July 23, 2021
IDENTOS founding members Hamid Arabzadeh and Robert Schneider bring years of experience in global tech operations and cybersecurity to new advisory board
IDENTOS Inc., a leader in digital identity and access management, today, announced that Hamid Arabzadeh, CEO and Chairman, Ranovus Inc. and co-Founder, Investor and Executive Chairman, IDENTOS Inc., along with Robert Schneider, CEO Founder & Investor, IDENTOS GmbH have been named as founding members to its newly-formed advisory board. The company's growth will be bolstered by the advisory board, who will provide valuable industry insights, strategic advice, expert knowledge, and market perspectives to assist the leadership team towards achieving the company’s objectives.
“We are excited to announce the formation of our new advisory board, comprised of exceptional leaders in the data and technology sectors. By having these seasoned experts to help guide us, we are well positioned to further our mission of providing digital identity and access technology that meet the modern demands of user-centricity."
–Mike Cook, CEO, IDENTOS Inc.
Arabzadeh is an Entrepreneur/CEO with 35 years of operational and board level experience building global, market-leading high technology businesses. Currently, he is the CEO, Chairman and co-Founder of Ranovus Inc., Executive Chairman of IDENTOS Inc., and previously Chairman and CEO of Coreoptics Inc. in Germany which was acquired by Cisco Networks in 2010. Prior to Coreoptics, he held executive positions at Nortel Networks optical networking division in Europe and Latin America. He is also a member of the Purple Angels network, a board member at Motive Health Inc. and operates his own incubator, Spoke Technologies Inc.
“As Executive Chair at IDENTOS, I have witnessed the exceptional work that IDENTOS is doing in the digital identity and access management space. IDENTOS has tremendous growth potential, and I am eager to collaborate with the team in scaling business operations, accelerating product development, and refining go-to-market strategies.”
–Hamid Arabzadeh, CEO, Chairman, Ranovus Inc.
Schneider is the CEO, Founder and Investor of IDENTOS GmbH and is an Entrepreneur and CEO with over 40 years of experience managing technology companies. Previously, Schneider founded SCM Microsystems, one of the leading PC network security & DTV encryption technology companies providing smart card encryption hardware used around the world. SCM was taken public in both Europe and North America under Robert's leadership.
"As Founder and CEO of IDENTOS GmbH, I am honored to now serve as a founding member of the advisory board. It's rewarding to reflect on how far we've come in delivering cutting-edge digital identity solutions, and I'm excited to continue supporting IDENTOS' leadership team forward, by helping to build market entry for this leading Canadian mobile e-health solution in the large European market."
–Robert Schneider, CEO Founder & Investor, IDENTOS GmbH
For more information about IDENTOS’ new advisory board, please visit: https://www.identos.com/leadership/