Xydus appoints top technology talents - Jos Aussems and Chris Covell, in order to solve the digital identity crisis

Xydus, the company fixing identity for an expansive world, has announced two key technical leadership hires, following a record-breaking 600% revenue increase in 2021.

Ensuring its identity solution is ready to flex to any challenges that the future throws at it, Xydus brings in technical professionals - Jos Aussems as the Chief Information Security Officer and Chris Covell as the Senior Vice President (VP) of Engineering.

Modernising the IT department

Xydus spent the past six months re-organising and modernising its agile IT department

In response to global demand, Xydus spent the past six months re-organising and modernising its agile IT department, in order to improve efficiency, performance and resilience.

The re-design stopped engineers working in siloed teams, splitting into two departments - Enterprise Engineering, which covers all client-facing parts of the technology such as mobile, web, and EMS, supported by the Backend Engineering team.

Incorporating buddy system for cross-training

Within these teams, Xydus now uses a ‘buddy system’, pairing developers and engineers together, in order to ensure cross-training. This future proofs the technology, as no one person holds the keys to the IP.

Russell King, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Founder of Xydus said, “Digital identity is in a crisis today. The global scale of the problem is the reason we’ve spent a significant amount of resources on adjusting our engineering practice. Now, we need the right senior leadership in place, to manage the new team dynamic, making sure our product solves today’s digital identity crisis and tomorrow’s.”

Tech consultancy and management expert

During Jos Aussems’ 17-year career at PwC, he was instrumental in the development of its world class audit process for information security. He moved from senior roles in tech consultancy to management of one of the leading cyber teams in the industry.

In his new role as part of the Xydus leadership team, Jos Aussems holds responsibility for the critical role of keeping its enterprise and customer data locked down. He will oversee the two new engineering teams, Enterprise Engineering, which is responsible for the applications a client has any interaction with, and Backend Engineering.

Creating world-class identity products and solutions

It’s a challenge I welcome, particularly as joining Xydus reunites me with former colleagues and peers"

Commenting on his new position, Jos Aussems, the Chief Information Security Officer at Xydus, said “I’m moving from a world-renowned consultancy to a scale-up creating what will become world-renowned identity products and solutions. It’s a challenge I welcome, particularly as joining Xydus reunites me with former colleagues and peers, as we establish world-class security capabilities to protect the sensitive data of our customers.”

Helping customers seamlessly manage digital identities

Following over a decade working with Transunion and Call Credit, Chris Covell leaves his current role as Head of Engineering for an Internet of Things (IoT) startup to join Xydus. He will serve as the Technical Lead for Xydus’ class-leading products and services, building world-class, never-seen-before products that help customers and employees seamlessly manage digital identities.

Xydus’ Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Russell King said “Whether you’re a business, an employee or a customer, identity is not only important, it’s essential. But most products available use biased AI algorithms, ask for too much Personal Identifiable Information (PII) and often also store that PII.”

Identity more valuable than money today

Russell King adds, “Today’s world of digital transactions, currency and even worlds means identity is more valuable than money. Technology should protect that identity, not use it to make money. That’s what we’re on a mission to fix, which this impressive technical leadership team can deliver.”