Dr. Eric Vétillard is voted
new Technical Chair of Java Card Forum
Paris, Monday 6th November 2006 -
Christian Goire, President of the Java Card Forum (JCF), has announced
the appointment of Dr. Eric Vétillard as head of the Technical
Committee. He was elected by the members to replace the outgoing head
Dr. Bertrand du Castel.
Eric
is the Chief Technical Officer at Trusted Labs, a Trusted Logic company
that specialises in security services. He joined in 2000 as a senior
technical architect and was appointed CTO in 2004. He began his career
in the smart cards industry in 1997, in Gemplus’ Advanced Research
team, where he was involved in the early developments of Java Card™
technology.
Eric has been involved in the JCF since its inaugural meeting in 1997 as an active Technical Committee member.
Speaking
following his appointment, Eric restated the values established by his
predecessor over the past nine years and pledged to continue: “Our
common driving force is the success of Java Card technology, and not of
individual companies. I will continue to ensure the JCF remains a
neutral area where new technologies are defined and the products of
individual members are not promoted. I will continue to encourage the
participation of all our members and ensure that our work is
forward-thinking and relevant for the future success of Java Card.”
Frank
Edme, head of the Business Committee commented: “I am delighted to see
that someone with such technical experience in Java Card technology has
taken the chair of the Technical Committee. This is particularly
important at this time, as we are finalising the industry
recommendations for the Next Generation Java Card specifications.”
“Sun
is looking forward to collaborating with Eric Vétillard and JCF on the
requirements for the Next Generation Java Card technology”, said Alan
Brenner, Vice President, Mobility Group of Sun Microsystems. “With more
than two billion cards deployed, Java Card technology is the most
pervasive application platform for smart cards. The next generation
will add seamless integration of smart cards into IT infrastructures
and set the scene for breakthrough smart card based applications and
services.”
About the JCF
The primary purpose of the Java Card Forum is to promote as an industry
the development of Java as the preferred interpreter language for
interoperable smart cards. The Forum is divided into two Committees;
the Business Committee and the Technical Committee, and they have met
every quarter since the Forum was founded in 1997, successfully
providing recommendations to SUN Microsystems for the Java Card
specifications.
Current
work is focused on vertical market extensions to the core specification
for GSM telecom, banking and information technology, and defining
specification recommendations for the next generation Java Card
technology.
Current members of the JCF are Gemalto,
Giesecke & Devrient, Infineon Technologies, NXP, Oberthur Card
Systems, Renesas Technology, Sagem Orga, Sermepa, STIncard,
STMicroelectronics, Trusted Logic and Visa.
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