About Kurt Schmid

Kurt Schmid has more than 30 years of business experience in the Payment, Security and Smart Card industry. Kurt founded and lead NEXPERTS, now part of Netcetera. Until 2007 he was CEO of OMNIKEY, a company he grew to one of the world’s top three players in the smart card reader business. Previously Kurt worked as CTO at Utimaco Safeware AG, a security and encryption specialist, listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Kurt Schmid, born in 1961, holds a Master in Business Administration and Computer Sciences from the Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria and is holder of several patents. With a robust skill set that includes NFC, RFID+, Product Marketing, Mobile Payments, Smart Cards and more.