Erik Wellen

Current

• General Manager Middle East at Bell ID

Education

• RSM Erasmus University
• Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
• Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Company

Erik Wellen’s Summary

Experienced project management/product management professional in the IT/software development industry.

Fully responsible for Middle East region at Bell ID.

Part of Bell ID's management team.

Past experience project management of projects comprising smart card management, cryptographic key management, PKI, etc. in various industries such as National ID, Corporate ID, Health Care and Campus ID.

Been involved in projects around the globe: Far East, Middle East, Africa, North-America, Europe:

--Project: National Health Card, Austria e-Card, Austria, 2004-2005
The e-card will replace Austria's current paper-based healthcare vouchers and approx. 11 million cards will be issued. The cost of the total e-card project is estimated to be EUR 116 million.

--Project: Multi-application Corporate ID Card , Boeing Corporation, USA ,2003
Boeing Corporation launched a multi-app smart ID card scheme (200,000 cards to staff globally)

--Project: Electronic National ID Card, Macau SAR, China, 2001, 2002
Bell ID implemented the ANDiS© Card and Application Management System (CMS/AMS) for the Government of the former Portuguese colony Macau, China.
2003: Larry Linden Award for Innovative Security Technology, awarded to Siemens Business Services and Giesecke & Devrient by CardTech/SecurTech

--Project: Campus Card, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
Bell ID implemented a multi-application smart ID card scheme for KFUPM

--Project: Company Card, Schiphol Group, The Netherlands
ANDiS© enables Schiphol Amsterdam Airport to manage the life cycle of 80,000 multi-application smart cards.

--Project: Company Card, KPN Telecom, The Netherlands
KPN uses Bell ID’s ANDiS© CMS/AMS to manage the life cycle of multi-app company cards.

Erik Wellen’s Specialties:

ANDiS, Smart Card Management Systems, Key Management Systems, EMV, PKI, e-government, e-commerce, international project management, product management, planning

Completed OneMBA program in June 2005 (http://www.onemba.org) at Rotterdam School of Management

Erik Wellen’s Experience

• General Manager Middle East

  Bell ID

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  April 2009 — Present (4 months)

Additional Information

Erik Wellen’s Websites:

• My Company

Erik Wellen’s Interests:

Skiing, Tennis, Travelling, Internet, Squash, Fitness, Windsurfing

Erik Wellen’s Groups:

TC Schiebroek
From 2006 until 2008 I was Treasurer at TC Schiebroek, a tennis club in Rotterdam. Since 2008 I am Secretary and main points of attention are getting more funding such as sponsorships and subsidies as well as creating plans to set up a completely new 12-court tennis park with clubhouse.
For more information, see http://www.tc-schiebroek.nl (Dutch-only!).

Roots4Kids
Since January 2009 I am Treasurer at Roots4Kids, an organisation running an orphanage in Camroon.
For more information and donations, see www.roots4kids.com.

GlobalPlatform
Have been actively involved in the Systems Committee of this organisation related to the smart card industry working together with people from fellow members such as Mastercard, Visa, IBM and Gemplus.

One of the activities was related to writing an RFP for test tools to test smart card management systems for GP compliance.

For more information on GlobalPlatform, please have a look at http://www.globalplatform.org

•    RSM MBA, EMBA, OneMBA, FTMBA and PTMBA ALUMNI
•    Smart Cards and RFID
•    Smart Cards Group
•    Dutch ICT professionals
•    OneMBA
•    Near Field Communications Group
•    Payment Systems Network
•    Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) / The Netherlands / Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam / Nederland
•    Credit Card Professionals
•    Identity and Access Management (IAM)
•    Bell ID
•    e-Banking (EMEA) - Online banking
•    Saudi Arabia Business and Professional Network
•    Jordan Business and Professional Network
•    Bahrain Business and Professional Network
•    NFC Mobile payment and commerce professionals
•    Payments Experts
•    Middle East Opportunities
•    Feyenoord Rotterdam Supporter
•    ICAO e-Passports and NIST / PIV e-ID Cards
•    Government Smart.ID
•    ROTTERDAM - My City !!
•    Supportersclub Oranje
•    Business Kitesurfers
•    Koninklijke Nederlandse Lawn Tennis Bond
•    StarClubRotterdam
•    King Fahad University of Petroleum & Minerals
•    Roots4Kids
•    Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM)

Erik Wellen’s Honors:

Larry Linden Award for Innovative Security Technology, awarded to Siemens Business Services and Giesecke & Devrient by CardTech/SecurTech.

Bell ID was part of this consortium supplying the system's core components SCMS (ANDiS CMS-AMS) and KMS.

'The cutting edge solution was commissioned by the Macau Government’s Identification Department (DSI). “We are pleased that our commitment to the introduction of multi-functional smartcards in Macau was matched by the commitment of Siemens Business Services and other suppliers to deliver on our requirements within a short timeframe, despite the complexities and interdependencies associated with such advanced technology,” said Mr. Isaac Ieng Kit Lai, Director, Identification Department, The Government of the Macau SAR.'

Taken from: http://www.gdai.com/gdai-pr/press010903.htm