Executive Board

Viky Manaila

President

Viky Manaila is an international expert in the field of electronic signatures, digital identity and digital transformation processes, and has successfully promoted the use of electronic signatures and electronic businesses throughout Europe and in the United States.

François Chassery

Board Member, Treasurer

François Chassery is acting from 18 years on digital identities and electronic signature market:he joins Certinomis just after its creation in year 2000 and became Chief Marketing Officer in 2006 and Chief Executive Officer in 2017.

Jochen Felsner

Board Member, Secretary

Jochen Felsner is the Managing Director of D-Trust. He is a qualified industrial engineer and computer scientist who has advised European companies on the introduction of IT-supported systems and processes for many years, including as project manager for the Boston Consulting Group.

Andrea Valle

Past President

Working for Adobe Systems since 1998, Andrea Valle is Senior Product Manager in the Document Cloud business unit. He is one of the pioneers of the PDF format developed by Adobe, the de facto worldwide standard for electronic documents.

Carmine Auletta

Board Member, Advocacy Committee Chair

Carmine is an experienced senior executive with a track record in General Management, ICT, Regulatory & Compliance, Marketing, Strategy & Innovation across several industries and geographic areas, with more than 20 years in leadership roles in the Information Technology and Services industries.

Guillaume Forget

Board Member, Marketing Committee Chair

Guillaume Forget is Managing Director at Cryptomathic GmbH, where he leads the German subsidiary operations. Guillaume is also responsible for ensuring Cryptomathic’s unique technology, IP portfolio and innovation capacity can meet the market´s desire for a high level of security assurance.

Igor Marcolongo

Board Member

Igor has been InfoCert’s Head of Business & Solutions Compliance since 2015. Igor is a competent Digital Transformation Manager with years of experience. Proficient in management of geographical distributed teams, in public speaking and conferences, process design and reengineering, digital law and innovation.

Leo Grove

Board Member

Leo Grove is the founder and president of SSL.com, a US-based Certificate Authority and member of the Cloud Signature Consortium and AATL Trust Program. Leo actively attends CA/Browser Forum meetings where he participates in policy development that govern the use of digital certificates in the Web PKI.

Patrick Beckman Lapré

Board Member

Patrick is the Director - Digital Trust Specialist at Digicert. He was previously the Director Sales & Marketing at QuoVadis Trustlink B.V.

Sergio Ruiz

Board Member

With a Diploma in Business Management and a Law degree from the CEU, he finished his studies with a Master's Degree in Telecommunications Law and new technologies from the Instituto de Empresa in Madrid.

Thomas Rössler

Board Member

Thomas has been working in the field of electronic signatures since 2002 and has seen many standardization initiatives come and go. For him, the Cloud Signature Consortium (CSC) is different. The CSC won him over from the start because it is truly international, supported by industry leaders, and takes a very holistic approach to boosting the adoption of electronic signatures.

Marcel Wendt

Board Member

As the founder of Digidentity, with over 15 years of pioneering experience in qualified cloud signing, Marcel is eager to contribute to the Cloud Signature Consortium Board. His expertise centers on driving innovation and upholding high security and trust standards in digital transactions, closely aligning with the consortium’s goals.