Entrust Datacard
Entrust Datacard

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Entrust Datacard

Entrust Datacard is a global leader in card personalization and identity-based digital information security solutions.

Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, the privately held company provides strategic security solutions that authenticate identities, consolidate physical and logical access control systems.

Offering the trusted identity and secure transaction technologies that make those experiences reliable and secure. With more than 2,000 Entrust Datacard colleagues around the world and a network of strong global partners, the company serves customers in 150 countries worldwide.

Presently, Entrust Datacard empowers its clients to issue more than 10 million physical identities on a daily basis, process over 400 billion online transactions each year, and oversee billions of electronic identities. This includes a significant portion of payment cards and identification solutions.

A majority of the world's financial cards are issued on the company's solutions. Entrust Datacard authentication software is used to fight fraud and safeguard over 400 billion transactions annually worldwide.

The company is actively involved in government identity initiatives across more than 150 countries, encompassing e-passports, national IDs, driver's licenses, and other highly secure credentials. Their solutions have been successfully integrated into 18 of the 20 largest e-governance programs worldwide.

Every day, Entrust Datacard's technologies facilitate the issuance of 165,000 passports, 10 million credentials, and 5 million smart cards. The company also caters to a diverse clientele, spanning enterprises, hospitals, telecommunications, aerospace, pharmaceutical, education, petroleum markets, along with serving the consumer and financial sectors.

The robust authentication platform from Entrust Datacard is trusted by over 500 companies across 85 countries. This award-winning software authentication platform effectively addresses digital security concerns in various domains, including cloud and mobile security, physical and logical access, citizen eID initiatives, PKI, certificate management, and SSL.

Additionally, the company provides adaptable solutions for card issuance, mobile payments, secure online identity, and transaction authentication.

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Awards and Accolades

  • Tehnoviti Award – 2015

  • Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal – Titans of Technology, Executive of the Year, 2016

"Proven across the world, our award-winning software authentication platform manages today's most secure identity credentials, solving our customers' digital security challenges in cloud and mobile security, physical and logical access, citizen eID initiatives, certificate management, and SSL," said Entrust Datacard.

Entrust Datacard is channelling its insights and expertise into focusing on payments, identity, and credential management. When queried by The StartUp City Magazine, Ajay Kumar, Managing Director of Entrust Datacard for South Asia and Regional Marketing Director for Asia Pacific, commented, "Today, what Entrust Datacard does matters – it matters to the everyday consumer who needs to secure payment information; it matters to the citizen travelling across borders and wants to ensure secure border entry; and it matters to the employee who may need to log into a network for work and ensure that company information or their ID's are not stolen and to protect life's most important credentials."

The company aims to solve business challenges like card personalization (central or instant issuance), strengthen security, optimize efficiency, drive growth, enhance end-user satisfaction, and protect investments.

Key Officials

Todd Wilkinson

President and Chief Executive Officer

Todd Wilkinson is President and Chief Executive Officer of Entrust Datacard. Under his leadership, Entrust Datacard has expanded its position in the Payments and Information Security markets.

Mr. Wilkinson initially joined the company ten years ago in the capacity of Chief Financial and Administrative Officer. He has been President and CEO since 2008. Before this role, he held executive positions at General Electric, following the commencement of his career at USG Corporation. Mr. Wilkinson is a holder of a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science degree, both from Northern Illinois University.

Ajay Kumar

Managing Director – South Asia | Regional Marketing Director – Asia Pacific

Ajay Kumar serves as the Managing Director for South Asia and holds the position of Regional Marketing Director for the Asia Pacific region at Entrust Datacard, with his base located in Singapore. He plays a pivotal role in advancing business and marketing endeavors across South Asia and APAC, overseeing the go-to-market strategy, branding, strategic partnerships, thought leadership, and market expansion throughout the Asia Pacific area.

Ajay possesses extensive expertise in the payments sector and is a well-established marketing professional with a vast network in the APAC industry. With over 15 years of experience in B2B and B2C marketing, sales, business development, and strategic partnerships, he has achieved substantial growth in various payments, loyalty, research, and ITES companies.

Ajay possesses a postgraduate in Business Management in marketing from a premier institution and is a qualified B2B strategic marketing management professional from IIM Ahmedabad. He is certified in Digital Marketing and completed LEAP (Lead, Education, Advancement Programme) from Smart Card Alliances, USA.

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