Gemalto

Infobox Company
company_name = Gemalto
company_
company_slogan = Security to be free
company_type = Public
foundation = 2006
location = Gemalto NV, Joop Geesinkweg 541-542, 1096 AX Amsterdam
products = Smart cards
origins = Merger of Gemplus and Axalto
revenue = $2.2 billion in combined pro forma 2005 revenue
num_employees = 11,000
homepage = [http://www.gemalto.com/ www.gemalto.com]

Gemalto (Euronext|GTO) is a vendor of smart cards and other digital security products, with pro forma 2005 annual revenues of $2.2 billion, operations in 120 countries and 11,000 employees including 1,500 R&D engineers. Gemalto was formed in June 2006 by the combination of Axalto and Gemplus International SA.

Gemalto says it delivers secure platforms, services and personal devices, such as smart cards and strong authentication tokens, to over a billion people worldwide. The company’s products aim to make digital interactions more secure and convenient in telecommunications, financial services, e-government, identity management, IT security, internet content providers, and other markets.

In North America, Gemalto deployed:
*11 million Department of Defense Common Access Card identity credentials
*5 million contactless smart cards
*The majority of the 80 million SIM cards in the mobile phones of active GSM subscribers in the region
*Technology for the new electronic passport program
*IT security solutions for 4 of the top 5 oil companies; 3 of top 5 pharmaceutical companies and many large IT technology leaders including Microsoft and Sun Microsystems

Financials

The company reported revenue of EUR 760 million and operating income of EUR 15 million at the end of first half of 2007.

Key personnel

Composition of Gemalto's Board of Directors, as of December, 2006:

* Alex J. Mandl, Executive Chairman
* Olivier Piou, CEO
* Kent Atkinson
* David Bonderman
* Geoffrey Fink
* Johannes Fritz
* John Omerod
* Arthur van der Poel
* Michel Soublin
* John de Wit

In September 2007, Jacques Tierny replaced Charles Desmartis as the Chief Financial Officer.

References

External links

* [http://www.gemalto.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.simagine.gemalto.com/ Simagine Gemalto sponsored developer contest]
* [http://www.securetheweb.axalto.com/egateopen2004_result.asp SecureTheWeb Gemalto sponsored developer contest]
* [http://developer.gemalto.com/ Gemalto Developer Network]
* [http://developer.gemalto.com/nc/download/dev-tools.html Gemalto Developer Suite, Evaluation Version]