Smart Card Alliance 2009 OSCA Awards

Outstanding Smart Card Achievement Awards

The Smart Card Alliance announced the 2009 awards for “Outstanding Smart Card Achievement” (OSCA) in the U.S. smart card industry on May 12th, during the Smart Card Alliance Annual Conference and CTST 2009 The Americas Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Outstanding Issuing Organization

Randy Vanderhoof and Paul Contino, Vice President of Information Technology,
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Winner of the Outstanding Issuing Organization award

The Outstanding Issuing Organization award went to Mount Sinai Medical Center. Mount Sinai Medical Center is recognized for taking a leadership position in building awareness of the benefits of using smart card technology in healthcare. Mount Sinai Medical Center currently provides its patients with a secure and portable personal health record that is stored on a smart card. Further, Mount Sinai Medical Center has taken the initiative to start the HealthSmart Network, allowing other New York metropolitan area healthcare facilities to participate in the Personal Health Card program.

This technology allows a patient to keep an electronic health record with them at all times in a convenient and compact format. In addition to identification and insurance information, the Personal Health Card can store medical information including a list of health problems identified by their healthcare providers, as well as known allergies, immunizations, current medications, lab results and healthcare encounters.

Outstanding Supplier Organization

Randy Vanderhoof and Humberto De la Vega, HID Global
Winner of the Outstanding Supplier Organization award

The Outstanding Technology Award went to HID Global. HID Global earned the award through its partnership with Dell on the Dell® LatitudeTM E-Family Laptops, which include embedded contactless smart card readers that read/write to HID iCLASS® cards and other ISO/industry standard contactless smart cards. This integration of the first multi-technology contactless smart card reader into select Latitude E-Family laptops allows end-users to benefit from the enhanced security of multi-factor authentication and the convenience of using one card for logical and physical access control.

Individual Leadership Award

Randy Vanderhoof and Patrick Hearn, Vice President of Government and Identification Markets,
North and Central America, Oberthur Technologies
Winner 2009 Individual Leadership award

The Individual Leadership Award went to Patrick Hearn, Vice President of Government and Identification Markets, North and Central America, Oberthur Technologies. Hearn is recognized for his leadership in creating the first NIST-certified dual interface Personal Identity Verification (PIV) card, as well as in heading up Oberthur’s smart card implementations. Implementations include the Department of Defense Common Access Card, the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Worker Identification Credential, the General Services Administration USAccess Program (supporting 73 civilian agencies), the CLEAR Registered Traveler Program, the Guatemala National Identification Program, as well as dozens of other smart card programs within the United States and globally.

2009 OSCA Runner Up and Honorable Mention Candidates

The Outstanding Issuer Organization Runner Up was Chase Card Services, for their leadership in contactless bankcard issuance and work with the industry in promoting contactless payments technology. Wells Fargo received Honorable Mention for their contactless initiatives.

The Outstanding Technology Award Runner Up was Giesecke & Devrient, for their new StarCL Mobile contactless payment sticker for mobile devices. Honorable Mention went to Microsoft for their smart card support in their Identity and Access solutions suite.

Individual Leadership Award Runner Up recognition went to Charles Walton, Executive VP, INSIDE Contactless. Honorable Mention went to Barry Mosteller, Director of Technical Marketing, Oberthur Technologies.

Judging Panel

A distinguished panel representing practitioners, technology providers and media, all with extensive smart card technology experience and industry visibility, selected the award winners. The jury evaluated all qualified OSCA applications and scored them according to the award criteria and eligibility rules.

Participating on the jury for the 2009 OSCA awards were Thomas Calvert, Intel; Willy Dommen, Booz Allen Hamilton; Zack Martin, Avisian; John McKeon, IBM; Brian Russell, Giesecke & Devrient; and Michael Sulak, United States Department of State.

Past OSCA Award Winners

2008 OSCA award winners were:

• Outstanding Issuing Organization: U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)
• Outstanding Technology Award: Oberthur Technologies
• Individual Leadership Award: Gilles Lisimaque, Partner, ID Technology Partners

2006 OSCA award winners were:

• Outstanding Issuing Organization: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Passport Services
• Outstanding Supplier Organization: Gemalto
• Individual Leadership Award: Neville Pattinson, Gemalto North America

2005 OSCA award winners were:

• Outstanding Issuing Organization: Chase Bank
• Individual Leadership Award: Robert Brandewie, Director, Defense Manpower Data Center

2004 OSCA award winners were:

• Outstanding Issuing Organization: Defense Manpower Data Center
• Outstanding Supplier Organization: Axalto
• Individual Leadership Award: Dan Cunningham, co-founder and CEO of Raak Technologies