Advisory Board #4

Cyber Security Consultant • Swisscom

CEO & Founder • E-XPERT SOLUTIONS

Head of Market - Identity • SICPA

Bringing technology to result oriented business applications Seasoned manager with extensive international experience in establishing business/partnership strategies, roadmaps, identifying new markets, designing technical solutions and their implementations - in material and digital decentralized verifiable credential-based identity. Recognized expert, speaker and moderator in large international fora dealing with document protection, security solutions and digital identity. While in the field: capacity to analyze complex business situations (B2G & B2B), streamline them into simpler decision trees, and lead toward an efficient solution meeting customer needs. While in the Laboratories: led the R&D team, which designed effective new security features protecting countrywide logistics applications to track-and-trace tobacco and/or alcohol. Participated, as lead Solution Architect, in successfully implemented brand protection projects based on custom security features in food and luxury in Europe and Asia. Long lasting customer commitments generated recurring revenues based on high standards SLAs.

Chief Information Security Officer • MSC

CEO • DFI Service SA

Franck Franchin is the CEO of DFI Service, the swiss subsidiary of the french Cloud and Cybersecurity leading company, Cheops Technology Group. Prior joining DFI Service, Franck was CEO of several startups involved in Cybersecurity and Content Monetization. He had also senior positions in Thales and Vivendi and was Deputy CISO of the Orange Group during 10 years. He earned a MBA from ESCP and Master of Science degrees in Signal Processing and Artificial Intelligence.

Vice-recteur • UNIGE