Klaus Vedder

Dr Klaus Vedder is the person who has driven the standardisation of the SIM, USIM and UICC. He is known for his passion and dedication for his work, which has made him a highly recognised and respected chair and a role model for many. After joining the CEPT GSM SIMEG (SIM Expert Group) in 1988, he was elected Chairman in 1993 and became one of ETSI’s longest serving chairs and has since then led all the SIM related committees in ETSI, including the activities of SMG9 and SCP. He also led the ISO/IEC committee JTC1/SC27 “Information technology – Security techniques” from 1992 to 1996 and the 3GPP T3 group from 1998 to 2002. He has chaired the ETSI Smart Card Platform technical committee in ETSI since 2000.