Wes Kussmaul has spent more than three decades developing and managing secure online spaces. In 1981 he founded Delphi Internet Services Corporation and its Kussmaul Encyclopedia, the world’s first computerized encyclopedia and an early example of hypertext. In 1989 Delphi became the first service to bring the Internet to mass audiences, and in 1993 it was acquired by News Corporation.
As CEO of Delphi he launched Global Villages, Inc., which built online services for magazine publishers under their own names. He later sold its hosting business to NTT Verio. The continuing operation became The Authenticity Institute, which focuses on enrollment technologies for secure, reliable online spaces.
In 2002 the Institute became a charter signatory to the ITU’s World e-Trust Initiative and is now an ITU Sector Member. In 2007 the ITU Secretary General asked him to serve on the High Level Experts Group of the Global Cybersecurity Agenda, and he presented his vision of an authenticity-infused Internet at a UN World Summit on the Information Society meeting.
He is an individual adherent of the International Union of Latin Notaries and a Notary Ambassador appointed by the National Notary Association. He earned a BS in Physics from the University of Central Missouri in 1971 while serving in the US Air Force.
