Public Authorities
Advisory | Strategy | Business Development
About SECOIA
Identity. Understood. Connecting the dots
SECOIA Executive Consultants advises governments, UN organisations and industry partners on e-passport/e-ID and border management programmes — from requirements and specification through procurement to implementation — including ICAO Doc 9303 compliance and civil registration reform. It operates independently of technology providers, focusing on procedures, standards and procurement.
How we work: We work internationally with senior leaders from government and industry to inspire new thinking, drive change and transform operations in border, aviation, transportation and homeland security.
Our founder and many team members are delegated experts within key ISO, CEN and ICAO ICBWG working groups. Stephan D. Hofstetter, SECOIA's founder, has over 30 years' experience in identity management, border security, biometrics and secure documents. He is also editor of CEN TS 17489-5 and a trainer in tender tactics.
Key advantages and outcomes
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The team members work as individual experts, driven by success with the power of a common working environment.
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We stick by our commitments, and we rely on long-term happy partnerships with our customers.
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We are close: The team is spread across the continents, cultures, time zones and fields of expertise.
CRIMBM Consulting
Diligent. Competent.
Capacity building, facilitation and implementation strategy for public identity management.
Solution Incubator
Success driven. Creative.
Portfolio development, tender response and bid management, capacity building.
SECOIA in numbers
Our Values
SECOIA is a word creation of SECurity and sequOIA, the impressive trees. They are upright, firm, pointing upwards like arrows. Sequoias don't stand alone - they are held firm and stable by interwoven roots with fellow sequoias.
The addon of "Executive Consultants" underlines that we like to work together with our clients to share responsibility in implementing the decided strategy.
The logo suggests the global reach, the positive, upwards developments achieved and working as a team of SECOIAs.
SECOIAs great team of associates and network members
SECOIA Executive Consultants, a renowned consultancy and provider to the public sector, Inter-Governmental Organizations and specialised industry, works with a team of 20 independent experts in all key areas of Civil Registration, Identity Management and Border Management related to the ICAO TRIP strategy. We advise you with commitment, competence and pleasure on all topics of CRIMBM and accompany you during the implementation.
Management Team
Bruno K. Hofstetter
Chairman of the Board
Stephan D. Hofstetter
Managing Partner
Individual Consulting / Project Management Team
Alenka Prvinsek Persoglio
International Expert
Civil Status, Citizenship
R.R
International Expert
PKI and Digital Identity Credentials
JP.A.
International Expert
Civil Status, Citzenship
Dr. Erik Slavenas
International Expert
Legal Identity & Migration
Tony Dean
International Expert
Document Forensics and Border Security
Roland Anliker
Senior Consultant
Secure Documents & Processes
Samuel Schindler
Senior Consultant
Printing & Material Technologies
K.C.
Legal Expert
IPTech, International Commercial & Trade and Antitrust
Hadji Ali Sow
International Expert
Vital Statistics
C.H.
International Expert
API / PNR / FAL
Business Development Team
Guy Meiresonne
Sr. Business Developer
Central African Region
Guy Junior Meiresonne
Business Developer Central African Region
Kaleh K. Kangoy
Exéc. project manager RDC
Steven Roelandts
Lead Business Development APAC
K.C.
Business Development
APAC
Daniel Prieto
Sr. Business Developer
Mexico
Francisco Mandiola
Consultant
Latin America
Mario Jaramillo
Sr. Business Developer South America
S.B.
Sr. Business Developer
FinTech DACH
FAQ
Since we already work with a systems integrator or technology vendor for our ID programme, why would we need an independent advisor as well?
A vendor's advice is shaped by the products it sells. Even a well-meaning integrator has a vested interest in its own roadmap. As SECOIA holds no equity, licence or reseller stake in any identity technology, a requirements review, gap analysis or tender evaluation will be free from any built-in bias towards a particular product.
Why choose a boutique, founder-led consultancy over a large audit or advisory firm?
A large firm will typically staff an identity or border management project with generalist consultants overseen by a designated partner. At SECOIA, however, our specialists have led identity, civil registration and border management engagements with governments and agencies across Africa, Asia, South America and Europe. That direct field experience shapes every recommendation we make.
Do you only work with well-established issuers, or do you also work with agencies and countries that are just starting to develop an identity or civil registration programme?
Both. Some engagements begin with a functioning ePassport programme requiring a compliance or procurement review, while others start with a country or agency lacking civil registration or identity infrastructure. Regardless of where a programme currently stands, the approach — independent, standards-based and procurement-focused — stays the same.