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  "markdown": "President and Chief Product and Technology Officer.\n\nBala Kumar is president and chief product and technology officer of Jumio, responsible for its platform vision, strategy and technology. A former TransUnion executive, Kumar has more than two decades of experience in product development and leadership.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kbalak/\n\n## What Bala builds\n\n- [Jumio](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jumio.md), graded C, 55.1/100, in Identity \u0026 business verification. Identity verification service from Jumio Corporation in Sunnyvale. It checks identity documents and selfies with liveness, screens against sanctions and PEP lists, and runs government database checks. Transactions are started and read through regional REST APIs with OAuth2. President and Chief Product and Technology Officer, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Igor Beckerman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/igor-beckerman/), Chief Financial Officer\n- [Mark Lorion](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mark-lorion/), Chief Executive Officer\n- [Philipp Pointner](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/philipp-pointner/), Chief of Digital Identity\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Great Hill Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/great-hill-partners/)\n- [Centana Growth Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/centana-growth-partners/)\n- [Millennium Technology Value Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/millennium-technology-value-partners/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Bala Kumar?\n\nBala Kumar is president and chief product and technology officer of Jumio, responsible for its platform vision, strategy and technology. A former TransUnion executive, Kumar has more than two decades of experience in product development and leadership.\n\n### What does Jumio Corporation make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Jumio from Jumio Corporation. Identity verification service from Jumio Corporation in Sunnyvale. It checks identity documents and selfies with liveness, screens against sanctions and PEP lists, and runs government database checks. Transactions are started and read through regional REST APIs with OAuth2.\n\n### Who has invested in Jumio Corporation?\n\nThe sources our research read name Great Hill Partners, Centana Growth Partners and Millennium Technology Value Partners.\n\n### How are Bala's tools graded?\n\nJumio is graded C, 55.1 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.jumio.com/contact/support/\n- https://www.jumio.com/contact/\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumio\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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