Our Mission

Identity is the key to securing physical and digital transactions in a globally connected and mobile world…

Identity is at the core of Ipsidy's mission. Ipsidy’s identity transaction platform aims to help our customers more quickly and effectively secure their citizens, employees, customers and associated physical and digital transactions, as well as foster a more secure, globally connected world.

In a world that is increasingly digital and mobile, but is also fraught with account breaches and stolen identity information, our vision is to offer solutions that provide pre-transaction verification of identity as well as embed identity verification within every electronic transaction message processed through our platform, or other electronic systems. We believe that it is essential that businesses and consumers know who is on the other side of an electronic transaction and have an audit trail, proving that the identity of the other party was duly verified.

Our identity platform enables mobile users to more easily authenticate their identity to a mobile phone or portable device of their choosing (as opposed to other identity solutions requiring dedicated hardware). Our system allows participants to complete transactions with a digitally signed authentication response, including the underlying transaction data and embedded attributes of the participant’s identity, accessible to the business.

Our Team

Identity is at the core of Ipsidy's mission.

30 years in Fintech, international business, payments & law. Founder, Chairman and CEO, Planet Payment Inc. (Nasdaq: PLPM). Co-founder Beck & Arad, Parity Labs LLC. and BridgeWorks LLC. International banking and corporate attorney. NY Attorney; Solicitor England and Wales.

Philip Beck

Chairman of the Board Chief Executive Officer & President

35 years in strategy, finance, accounting, capital markets, systems and operations. CFO, Test America Laboratories, Associated Food Store, Sleep Innovations, Inc. SVP, The New York Times Company and Senior Vice President,CAO & Corporate Controller Macy’s, Inc. Auditor, Deloitte.

Stuart Stoller

Chief Financial Officer

25 years engineering, global sales and operations management. President, CEO of ID Global Solutions Inc. COO, Innovation In Motion Inc., Inventor of IIM Global Corps HDR Intelligent Accessory product lines. 23 years with Motorola, Inc.

Thomas Szoke

Chief Technology Officer

30 years in Transaction Processing, Security, and Payments. President, Whittle Group, SVP Technology Systems, Planet Payment, Inc. SVP POS Systems Development at Hypercom Corporation.

Paul Whittle

Chief Information Officer

International corporate and commercial lawyer admitted to practice in New York, England and the BVI. International business advisor and counsel to diverse businesses and investors, focusing on technology, cyber-security and start-ups. Previously co-founded and served for 15 years as General Counsel, Director of Planet Payment, Inc. (formerly NASDAQ-PLPM).

Graham Arad

General Counsel

25 years in international business development, sales, marketing & product management of international payments and telecommunications. Vice President, Planet Payment Inc.; Director, Global Crossing, Inc. Director, AT&T. Assistant to the Mayor, City of New York. BA Harvard University; MBA, Georgetown University.

Grace de Fries

Chief of Staff

30 years in international payments, technology and information security. Chief Operating Officer, Asia Pacific Planet Payment. Various C-level Asia Regional Head positions at Visa International, Citibank, EDS and American Express. Managed technology implementations in Panama, Chile and South Africa.

Henry Tan

Operations & Client Implementation

15 years in Biometrics and Security. CTO ID Global, Inc. VP, Engineering, US & Russia high-tech companies. MS Science & Engineering. Cisco & Microsoft IT security certifications, INFOSEC CNSS 4011 & 4013 certification granted by Committee for National Systems Security & US National Security Agency.

Maxim Umarov

Director of Innovation

25 years in international payments providing strategic operations, marketing and analytical expertise in various leadership positions; Director of Operations, Planet Payment, Inc. Senior Marketing Manager, Global Merchant Services, American Express.

Diane Zator

Director of Business Operations

15 years in international payments. Managing Director EMEA for Planet Payment, an international payment processor in over 24 countries expanding business in new markets including the United Arab Emirates, Russia, India, South Africa and Kenya. 20 years’ experience in European restaurant and hospitality industry, Managing Director of the restaurant group Prezzo.

Jonathan Ellis

Managing Director EMEA Sales

15 years of legal, financial and business development experience. President of CBC Global Capital, LLC, including responsibility for the company’s operations in the Republic of Colombia. Served on Board of Directors of Plus International Bank N.A. Currently on Board of Directors of Intercredit Bank N.A. BSBA Washington University, J.D. Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

Matthew Cordis

Director of Business Development

30 years information technology sales, business development and executive management; Computer Sciences Corporation; Group Managing Director , founding shareholder Square One Group, listed company on Johannesburg, South Africa Stock Exchange in 2000. Managing Director of Cards Plus South Africa since March 2014; Bachelor of Commerce degree, University of South Africa.

Trevor James

Managing Director Cards Plus SA