Former Goldman Sachs VP Michael Swan joins Hypersign as CSO

Decentralised identity and access management infrastructure firm Hypersign has named former Goldman Sachs vice-president Michael Swan as its chief strategy officer, said a statement issued today.

The startup is building a blockchain-powered, decentralised identity and access management solution for the enterprise and consumers alike. It leverages technologies such as public key infrastructure (PKI), blockchain and machine learning to provide passwordless authentication, authorisation, verification and other security services which integrate within minutes and is compatible with legacy IAM systems at an affordable price-point.

Swan has over a decade of experience spanning both traditional investment banking and blockchain. A specialist in the incubation, launch and commercialisation of crypto projects, he holds leadership roles with Unido.us ($UDO), Flourishing.AI ($AI) and runs a venture capital firm out of Australia, called Tokenomik.


“Michael brings a wealth of knowledge, industry experience, and network to help the Hypersign team achieve their vision of creating a world where personal data protection and online privacy is a fundamental human right.,” said Irfan Khan, Hypersign’s founder and CEO.

“Everyone is aware of my view that institutional uptake of crypto is dependent on constructs that exist in traditional markets today, which need to be replicated, innovated and re-imagined for a decentralised future. The Hypersign DID solution is the perfect balance of decentralisation of ID records and trust that those records are accurate and attested by reputable organisations. There is a strong existing partnership between Hypersign and Unido given these are very much complementary eco-systems. This is a project with real application and solves a critical problem for institutional uptake of crypto," said Swan.