GuardTime Establishes Product Development Center in Beijing, Appoints Jian Tan a

s General Manager
Former AvePoint Executive and BT Data Management/Telecommunications Specialist t
o Manage Operations and Customers/Partners in China.
Singapore / Beijing, China, February 25, 2011 -- GuardTime, creator of the paten
ted Keyless Signatureâ ¢ technology ( http://www.guardtime.com ) used to validate the
worldâ s data, today announced its appointment of Jian Tan to operate from the compan
yâ s office in Beijing. As the General Manager of GuardTime China, Jian will be respo
nsible for Product Development as well as managing Business Development in Chin
a.
Jian brings to GuardTime over 15 years of diverse experience in Intellectual Pro
perty Management, Telecommunications and Data Management in both China and USA.
Previously he helped found AvePoint and served as the Vice President of Developm
ent at the fast growing data management solution provider. Prior to joining Guar
dTime, ( http://www.guardtime.com ) Jian provided business and technology consul
ting at British Telecom and operated in both US and China for 4 years.
"The knowledge, experience, and respect that Jian has gained throughout his care
er make him well-suited to establish strategic relationships in China," said Mik
e Gault, CEO of GuardTime. â China is an extremely important market for us and we loo
k forward to seeing him in action in leading GuardTime product development activ
ities within China as both customers and partners alike begin to benefit from t
he use of our unique Keyless Signature offerings to sign their data."
GuardTime's Keyless Signatures ( http://www.guardtime.com ) provide proof of sig
ning authority, time of the signature, and integrity of all data located in the
cloud, on disk, and in transit. The signature never expires and its verification
is based solely on mathematics, eliminating the need for any secrets or keys.
A native of China, Jian has an EMBA from Kellogg-HKUST in Hong Kong, a PhD in Ch
emistry from New York University and a bachelor degrees in both Chemistry and In
tellectual Property from Peking University in Beijing.
About GuardTime:
A Red Herring Global 100 Winner and Frost & Sullivan Product Innovation Award Wi
nner, GuardTime was founded in 2006 by cryptography experts Dr. MärtSaarepera and D
r. Ahto Buldas along with Internet visionary Joi Ito. GuardTime provides a compl
etely-available service and infinitely-scalable Keyless Signaturesâ ¢ engine designed
to deliver authenticity and integrity for the data that the world relies upon: a
s it sits on disk, moves across the network, and is used in the cloud. Visit htt
p://www.guardtime.com for more information about using Keyless Signatures for si
gning data.
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