Management Team 

Carlos Moreira was during 15 years a UN expert on IT , eSecurity and Telecommunications, working as expert for ILO, UN, UNCTAD, ITC/WTO, World Bank, UNDP, ESCAP. Internet Pioneer; Since 1999 Founder, Chairman and CEO of WISeKey SA. Founder and Founder and Secretary-General International Organization Secure Electronic Transactions-OISTE.org Swiss Foundation. Founding Member of the "Comité de Pilotage Project E-Voting" of the Geneva Government, Switzerland. - Founding Member of the WorldEtrust.org MoU with the International Telecommunication Union.
Founder of the Geneva Security Forum SA, Member Global Clinton Initiative since 2007, Founding Member World Economic Forum Global Growth Companies. Co-Founder, International Organization for Migrations. Vice President Malaga Valley, Co-Founder Association International Mobility AIM andVice President World Trade Center Geneva. Chairman eSecurity Advisory Board, Member Forum Das Americas and Sustainable Development Forum.
Recipient of awards: Carlos Moreira Nominated by Bilan.CH among the top 100 of Who's Who of the Swiss Net Economy in 2002, Most Exciting R&D European Company at MERID 2005, Man of the Year, AGEFI, Switzerland (2007), Nomination as one of the World Economic Forum World Global Growth Companies in 2007. Nominations as a New Champion by the World Economic Forum in 2007, 2008, 2008 and 2010, Commitment holder at the Global Clinton Initiative On Mobile-Banking, remittances, and digital identification for poverty alleviation 2007,2008, 2009 and 2010.
Adjunct Professor of the Graduate School of Engineering Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology from 1995 to 1998. Head of the Trade Efficiency Lab at the Graduate School of Engineering at RMIT and the Electronic Commerce research project leader at the University of Minnesota. For full profile: http://www.carlosmoreira.org
Competences: eSecurity, investment, creation of companies, M&A, Internet Infrastructure, PKI, CyberSecurity, CyberTerrorism, International Policy

Mr. Kummer became Member of the Board of Directors in 2003 and joined WISeKey SA in 2005 as CFO. Mr. Kummer held several leading positions in the Structure and Corporate finance in international companies and financial institutions, especially for André & Cie SA where he also held General Management positions in their former Soviets Union and Austria representation offices. He graduated with mention in Company Management and Finance at “l’école de Cadre” in 1988 in Lausanne and obtained a degree on Structure Finance in 1998 and in Strategic Finance in 2006 at IMD. He is also a member of the IMD alumni since 1999 and member of the HEC alumni since 2001.

Mr. Ward is a Chartered Management Accountant with significant international experience in the IT, FMCG, Retail/Distribution, Medical Equipment and Plastics industries, having worked in companies such as ITT, General Electric and Iomega, both in Field & H.Q. locations. He has operated for many years at Executive Staff (Board) level in International, multi-cultural environments. He has in depth experience in Change Management, Process Improvement, Business Integration & Restructuring as well as extensive knowledge of International Tax, Statutory and US GAAP reporting and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements. He has a B.A. (Hons) degree in Business Administration from Wolverhampton University, U.K.

Mr. Moreno has more than 18 years experience in Sales Engineering, Sales Management and Business Development. He has acquired extensive experience throughout his career by working in strategic projects for both national and multinational companies in the financial and industrial sectors. Along his career, he gathered strong duties in people management, sales coaching, market analysis, establishment and implementation of account plans. He contributed in designing adequate solutions & architectures, taking into consideration needs and budgets. He addressed several projects related to infrastructures, Data, Applications, security, and Identity Management. His negotiation skills on high level instances for complex selling processes related to new technologies permitted Mr. Moreno to achieve excellent sales performance and customer satisfaction. His vision and creativity have contributed to the evolution of the products, as well as the progression of his team and colleagues. His role in WISeKey further commercial relationship with strategic customers also includes responsibility for market analysis and go-to-market strategies.

Mr. Blackman leads WISeKey technology research and development activities. As CTO he is focused on leading the group that researches, develops and designs next-generation hardware and software tech­nologies for delivering leading platforms and products to customers worldwide. Prior to joining WISeKey, he was project manager of a gov­ernment Science, Technology and Innovation Park project. During his career he has par­ticipated in multipartite research work for securing high worth transactions, in conjunc­tion with representatives of other States in ASPAC, and North America; and as a team member in several national projects. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional, with ISSAP (Architecture) and ISSMP (Management) credentials, and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of the West Indies, Trinidad W.I.

Mr. Bardet joined WISeKey in 2011 as Business Development Specialist for the Digital Brand Protection unit. With a double Master degree background in both Finance and IT & New Media Management, he first started in Trading of Equity & Derivatives in Paris, France. After a period of auditing for investment funds and private equity firms, he launched a web start-up in Switzerland designing an entirely visual web platform for luxury brands as an e-commerce solution. He joined WISeKey to work with luxury markets on digitally enhanced marketing & anti-counterfeiting solutions.