter_by_confidence(
+        embeddings: Vec<FaceEmbedding>,
+        min_confidence: f32,
+    ) -> Vec<FaceEmbedding> {
+        embeddings
+            .into_iter()
+            .filter(|emb| emb.confidence.map_or(true, |conf| conf >= min_confidence))
+            .collect()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/faceembed/mnn/facenet.rs b/src/faceembed/facenet/mnn.rs
similarity index 92%
rename from src/faceembed/mnn/facenet.rs
rename to src/faceembed/facenet/mnn.rs
index 6206c79..4ac97ab 100644
--- a/src/faceembed/mnn/facenet.rs
+++ b/src/faceembed/facenet/mnn.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::errors::*;
-use crate::faceembed::FaceEmbedder;
+use crate::faceembed::facenet::FaceNetEmbedder;
 use mnn_bridge::ndarray::*;
 use ndarray::{Array1, Array2, ArrayView3, ArrayView4};
 use std::path::Path;
@@ -63,9 +63,10 @@ impl EmbeddingGenerator {
         Self::new_from_bytes(&model)
     }
 
-    pub fn builder<T: AsRef<[u8]>>()
-    -> fn(T) -> std::result::Result<EmbeddingGeneratorBuilder, Report<Error>> {
-        EmbeddingGeneratorBuilder::new
+    pub fn builder<T: AsRef<[u8]>>(
+        model: T,
+    ) -> std::result::Result<EmbeddingGeneratorBuilder, Report<Error>> {
+        EmbeddingGeneratorBuilder::new(model)
     }
 
     pub fn new_from_bytes(model: &[u8]) -> Result<Self> {
@@ -151,7 +152,14 @@ impl EmbeddingGenerator {
     // }
 }
 
-impl FaceEmbedder for EmbeddingGenerator {
+impl FaceNetEmbedder for EmbeddingGenerator {
+    fn run_model(&mut self, faces: ArrayView4<u8>) -> Result<Array2<f32>> {
+        self.run_models(faces)
+    }
+}
+
+// Main trait implementation for backward compatibility
+impl crate::faceembed::FaceEmbedder for EmbeddingGenerator {
     fn run_models(&self, faces: ArrayView4<u8>) -> Result<Array2<f32>> {
         self.run_models(faces)
     }
diff --git a/src/faceembed/facenet/ort.rs b/src/faceembed/facenet/ort.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c59b32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/faceembed/facenet/ort.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+use crate::errors::*;
+use crate::faceembed::facenet::FaceNetEmbedder;
+use error_stack::ResultExt;
+use ndarray::{Array2, ArrayView4};
+use ort::{
+    execution_providers::{
+        CPUExecutionProvider, CoreMLExecutionProvider, ExecutionProviderDispatch,
+    },
+    session::{Session, builder::GraphOptimizationLevel},
+    value::Tensor,
+};
+use std::path::Path;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct EmbeddingGenerator {
+    session: Session,
+}
+
+pub struct EmbeddingGeneratorBuilder {
+    model_data: Vec<u8>,
+    execution_providers: Option<Vec<ExecutionProviderDispatch>>,
+    intra_threads: Option<usize>,
+    inter_threads: Option<usize>,
+}
+
+impl EmbeddingGeneratorBuilder {
+    pub fn new(model: impl AsRef<[u8]>) -> crate::errors::Result<Self> {
+        Ok(Self {
+            model_data: model.as_ref().to_vec(),
+            execution_providers: None,
+            intra_threads: None,
+            inter_threads: None,
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_execution_providers(mut self, providers: Vec<String>) -> Self {
+        let execution_providers: Vec<ExecutionProviderDispatch> = providers
+            .into_iter()
+            .filter_map(|provider| match provider.as_str() {
+                "cpu" | "CPU" => Some(CPUExecutionProvider::default().build()),
+                #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+                "coreml" | "CoreML" => Some(CoreMLExecutionProvider::default().build()),
+                _ => {
+                    tracing::warn!("Unknown execution provider: {}", provider);
+                    None
+                }
+            })
+            .collect();
+
+        if !execution_providers.is_empty() {
+            self.execution_providers = Some(execution_providers);
+        } else {
+            tracing::warn!("No valid execution providers found, falling back to CPU");
+            self.execution_providers = Some(vec![CPUExecutionProvider::default().build()]);
+        }
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_intra_threads(mut self, threads: usize) -> Self {
+        self.intra_threads = Some(threads);
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_inter_threads(mut self, threads: usize) -> Self {
+        self.inter_threads = Some(threads);
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn build(self) -> crate::errors::Result<EmbeddingGenerator> {
+        let mut session_builder = Session::builder()
+            .change_context(Error)
+            .attach_printable("Failed to create session builder")?;
+
+        // Set execution providers
+        if let Some(providers) = self.execution_providers {
+            session_builder = session_builder
+                .with_execution_providers(providers)
+                .change_context(Error)
+                .attach_printable("Failed to set execution providers")?;
+        } else {
+            // Default to CPU
+            session_builder = session_builder
+                .with_execution_providers([CPUExecutionProvider::default().build()])
+                .change_context(Error)
+                .attach_printable("Failed to set default CPU execution provider")?;
+        }
+
+        // Set threading options
+        if let Some(threads) = self.intra_threads {
+            session_builder = session_builder
+                .with_intra_threads(threads)
+                .change_context(Error)
+                .attach_printable("Failed to set intra threads")?;
+        }
+
+        if let Some(threads) = self.inter_threads {
+            session_builder = session_builder
+                .with_inter_threads(threads)
+                .change_context(Error)
+                .attach_printable("Failed to set inter threads")?;
+        }
+
+        // Set optimization level
+        session_builder = session_builder
+            .with_optimization_level(GraphOptimizationLevel::Level3)
+            .change_context(Error)
+            .attach_printable("Failed to set optimization level")?;
+
+        // Create session from model bytes
+        let session = session_builder
+            .commit_from_memory(&self.model_data)
+            .change_context(Error)
+            .attach_printable("Failed to create ORT session from model bytes")?;
+
+        tracing::info!("Successfully created ORT RetinaFace session");
+
+        Ok(EmbeddingGenerator { session })
+    }
+}
+
+impl EmbeddingGenerator {
+    const INPUT_NAME: &'static str = "serving_default_input_6:0";
+    const OUTPUT_NAME: &'static str = "StatefulPartitionedCall:0";
+
+    pub fn builder<T: AsRef<[u8]>>(
+        model: T,
+    ) -> std::result::Result<EmbeddingGeneratorBuilder, error_stack::Report<crate::errors::Error>>
+    {
+        EmbeddingGeneratorBuilder::new(model)
+    }
+
+    pub fn new(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> crate::errors::Result<Self> {
+        let model = std::fs::read(path)
+            .change_context(Error)
+            .attach_printable("Failed to read model file")?;
+        Self::new_from_bytes(&model)
+    }
+
+    pub fn new_from_bytes(model: impl AsRef<[u8]>) -> crate::errors::Result<Self> {
+        tracing::info!("Loading face embedding model from bytes");
+        Self::builder(model)?.build()
+    }
+
+    pub fn run_models(&self, _face: ArrayView4<u8>) -> crate::errors::Result<Array2<f32>> {
+        // TODO: Implement ORT inference
+        tracing::error!("ORT FaceNet inference not yet implemented");
+        Err(Error).attach_printable("ORT FaceNet implementation is incomplete")
+    }
+}
+
+impl FaceNetEmbedder for EmbeddingGenerator {
+    fn run_model(&mut self, faces: ArrayView4<u8>) -> crate::errors::Result<Array2<f32>> {
+        self.run_models(faces)
+    }
+}
+
+// Main trait implementation for backward compatibility
+impl crate::faceembed::FaceEmbedder for EmbeddingGenerator {
+    fn run_models(&self, faces: ArrayView4<u8>) -> crate::errors::Result<Array2<f32>> {
+        self.run_models(faces)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/faceembed/mnn/mod.rs b/src/faceembed/mnn/mod.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 94700e6..0000000
--- a/src/faceembed/mnn/mod.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-pub mod facenet;
-
-pub use facenet::EmbeddingGenerator;
diff --git a/src/faceembed/ort/facenet.rs b/src/faceembed/ort/facenet.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index c2f3272..0000000
--- a/src/faceembed/ort/facenet.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-use crate::errors::*;
-use crate::faceembed::FaceEmbedder;
-use error_stack::ResultExt;
-use ndarray::{Array2, ArrayView4};
-use std::path::Path;
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct EmbeddingGenerator {
-    // Placeholder - ORT implementation to be completed later
-    _placeholder: (),
-}
-
-pub struct EmbeddingGeneratorBuilder {
-    _model_data: Vec<u8>,
-}
-
-impl EmbeddingGeneratorBuilder {
-    pub fn new(model: impl AsRef<[u8]>) -> crate::errors::Result<Self> {
-        Ok(Self {
-            _model_data: model.as_ref().to_vec(),
-        })
-    }
-
-    pub fn with_execution_providers(self, _providers: Vec<String>) -> Self {
-        self
-    }
-
-    pub fn with_intra_threads(self, _threads: usize) -> Self {
-        self
-    }
-
-    pub fn with_inter_threads(self, _threads: usize) -> Self {
-        self
-    }
-
-    pub fn build(self) -> crate::errors::Result<EmbeddingGenerator> {
-        // TODO: Implement ORT session creation
-        tracing::warn!("ORT FaceNet implementation is not yet complete");
-        Ok(EmbeddingGenerator { _placeholder: () })
-    }
-}
-
-impl EmbeddingGenerator {
-    const INPUT_NAME: &'static str = "serving_default_input_6:0";
-    const OUTPUT_NAME: &'static str = "StatefulPartitionedCall:0";
-
-    pub fn builder<T: AsRef<[u8]>>() -> fn(
-        T,
-    ) -> std::result::Result<
-        EmbeddingGeneratorBuilder,
-        error_stack::Report<crate::errors::Error>,
-    > {
-        EmbeddingGeneratorBuilder::new
-    }
-
-    pub fn new(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> crate::errors::Result<Self> {
-        let model = std::fs::read(path)
-            .change_context(Error)
-            .attach_printable("Failed to read model file")?;
-        Self::new_from_bytes(&model)
-    }
-
-    pub fn new_from_bytes(model: impl AsRef<[u8]>) -> crate::errors::Result<Self> {
-        tracing::info!("Loading face embedding model from bytes");
-        Self::builder()(model)?.build()
-    }
-
-    pub fn run_models(&self, _face: ArrayView4<u8>) -> crate::errors::Result<Array2<f32>> {
-        // TODO: Implement ORT inference
-        tracing::error!("ORT FaceNet inference not yet implemented");
-        Err(Error).attach_printable("ORT FaceNet implementation is incomplete")
-    }
-}
-
-impl FaceEmbedder for EmbeddingGenerator {
-    fn run_models(&self, faces: ArrayView4<u8>) -> crate::errors::Result<Array2<f32>> {
-        self.run_models(faces)
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/faceembed/ort/mod.rs b/src/faceembed/ort/mod.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 94700e6..0000000
--- a/src/faceembed/ort/mod.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-pub mod facenet;
-
-pub use facenet::EmbeddingGenerator;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 892e135..9c7657f 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -34,12 +34,13 @@ pub fn main() -> Result<()> {
                             .build()
                             .change_context(errors::Error)
                             .attach_printable("Failed to create face detection model")?;
-                    let facenet = faceembed::mnn::EmbeddingGenerator::builder()(FACENET_MODEL_MNN)
-                        .change_context(Error)?
-                        .with_forward_type(detect.forward_type)
-                        .build()
-                        .change_context(errors::Error)
-                        .attach_printable("Failed to create face embedding model")?;
+                    let facenet =
+                        faceembed::facenet::mnn::EmbeddingGenerator::builder(FACENET_MODEL_MNN)
+                            .change_context(Error)?
+                            .with_forward_type(detect.forward_type)
+                            .build()
+                            .change_context(errors::Error)
+                            .attach_printable("Failed to create face embedding model")?;
 
                     run_detection(detect, retinaface, facenet)?;
                 }
@@ -50,11 +51,12 @@ pub fn main() -> Result<()> {
                             .build()
                             .change_context(errors::Error)
                             .attach_printable("Failed to create face detection model")?;
-                    let facenet = faceembed::ort::EmbeddingGenerator::builder()(FACENET_MODEL_ONNX)
-                        .change_context(Error)?
-                        .build()
-                        .change_context(errors::Error)
-                        .attach_printable("Failed to create face embedding model")?;
+                    let facenet =
+                        faceembed::facenet::ort::EmbeddingGenerator::builder(FACENET_MODEL_ONNX)
+                            .change_context(Error)?
+                            .build()
+                            .change_context(errors::Error)
+                            .attach_printable("Failed to create face embedding model")?;
 
                     run_detection(detect, retinaface, facenet)?;
                 }