Gordon Wilson
Vice President, Identity Verification and Global Lead Seamless Travel, Borders & Immigration @Entrust
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WORK HISTORY
Vice President, Identity Verification and Global Lead Seamless Travel, Borders & Immigration @Entrust
Ottawa, ON, CA
Gordon is the Vice President at Entrust for the Identity Verification business segment since Entrust acquired WorldReach Software in April 2021. He is leading Entrust in the delivery of remote Identity verification as a service (IDV) at a high level of identity assurance, particularly for governments in their delivery of digital citizen services, seamless borders and fully digital immigration processes (eVisa and Electronic Travel Authorizations). Gordon is the Entrust representative in the World Travel and Tourism Council and its Safe & Seamless Travel Journey initiative. He is leading Entrust\'s efforts to link together the next generation of systems, including digital identity verification and applying biometrics, across immigration, borders and travel services providers to deliver on the seamless travel modernization goals, particularly given the relevance of COVID 19 requirements.
EDUCATION
Acadia University
BCompSci, Computer Science
University of Ottawa
MBA, Marketing & Business Strategy
Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology
Technology Marketing Program - Forum for International Trade Training
ABOUT GORDON WILSON
Mr. Wilson was a co-owner and founder in 1990 and was CEO and President of WorldReach Software until its acquisition.Gordon has 40 years experience in the Information Technology industry in increasingly senior roles from covering operations, business development and in top leadership roles. He has considerable experience working with departments of government performing responsibilities related to international travel, customs & border services, immigration, passport issuance, foreign affairs & consular operations. He is the recipient of a Ministers Award from Canada Customs & Revenue Agency for his contributions to the automation strategy for Customs Operations Branch in the mid-1990s. Delivered programs associated with the company\'s work have won awards for customer experience and mission critical systems delivery in Canada and the UK, including the recent BREXIT EU Settlement System which has processed over 5M people for digital enrollment. Since 1998 he has overseen the creation and growth of WorldReach Software as an international company providing solutions to deliver consular assistance, passport services, seamless biometrically enabled immigration/evisa and border management, and over the past 3 years Safe and Seamless Traveller Journey through remote digital onboarding. WorldReach Software works with national governments to securely facilitate international travel and to provide a cost effective, responsive safety net for international travellers and citizens living abroad.Gordon is a frequent presenter at conferences regarding secure identities, passport issuance and border management including: IBMATA; Connect:ID; Biometrics Institute, Secure Document World/Festival of Identity; APSCA Border Management Conference and others. Gordon is the global member representative for WorldReach (now Entrust) on the World Travel and Tourism Council\'s Seamless Traveller Journey working group. He has appeared or been interviewed on national television in Canada on CTV and CBC.
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