Jean-Marc Guyot joins IDnow

Last year, the start-up acquired its French competitor Ariadnext. Guyot is now to merge the development departments of the two companies.

IDnow has appointed Jean-Marc Guyot as Vice President Engineering. He is to unite the development teams of the Munich-based group and the French company Ariadnext, which was acquired last year. He also makes technology decisions and aligns the joint video and signature solutions.

"Both teams - IDnow and Ariadnext - bring valuable skills and experience," says Jean-Marc Guyot. "My job will be to bring them together into a unified platform that meets the needs of European businesses across all jurisdictions and use cases." By bringing together its development teams, IDnow aims to drive its international growth. In doing so, the company aims to become the market leader in Europe, covering all areas of identity verification.

Guyot already brings experience in leading teams and developing new technologies. Most recently, he served as vice president of engineering at cloud-based security provider Wallix. Prior to that, he built the telecommunications business unit at Enesys. He sold his own start-up, Silembia, to Silicon Labs in 2006.