Management

Richard Parris

Chairman and Chief Executive

Richard Parris has over 25 years’ experience in the IT industry. He founded Intercede in 1992, and has led the Group during all stages of its growth from its inception as an e-commerce consulting company through to becoming the third security management software business to be listed on the London Stock Exchange. Between 1984 and 1992 he held a range of senior technical and sales management positions at Boeing Computer Services in the US and Europe, including working as a new business manager for network management software products.

Jayne Murphy

Operations Director

Jayne Murphy has over 25 years’ experience of the public sector, operational and human resource management. She was formerly the Chief Executive of Coventry Healthcare NHS Trust from 1997 to 1998. Prior to this she was Director of Operations and Deputy Chief Executive from 1993 to 1996 at the same Trust. From 1989 to 1992 Jayne was Business Manager of Medicine for Walsgrave Hospital NHS Trust, and before this she held a range of management positions at Walsgrave Hospital.

Andrew Walker

Finance Director

Andrew Walker has over 25 years of financial and senior management experience with a variety of large international organizations. He was Group Financial Controller of The Rugby Group PLC from 1995 to 2000, and an Executive Board member from 1997. From 1993 to 1995 he was Finance Director for APV Refrigeration & Freezer Division, and from 1991 to 1993 he was Finance Director for APV Vent-Axia Industrial Division. From 1990 to 1991 he was Group Chief Accountant for APV plc. Before joining APV plc, Andrew worked for Price Waterhouse from 1981 to 1990.

Dr. Chris Edwards

Chief Technical Officer

Chris was responsible for the initial design of the MyID® product and retains overall responsibility for the architecture and use of technology within it. He has over 30 years’ senior level experience within the IT industry, 12 of them within the security sector.

Chris was instrumental in making MyID the first electronic personalization system to achieve FIPS 201 accreditation as part of the US HSPD-12 PIV Approved Products Scheme, and has substantial experience of working on both US and UK government security projects.

The Federal Aviation Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Transportation with the authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation in the US. Providing extensive self-service features for operational efficiency and cost reduction, the FAA have used MyID to issue over 80,000 PIV cards across 410 locations.Read More

The US Transport Security Administration (TSA) wanted to issue a tamper-resistant biometric credential to maritime workers requiring access to secure port facilities and vessels. A key requirement was to follow US government Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) standards, to achieve interoperability and implement best practice security processes.Read More

The NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) was an initiative to create a single central electronic care record for patients, accessed via ‘the spine’; a set of national services accessible by medical professionals. The NHS wished to ensure that all data and services accessed via the spine were secured via strong authentication and best practice identity management.Read More

The Public Authority for Civil Information - Kuwait (PACI) had already issued paper-based identification documents and wished to migrate to a highly secure smart card based solution. MyID was implemented to act as a single management system for all national identity card operations.Read More