WISeKey Recruits Andreas Kindt Former CTO and Board Member of T-Online International AG to its Advisory Committee to Lead the Technology Expansion of WISe.ART NFT Platform
September 17 2021 - 12:00PM
WISeKey
Recruits Andreas
Kindt Former CTO
and Board
Member of T-Online International AG to its
Advisory Committee to Lead
the Technology
Expansion of
WISe.ART NFT
Platform
Geneva, Zug - September 17, 2021 -
WISeKey International Holding Ltd (“WISeKey”, SIX: WIHN), a
leading cybersecurity, IoT and AI company, today announced the
nomination of Andreas Kindt to its Advisory Committee. Members of
WISeKey’s Advisory Committee originate from a wide variety of
sectors that are of critical importance to WISeKey’s growth
strategy, including Cybersecurity, IoT, Blockchain, and information
technology.
WISeKey has developed a unique NFT Platform
following a multichain strategy through a partnership with Polygon,
CasperLabs and Ocean Protocol. WISe.Art is a fully fledged
marketplace with its own digital currency, has the ability to
include curators and multipliers, while-labeling options and
special NFT designs.
The NFT design of
the WISe.Art platform ensures that besides an
authenticated and signed version of the actual digital asset, it
creates an irreversible link to the physical object, provides proof
of ownership, provenance and a set of contracts describing future
use and monetization streams. The NFT platform is secured
by WISeKey’s various security technologies enabling the
authentication of physical objects as well as digital assets, in a
safe end-to-end process.
The WISe.Art platform allows trading
of NFTs into WISeKey’s own TrustECoin
cryptocurrency, enabling market participants to stay anonymous – if
they so choose – while ensuring the necessary KYC
processes to avoid unwanted activity on the
marketplace.
Andreas Kindt will be joining a Wise.ART highly
specialized team under the leadership of WISeKey’s Founder and CEO,
Carlos Moreira. Mr. Kindt will lead the technology deployment using
his profound 30+ years industry career and experience in the ICT
and digital industry covering responsibilities from start up to
board room. He is an experienced leader and passionate driver of
transformation by exploring innovative technologies, services and
products in order to make them available in business and consumer
markets to create valuable benefits and improve quality of life and
lifestyle.
In over 20 years in operational responsibility
for various corporate functions as well as managing director and
member of the board of directors, Mr. Kindt has been responsible
for the development, delivery and marketing of digital and
technical services. For over 10 years to follow, he has brought
this practical experience into his role as a strategic but
implementation-focused advisor for a broad range of industry
clients as well as supporting a number of startups and young
enterprises.
“I am very happy to welcome Andreas to our
Advisory Board as we are moving ahead with the full launch of our
WISeArt platfrom. He brings an unparalleled expertise acquired
through his track record of successes in companies revolving around
WIseKey’s core value propositions with strong focus on
Cybersecurity,” said Carlos Moreira, WISeKey’s Founder and
CEO.
“I am looking forward in assisting WISeKey’s
management team and being part of the ongoing success story when
entering into new services domains by contributing to the Advisory
Committee,” said Mr. Kindt.
Mr. Kindt holds a degree in industrial
engineering and management from Technical University of Berlin and
started his professional career in 1987 at Nixdorf Computer. After
several years as consultant at Detecon he joined T-Systems as
managing director of T-Nova responsible for the software business.
In 2001 he was appointed as CTO and board member of
T-Online International AG - Europe’s largest ISP at that
time - until the merger with Deutsche Telekom AG in 2006.
Two further years as CIO for T-Com / T-Home
followed. In 2008 he became CEO of Loyalty Partner
Solutions until the sale of the Loyalty Partner group to American
Express at the end of 2010. Since then, Mr. Kindt has been
an independent advisor, specializing in digital business models,
M&A and value creation through digital transformation.
About WISeKey
WISeKey (NASDAQ: WKEY; SIX Swiss Exchange: WIHN) is a leading
global cybersecurity company currently deploying large scale
digital identity ecosystems for people and objects using
Blockchain, AI and IoT respecting the Human as the Fulcrum of the
Internet. WISeKey microprocessors secure the pervasive computing
shaping today’s Internet of Everything. WISeKey IoT has an install
base of over 1.6 billion microchips in virtually all IoT sectors
(connected cars, smart cities, drones, agricultural sensors,
anti-counterfeiting, smart lighting, servers, computers, mobile
phones, crypto tokens etc.). WISeKey is uniquely positioned
to be at the edge of IoT as our semiconductors produce a huge
amount of Big Data that, when analyzed with Artificial Intelligence
(AI), can help industrial applications to predict the failure of
their equipment before it happens.
Our technology is Trusted by the OISTE/WISeKey’s Swiss based
cryptographic Root of Trust (“RoT”) provides secure authentication
and identification, in both physical and virtual environments, for
the Internet of Things, Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence. The
WISeKey RoT serves as a common trust anchor to ensure the integrity
of online transactions among objects and between objects and
people. For more information, visit www.wisekey.com.
Press and investor contacts:
WISeKey
International Holding LtdCompany Contact: Carlos
MoreiraChairman & CEOTel: +41 22 594
3000info@wisekey.com |
WISeKey
Investor Relations (US)Contact: Lena CatiThe Equity
Group Inc.Tel: +1 212 836-9611lcati@equityny.com |
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