Implementation partner track · qualification-gated · certified delivery leads

Deliver KYE Protocol as a KYE System Integrator.

The KYE System Integrator track is the productised delivery arm of the partner programme. You bring the implementation capability and the customer relationship; KYE provides the published contracts, the conformance pack, the certified-engineer enablement, and the revocable badge. You bill your own services and earn a referral margin on the licence — you never resell the protocol's internals, and you never hold authority to bind KYE.

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What the System Integrator track is

The System Integrator (SI) is one of the ten canonical KYE partner types. An SI is an implementation partner that delivers KYE Protocol deployments — pilot delivery, conformance-prep and certification-prep — for regulated enterprises. The SI bills its own implementation services; the KYE licence is sold separately and earns the SI a referral margin.

The boundary that keeps it defensible. The SI integrates against the published contracts — the schemas, the SDK, the Conformance Pack, and the Evidence Pack verification surface (verifiable offline from published keys). The protocol's runtime internals, decision mechanism, pricing logic, other partners' commercials, and other tenants' evidence are never disclosed — to any partner, under any agreement. The SI holds no authority to bind KYE, vary product terms, or issue warranties; any KYE-product commitment to a customer is in KYE's own contract.

Three delivery-capability tiers

The track is a capability ladder, not a commercial ranking. It confers no exclusive territory and no white-glove tier above the partner programme's Tier-3. Promotion is earned on proven, evidenced delivery.

  • Associate — entry tier, no platform fee. Name a certified delivery lead, execute the Mutual NDA, and deliver pilots and conformance-prep under tenant-segregated credentials. No public badge yet. Promotes to Certified on proven reference deployments.
  • Certified — the proven tier. Unlocks the KYE-Certified System Integrator badge (certified state only), certified-engineer enablement, and the deal-registration portal. Requires at least two completed reference deployments plus professional-indemnity and public-liability insurance.
  • Premier — the scaled, multi-sector tier. Adds multi-sector certified capability, named-account governance, and a quarterly business review. Still no exclusivity; two consecutive missed reviews trigger a downgrade.

The badge is a revocable licensed mark

The KYE-Certified System Integrator badge renders only while at least one named delivery lead holds a current certification (the certified state). It is suspended on certification lapse and revoked on a disclosure breach or a no-governance-compete breach, following the canonical badge state machine draft → certified → suspended ↔ revoked. On suspension or termination, the SI ceases all use of the mark.

How an engagement works

  • Certified delivery lead on every engagement — delivery by an uncertified lead is a material breach.
  • Tenant data segregation — KYE-issued tenant credentials per engagement; no cross-tenant access (GDPR Art. 28(3)(b)).
  • Deal registration — register the licence opportunity within 5 business days of qualification to earn the published referral margin on first-year licence value.
  • Services liability is the SI's — the SI carries its own insurance and contracts; KYE liability is limited to the product as licensed.

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