Mr. Lisimaque is one of the leading US experts on Smart Cards and application of Smart Cards, working on various US government projects as technical advisor and smart card standard expert. Prior to joining IDTP Mr. Lisimaque worked at Gemplus, a company he founded with four other co-founders, and was part of the Business Development Group, responsible for special projects in North America. In this position, he contributed to various groups including prospects and customers, providing technical and business guidance for the design and application of Gemplus smart cards, hardware and systems, and customized services. Prior to joining the Gemplus team, Mr. Lisimaque was technical marketing director in SGS-Thomson's research and development group. He was the architect of the company's family of smart card components and helped develop the first chip operating system for smart cards. Additionally, he was MIS manager of the SGS-Thomson MOS facility called Eurotechnique, a joint venture between Saint-Gobain and National Semiconductor. There he developed an integration system connecting HP mini-computers, IBM mainframes and DEC semi-conductor test equipment. Mr. Lisimaque holds multiple patents on smart card security and smart card OS design and has high level seats with numerous Smart Card and Security Forums and Associations. Mr. Lisimaque is an honor graduate of the French engineering school, "Arts & M?tiers", where he specialized in automation and electronics.
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