ZUG, Switzerland, Jan. 8, 2019 — ODEM, creator of the On-Demand Education Marketplace, announces it will provide GE GeniusLink™, a unit of General Electric Co., with blockchain-based tools and technology to support GeniusLink management of experts and on-demand consultants.

GeniusLink will verify the professional qualifications of its high-impact consultants by using ODEM’s blockchain certificates to ensure that short-term talent successfully fulfills client expectations, said ODEM Chief Executive Officer Richard Maaghul. ODEM will deploy its Platform in the first quarter of 2019 to provide training allowing GeniusLink to augment and validate the qualifications of its on-demand talent for clients.

“Our partnership with GeniusLink represents a powerful endorsement of ODEM and blockchain technology’s potential to provide business solutions,” says Maaghul. “We’re delighted to work with GeniusLink in pursuit of ODEM’s mission to make education more accessible, affordable, transferable, and verifiable.”

ODEM is developing the ODEM Platform on the Ethereum blockchain to streamline the organization and delivery of academic courses and certification. The Platform empowers students to customize their education through interaction with educators and employers.

Certificates of academic-or-professional achievement issued on a blockchain generate a tamper-proof digital signature. The signature can be cross-referenced with the issuing organization’s digital signature, allowing certificate holders to control their records and real-time cryptographic proof of validity.

“The talent equation is shifting,” said Dyan Finkhousen, Director, Open Innovation and Advanced Manufacturing, GeniusLink. “Which means the most competitive organizations are engaging crowdsourced and freelance talent to get business done. Doing so requires a level of trust on both the part of the client and expert. Platforms like ODEM’s provide an extra vote of confidence in those newfound geniuses—offering a secure digital fingerprint to attest their true skills and accomplishments.”

The GeniusLink Expert Operating System helps clients solve business problems and execute priorities more effectively by creating a secure, digital pathway to experts and outcomes.

Blockchain technology:

  • Enables the creation of a decentralized repository to secure academic and professional records in a format that is globally verifiable and transferable.
  • Allows self-permissioned peer-to-peer sharing of educational records and qualification with institutions, recruiting firms, and potential employers.
  • Facilitates the linking of academic records as students and existing members of the workforce to add accomplishments over a lifetime of learning.

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About ODEM

ODEM is unlocking higher education through blockchain technology. ODEM empowers students to collaborate with top university professors to create customized educational experiences, part of a life-long process of keeping skills relevant in fast-changing job markets. The Platform also provides identity by verification through work history, teaching credentials, certificates, diplomas, and institutional consensus.

ABOUT GeniusLink Expert Operating System™

Established in 1916, SAIT was the first publicly funded technical school of its kind in North America. Today, SAIT is a global leader in applied education and offers more than 100 career programs and more than 1,300 part-time courses. Action-based learning, solution-focused research, and enterprising collaborations with industry partners ensure SAIT students are career-ready when they graduate.

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Lisa Ralph
Sr. Marketing and Brand Strategy Leader
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