Hardjono serves as Technical Director of the MIT Trust::Data Consortium and as CTO of MIT Connection Science

Vancouver, B.C. – September 22, 2020 – iComply Investor Services (“iComply”), a global compliance software provider, is announcing that Thomas Hardjono has been appointed to iComply’s advisory board. He is internationally recognized as a leader and innovator in trusted computing, identity, data privacy, applied cryptography, and cybersecurity.

Hardjono is currently the CTO of Connection Science at MIT and technical director of the MIT Trust::Data Consortium. He previously served as executive director of the MIT Kerberos Consortium, where he was instrumental in driving widespread adoption of the Kerberos protocol, which is now the most ubiquitously deployed authentication protocol used for identity management in the world. Over the past two decades, he has held various technical leadership roles including as a distinguished engineer at Bay Networks, and principal scientist at VeriSign PKI.

“Advancement in trusted computing has historically been driven by hardware innovation, but iComply has focused on delivering those same capabilities through software innovation, which can bring unprecedented flexibility to operations requiring secure authentication,” said Matthew Unger, CEO of iComply. “The highest levels of identity assurance used to be limited to specialty hardware, we can now deliver this same confidence, security, and privacy to any mobile or web application.”

iCompyKYC uses edge computing for identity verification, which protects biometric data by allowing the verification to take place on the user’s device, maintaining an unprecedented level of privacy for personal data.

“iComply’s degree of implementation is quite extensive, and the dashboard that they have built is terrific. iComply has a strong and very clear vision. This is one of these linchpin technologies that the industry desperately needs,” said Thomas Hardjono. “The traditional banks, private organizations, and governments need to step up their game and move in this direction. On the horizon, we have central bank digital currencies, cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and decentralized finance (DeFi) that need to manage all of the things that iComply can manage.”

iComply combines edge-computing KYC onboarding portals with enterprise-level controls for AML risk screening and data management to provide a complete solution that processes users’ data securely on their devices. The solution spans know your customer, anti-money laundering, digital identity, and access management.

 

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About iComply Investor Services Inc.
iComply Investor Services Inc. (“iComply”) is a global compliance software provider that helps compliance teams reduce the cost and complexity of KYC and AML operations while providing a seamless user experience to their KYC subjects. Compliance teams can configure and monitor KYC portals to securely gather, validate, and encrypt client data and documentation before it leaves their device. Learn more: www.icomplyis.com

Canadian regtech expert Paul Childerhose will serve as a member of iComply Investor Services’ advisory board

Vancouver, B.C. – September 15, 2020 – iComply Investor Services (“iComply”), a global compliance software provider, is announcing that Paul Childerhose, a recognized leader in the Canadian RegTech industry, has been appointed to iComply’s advisory board.

Childerhose has over 20 years of experience in the Canadian financial services sector and serves on the board of the Canadian Regulatory Technology Association (CRTA). He has deep expertise in back-office operations, new product development, client and account management, and regulatory compliance. Previously, he also held senior roles at Royal Bank of Canada, Star Data Systems, CGI Inc., and Scotiabank.

“The iComplyKYC solution is far superior to what I have observed in the current enterprise-wide anti-money laundering programs of large global banks,” said Childerhose. “The core features and controls that have been incorporated into the platform can enhance the current client onboarding and KYC experiences for many institutions.”

iCompyKYC uses edge computing for identity verification, which protects the users’ biometric data by allowing the verification to take place on the user’s device. This means that personal data is authenticated, and encrypted before any of that data leaves the user’s device.

“Edge computing offers a unique approach that drastically improves data privacy and security, and significantly reduces the total cost of KYC and AML operations,” said Matthew Unger, CEO of iComply, “Making user privacy and consent core to client onboarding has been an incredibly complex challenge for the industry. It was important to us to focus on solving this problem, and in doing so we have unlocked new levels of data protection and privacy for our clients.”

The iComplyKYC platform is currently being used by Canadian law enforcement, credit unions, legal, M&A, and accounting firms, and fintech businesses globally. It combines secure KYC onboarding portals with enterprise-level controls for AML risk screening and data management to provide a complete, all-in-one solution spanning know your customer, anti-money laundering, digital identity, and access management.

 

 

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About iComply Investor Services Inc.
iComply Investor Services Inc. (“iComply”) is a global compliance software provider that helps compliance teams reduce the cost and complexity of KYC and AML operations while providing a seamless user experience to their KYC subjects. Compliance teams can configure and monitor KYC portals to securely gather, validate, and encrypt client data and documentation before it leaves their device. Learn more: www.icomplyis.com

Jeff Bandman is the founder and principal of Bandman Advisors, an advisory practice that helps clients ranging from startups to global firms meet their strategic innovation and regulatory challenges. Bandman Advisors bridges the gap between business and regulation.

Jeff is a research fellow of the Blockchain for Algorithmic Regulation and Compliance (BARAC) initiative at University College London’s Centre for Blockchain Technologies, serves on the Board of Advisors of Templum Inc., and acts as a fintech regulation mentor for the Techstars Barclays FinTech Accelerator program.

Previously, Jeff was a senior official at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission from 2014-2017. As Fintech Advisor to Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo, he was Founding Director and Architect of LabCFTC, the CFTC’s hub for engagement with fintech innovation (the first launched by a U.S. market regulator). He established and chaired the CFTC blockchain, a virtual currencies and fintech working group, from inception in 2015. Jeff led fintech and regtech coordination with domestic and international regulators and led an international regulator work stream on post-trade digital innovation. He previously led the CFTC’s Division of Clearing and Risk, which oversees many of the world’s largest clearinghouses, and also led the negotiations resulting in “Clearinghouse Equivalence” with the European Commission. He joined the CFTC as Special Counsel to Chairman Timothy Massad and led the CFTC’s Office of International Affairs.

Jeff worked for many years in the financial industry in New York and London. As Head of Partnerships & Alliances of LCH’s SwapClear, he helped design and launch the SwapClear “FCM service” for clearing interest rate swaps through U.S. intermediaries. He also devised the innovative CCP Squared partnership program and led the award-winning SMART margin simulator. Jeff earlier worked on a variety of new market structure and fintech initiatives, including LiquidityHub and the Project Rainbow consortium. Before that, he rebuilt Cantor Fitzgerald’s market data business after the events of September 11th, 2001.

Jeff started his career as an associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York and was America’s General Counsel for Prebon Yamane, now part of the ICAP group. He graduated from Yale magna cum laude (honours in History and English) and from Stanford Law School (honours as a member of the “Order of the Coif”). He is a five-time Jeopardy! Champion and spent his winnings backpacking around Africa, Asia, and Europe.

A serial entrepreneur, Praveen has been involved with and influential in the founding of five successful startups, most notably serving as CEO of Pipal Systems and president of ChargePoint. He is currently an MIT Connection Science Fellow.

Praveen has held senior R&D executive positions at Riverstone Networks, Lucent Technologies, and SGI. He is a seasoned technology and operating executive whose teams have developed industry-recognized, market-leading technologies and solutions in telecom, clean-tech and high-performance computer industries. Examples of projects directly impacted by his teams include using supercomputers to generate black hole simulations and violent weather forecasts, Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Infrastructure, and DSL broadband access.

He is named co-inventor on 10 patents and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from Santa Clara University.

Praveen is passionate about partnering with other inspirational entrepreneurs to inspire and support their work, especially in the fields of AI and blockchain technologies, in a concentrated effort to transform and impact many industries. He also serves as an active board member and advisor to 7 startups and 2 universities.

Manny Alicandro currently serves as General Counsel at MANA Partners in New York City. Prior to this role, he worked as the Executor Director of JPMorgan Chase.

Alicandro boasts an impressive resume in compliance and financial services, including leadership of PwC’s Financial Services Risk and Regulatory Practice, General Counsel at MANA Partners, Former Assistant General Counsel and President of BOX Regulation, NASDAQ, and multiple compliance and regulatory leadership roles at FINRA.

He also worked closely on the development of the SEC’s Consolidated Audit Trail or “CAT,” one of the world’s largest data repositories that is slated to contain a complete record of all equities, options, and securities traded in the U.S.