Our Team

The people building KeyShare.

Three co-founders from the automotive secure access world. Advisors from Microsoft, Marriott, IDEMIA, and beyond. One mission: replace every credential line with a tap.

Co-Founders

Leadership.

45+ combined years across automotive secure access, embedded systems, and hardware engineering — now powering identity and credential delivery.

Kabir Maiga — CEO

Kabir Maiga

Chief Executive Officer

15+ years across engineering, investment banking, and entrepreneurship. Former Technical Lead of automotive keyless entry systems at Continental — the platform deployed across 120M vehicles for Ford, GM, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, and more.

MSE from University of Michigan Ross; BS Electrical Engineering.

Simon Forster — CTO

Simon Forster

Chief Technology Officer

15+ years in embedded software engineering. Former Software Manager for automotive keyless entry systems at Continental. Based in Germany. Leads platform engineering across all three verticals.

MBA; BS Mathematics.

Mike Johnson — CPO

Mike Johnson

Chief Product Officer

15+ years in hardware engineering. Expert in power electronics. Formerly in Advanced Engineering at Hella. Leads Puck hardware development — from secure element to NFC antenna design.

MS & BS Electrical Engineering.

Advisory Board

Advisors.

Industry leaders who bring deep expertise from hospitality, physical access, identity, and enterprise technology.

Advisors with leadership experience at

Microsoft
Marriott
IDEMIA
SALTO
citizenM
Sonesta
Tech5
Wyndham
Latch
Paveon

Build what's next.

We're building the infrastructure between identity and access. If you want to work on NFC hardware, embedded systems, digital credentials, or multi-vertical platform architecture — we'd like to hear from you.