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Sergio Albea
Security Architect /Enginner
SWITCH
With over 15 years of experience, I have immersed myself in the dynamic field of security, focusing on diverse IT landscapes and ensuring robust protection against threats and vulnerabilities. My...
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Warwick Ashford
Senior Analyst
KuppingerCole
Warwick Ashford is a Senior Analyst who researches cybersecurity and identity-related topics, including emerging technologies and trends. He has been writing IT news and analysis as a journalist...
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Dr Paul Ashley
CTO
Anonyome Labs
Dr Paul Ashley is CTO at Anonyome Labs. The company brings technology to everyday users that allow them to interact online and offline in safety, privacy and control. Paul’s responsibilities...
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Alexandre Babeanu
Lead Product Manager, Access Management
IndyKite
Alex is a seasoned expert with nearly a decade of experience in leveraging graph databases for Identity and Access Management (IAM). As a certified graph and IAM consultant, he has successfully...
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Anne Bailey
Analyst
KuppingerCole
Annie Bailey is an analyst covering emerging technologies such as blockchain and artificial intelligence, and helps synthesize the implications for companies, industries, and markets. She holds a...
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Alexei Balaganski
Lead Analyst & CTO
KuppingerCole
Alexei is an analyst with specific focus on cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence. At KuppingerCole, he covers a broad range of security-related topics: from database, application and API...
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Arijit Banerjee
Identity Governance Platform - Product owner
BP Plc
With over 18 years of experience in the cyber space, I have managed complex global enterprise landscapes around IAM and participated in large-scale identity transformation programs where I have...
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Anil Bhandari
Chief Mentor & Thought Leader
ARCON TechSolutions
Anil Bhandari is an inspired innovator, technologist, and thought leader in Information Risk Management. He serves as a Mentor & Thought Leader and provides his invaluable insights for the...
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Joni Brennan
President
Digital ID & Authentication Council of Canada
Joni Brennan is the President of the Digital ID & Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC). Building upon 15 years of hands on experience in Identity Access Management innovations and industry...
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Dr. Vladimir Bunic
Global Cyber Physical Security Expert
Nestlé
Vladimir Bunic, Ph.D., is a distinguished Converged Security Expert at Nestlé, based in Barcelona, Spain. With a robust background in cybersecurity, physical security, and risk management,...
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Martin Cannard
VP of Product Strategy
Netwrix
Accomplished VP of Product Strategy at Netwrix with 30-year track record of success from startups to enterprise software organizations, Martin Cannard is specifically experienced in the privileged...
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Joseph Carson
Chief Security Scientist & Advisory CISO
Delinea
Joseph Carson is an award-winning cyber security professional and ethical hacker with more than 25 years’ experience in enterprise security specialising in blockchain, endpoint security,...
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Nathan Case
Independent
Driven Enterprise Security & Cloud Governance Executive with proven success building a strong culture of cyber resilience across teams, processes, programs, and technology. In each role, I act...
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Brian Chappell
VP of Product Management
One Identity
Brian joined One Identity in March 2023 and is responsible for the overall product strategy and execution. During a 35-year career, Brian has held senior roles in a number of companies from small...
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Lalit Choda
Founder
Non-Human Identity Management Group
Lalit Choda is the founder of the Non-Human Identity Mgmt Group where he evangelises and influences the industry around NHI risks. Lalit has unique hands on 25+ years practitioner experience,...
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Kay Chopard
Executive Director
Kantara Initiative
Ms. Kay Chopard is the newly appointed Executive Director of the Kantara Initiative, a nonprofit corporation. The Kantara Initiative is a unique global ‘commons’ that operates...
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Dr. Scott David, LL.M.
Executive Director - Information Risk and Synthetic Intelligence Research Initiative
University of Washington - APL
Scott David, J.D., LL.M., is the Executive Director - Information Risk and Synthetic Intelligence Research Initiative (IRSIRI) at the University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory and was...
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Dr. Dominik Deimel
Managing Director
Wallet Experts GmbH
As the former founder of comuny, a start-up with its own wallet application and board member of the digital identities working group at bitkom, I have been working on the topic of decentralised...
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Nitish Deshpande
Research Analyst
KuppingerCole
Nitish joined KuppingerCole Analysts AG in February 2022 as a Research Analyst. Education: Master of International Business and Engineering from SRH Hochschule Heidelberg, Germany Bachelor of...
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Katryna Dow
CEO & Founder
Meeco
Katryna Dow is the founder and CEO of Meeco; a personal data platform that enables people to securely exchange data via the API-of-Me with the people and organisations they trust ...
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Fabian Eberle
COO & Co-Founder
Keyless Technologies
Fabian Eberle is Co-Founder and COO at Keyless Technologies, the leader in privacy-preserving biometric authentication. Fabian founded Keyless alongside world renowned security and privacy experts,...
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Burcu Ekiz
Identity Infrastructure Technologies Manager
Garanti BBVA Bank
Burcu is a dedicated identity access management professional with development background. She has been working at Garanti BBVA bank for more than 25 years and developed a IAM strategy for the bank....
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Paul Fisher
Lead Analyst
KuppingerCole
Paul Fisher is a Lead Analyst who researches primarily on cybersecurity and identity and access management (IAM). He also studies trends in AI, IoT and data governance for different industry...
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Heather Flanagan
Principal
Spherical Cow Consulting
Heather Flanagan, Principal at Spherical Cow Consulting, comes from a position that the Internet is led by people, powered by words, and inspired by technology. She has been involved in leadership...
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Allan Foster
Chief Evangelist
Identity Evangelist
Allan Foster has helped build ForgeRock into a multinational identity software vendor with offices on four continents. Allan’s deep technical knowledge has been well used in all aspects of...
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Diego Galletti
Enterprise Architect
Quad
Diego is an Expert Enterprise Architect of Quad, a U.S.-based company offering integrated services from creative production to data-driven media management, serving over 2,700 clients. He has over...
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Yasin Garip
Advisor
KuppingerCole
Yasin, holding a Bachelor of Science in Business Informatics from the University of Mannheim, began exploring Identity and Access Management (IAM) while working as a student at a leading payment...
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Ing Robert Garskamp
IAM Manager
Alliander
With the enormous speed of technological digitalisation transformation nowadays, Robert believes that it will influence, constitute and shape our society where you are able to control your identity...
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Ian Glazer
Founder
Weave Identity
Ian Glazer is an accomplished IT Thought Leader and Product Management Executive with extensive experience in identity management, privacy, compliance, and access governance. He is a strategic...
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Daniel Goldscheider
Founder and ED
OpenWallet Foundation
Daniel is Founder and ED of OpenWallet Foundation, a consortium of companies and non-profit organisations collaborating to drive global adoption of open, secure and interoperable digital...
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Martin Greck-Riederer
Enterprise Process Owner Identity Management
Boehringer-Ingelheim
Martin Greck-Riederer is working as Enterprise Process Owner for Identity Management at Boehringer Ingelheim (a large pharmaceutical company). In this position he is responsible to design...
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Nigel Guest
Head of Identity & Access Management
Lonza AG
Originally from the UK, Nigel brings over 20 years of expertise in Identity and Access Management (IAM), shaped by a development and architectural background. Having spent two decades in Sweden and...
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Manuel Heinkel
Solutions Architect
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Manuel is a Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS), working with software companies in Germany to build innovative and secure applications in the cloud. With his expertise in security and...
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Gal Helemski
Co-Founder & CPO
PlainID
Gal Helemski is co-founder and CTO/CPO at PlainID and a highly recognized and acclaimed cyber security expert. She plays a key role at PlainID as a strategic leader, visionary and evangelist while...
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Gail Hodges
Executive Director
OpenID Foundation
The OpenID Foundation is a non-profit global standards body that seeks to help people assert their identity wherever they choose by leading the global community in creating identity standards that...
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Andrew Hughes
VP of Global Standards
FaceTec
Andrew Hughes has been consulting and working on standardization of digital credentials, face biometric verification, mobile driving licenses, identity and access management, and information...
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Rew Islam
Director, Product Innovation
Dashlane
Rew is the Director of Product Innovation at Dashlane, with over 20 years of software development experience. After a decade at Dashlane working on mobile apps, he now leads projects focussed on...
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Cor de Jonge
Teamlead & Business Owner PKI & Chair ICAO PKD
Judicial Information Service, Ministry of Justice and Security & ICAO
I’m leading the PKI expertise team of the Judicial Information Service of the Ministry of Security and Justice – the only PKI expertise team of the Dutch government. I’m...
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Loffie Jordaan
Business Solutions Architect
AAMVA - American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators
Loffie Jordaan is a Business Solutions Architect at AAMVA. He currently focuses on digital identity management, including mobile driver’s licenses and the ecosystem required to make them...
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Berthold Kerl
CEO
KuppingerCole
Berthold Kerl, born 1960, studied economics at the University of Nürnberg and performs as CEO of KuppingerCole since 1st July 2020. Before that he had been with Deutsche Bank AG for 17 years....
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Mike Kiser
Director, Strategy and Standards
SailPoint
Mike Kiser has held a panoply of industry positions over the past 20 years—from the Office of the CTO to Security Strategist to Security Analyst to Security Architect—that might imply...
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Dr. Heiko Klarl
Independent
Dr. Heiko Klarl is a distinguished expert in Identity and Access Management (IAM) with over 18 years of experience. With a strong background in cybersecurity, Heiko excels in structuring complex...
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Hed Kovetz
CEO & Co-Founder
Silverfort
Hed Kovetz is the CEO and Co-Founder of Silverfort, the provider of the Unified Identity Protection platform. Prior to founding Silverfort, Hed served in product management positions at Verint,...
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Er Balaji Nagaraj Kumar
Senior Product Manager
Volvo Cars
I am Balaji Nagaraj Kumar—a passionate human, engineer, and leader driven by innovation and intentional learning. As a Senior Product Manager at Volvo Cars, I manage Open Information...
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Janne Kuparinen
Manager
SOK
Currently working as Tech Lead at S Group’s IAM Program. Helping S Group with IAM, PAM, security and cloud related projects. Before I joined SOK again, I was leading Nordcloud’s Digital...
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Martin Kuppinger
Principal Analyst
KuppingerCole
Martin Kuppinger is Founder and Principal Analyst at KuppingerCole, a leading analyst company for identity focused information security, both in classical and in cloud environments. Prior to...
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Alejandro Leal
Research Analyst
KuppingerCole
Alejandro joined KuppingerCole as a Research Analyst in December 2021. His main areas of expertise include digital transformation in the public and private sector, managing business in...
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Dr. Torsten Lodderstedt
Lead Architect for Germany’s EU Digital Identity Wallet
SPRIND - German Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation
Dr.-Ing. Torsten Lodderstedt is a Digital Identity Architect with more than 15 years experience in developing and running large scale consumer identity services. He currently works for the German...
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Brennan Lodge
Professor
New York University
Brennan Lodge is a cybersecurity expert with over 15 years of experience in data science, AI, and threat defense. As founder of Blodgic Inc. and a professor at NYU, he has led AI-centric...
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Laurent Loup
Senior Product Manager
SICPA SA
In 2016, Laurent joined SICPA Identity & Document Security division as a product manager responsible for SICPA Digital Trust Suite (SICPA SSI platform). He has worked in corporate strategy in...
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Timo Majaneva
IAM architect, Identity and Device Management
SOK AID
I am an Identity and Access Management (IAM) architect with a strong passion for designing secure and scalable solutions that empower both businesses and individuals to achieve their goals with...
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Eve Maler
Digital identity futurist and strategist
Venn Factory
Eve is a globally recognized pioneer in identity and access management and standards, with roots in semi-structured data modeling and the API economy and a passion for fostering successful...
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Henk Marsman
Principal Consultant
SonicBee
Henk Marsman is both independent researcher as well as principal consultant at SonicBee. Having spend over 20 years in cybersecurity and specifically identity and access management he still advises...
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Hila Meller
Co-Founder | President
Leading Cyber Ladies | Fingerprints
A savvy public speaker and an advocate for diversity in tech. Co-founder of Leading Cyber Ladies, a global movement promoting diversity in Cyber Security. Recognized as a subject matter expert by...
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Dr. Phillip Messerschmidt
Lead Advisor
KuppingerCole
Dr. Phillip Messerschmidt joined KuppingerCole in January 2021 as Advisor & Analyst. Prior to this, he worked for various management consultancies, primarily advising major banks on challenges...
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Thomas Müller-Lynch
Global Director Digital Identities
Siemens AG
Thomas joined Siemens 24 years ago. During this time, he took over various IT positions covering web, document management and during the last 10 years IT infrastructure technologies. Now as...
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Kari Nousiainen
Manager
Fortum Oyj
Kari Nousiainen has special expertise in the development of Identity Security services, enabling transactions in online services on behalf of the organization. He has versatile work experience in...
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Rintaro Okamoto
Team Leader of Business Development for Digital Identity
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd (DNP)
Rintaro is the Head of Business Development for Decentralized Identity at DNP. He started new product development in 2019, while engaging in client consulting around digital transformation....
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Prosper Onyenkwere
Data Specialist
RAD5 Tech Hub
Prosper Onyenkwere is a Data Specialist, AI Ethics Enthusiast and also a Trainer, having worked as a SQL Server Database Administrator for more than 5 years, resorted to training over 100+...
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Rob Otto
Field CTO
Ping Identity
Rob Otto is a Principal Architect at Ping Identity and the Field CTO for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. With over 20 years of experience in identity and access management, Rob has...
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Steve Pannifer
CEO
Consult Hyperion
Steve is CEO at Consult Hyperion, a leading independent payments and identity consulting firm. He has extensive experience advising payment schemes, banks, governments and vendors around the world...
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Manish Kumar Periwal
Senior Security Engineer
Norges Bank Investment Management
Manish currently works as Senior Security Engineer at Norges Bank Investment Management (Oljefondet). He brings over a decade of expertise in the IT industry. His specialization in Application...
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Shikha Porwal
Senior Advisor
KuppingerCole Analysts AG
Shikha Porwal is a Senior Advisor and Analyst at KuppingerCole Analysts since January 2021, specializes in IAM and some topics of Cybersecurity. She consults clients, contributes to research, and...
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Andre Priebe
Chief Technology Officer
iC Consult Group GmbH
Andre Priebe serves as the Chief Technology Officer at iC Consult Group, a vendor-independent system integrator specializing in Identity & Access Management, with a global team of over 800...
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Matthias Reinwarth
IAM Practice Director
KuppingerCole
Matthias is IAM Practice Director. Additionally he acts as lead advisor in various customer projects. As head of the IAM practice, Matthias coordinates communication and exchange within the...
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Justin Richer
CTO
UberEther
Justin Richer is a security architect, software engineer, standards editor, and systems designer with over two decades of industry experience. He is the lead author of OAuth2 In Action and...
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Eleni Richter
Chief Architect
EnBW
Eleni Richter is working as chief architect of the identity and organizational data management at a large German energy supplier (EnBW AG) and as part-time lecturer in IAM and Cyber Security...
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Sebastian Rohr
CTO
umbrella.associates GmbH
While Sebastian has been known as author of multiple articles, reviews and essays on all kinds of Identity and Security topics, he has more recently made a name for himself as being the...
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Dr. Rogério A. Rondini
Senior Manager
PwC
Rogério is a Digital Identity leader and Principal Identity & Solution Architect at PwC Netherlands, boasting over 25 years of experience in IT, including 15 years focused on Digital...
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Andrea Rossi
President
IAMONES.ai
Andrea Rossi is a recognized subject matter expert in the Identity & Cybersecurity industries. In 2024 Mr. Rossi co-founded Iamones.ai, aiming to radically simplify and innovate Identity &...
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Martin Sandren
IAM Product Lead
IKEA
Martin Sandren is a security architect and delivery lead with over eighteen years of experience of various information security related roles. Primarily focused on security architecture and digital...
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Volker Schimmel
Head of the Global Data Service
UNHCR - The United Nations Refugee Agency
Volker Schimmel holds an MSc in International Relations and Conflict Studies. Having worked on conflict and displacement in London, he joined the UN in 2003 starting with UNHCR in the Great Lakes....
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Jan Schmitz-Hermes
CEO
L21s GmbH
Jan is a seasoned IT-Architect working on digital processes primarily in the insurance and financial services industry.Jan is an advocate for open source software. During his career, he helped...
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Max Schrems
Head of noyb.eu
Privacy Advocate
Chairman and founder of noyb, a ’privacy enforcement platform’ that brings data protection cases to the courts under the EU General Data Protection Regulation. Schrems first came to notoriety as an...
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Michael Schwartz
Founder / CEO
Gluu, Inc.
Mike is the Founder/CEO of Gluu, and leads the Linux Foundation Janssen Project. He is the co-author of the book ’Securing the Perimeter’, Apress 2018, about how to use open source IAM tools. In...
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Christopher Schütze
Chief of Advisory and CISO
KuppingerCole
Christopher Schütze has been working as Director Practice Cyber Security and Lead Analyst for KuppingerCole Analysts AG since 2019. In 2023 he was promoted to Chief of Advisory and CISO....
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Vlad Shapiro
Founder and CEO
Costidity Inc.
Vladislav is driven by a deep curiosity for understanding human behavior; especially at the intersection of technology and decision-making. A noted expert in IGA, Vlad is a founder of Costidity...
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Drs. Jacoba C. Sieders
Consultant, Strategic Digital Identity
Independent
Jacoba is a digital identity expert, eager to make digital life better and a lot more secure than it is today. Keynote speaker at international IAM congresses and teacher of masterclasses. ...
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Mike Small
Senior Analyst
KuppingerCole
Mike Small is the retired director of security management strategy of CA, where he was responsible for the technical strategy for CA’s security management software product line within Europe,...
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Annet Steenbergen
Digital Identity and Seamless Travel
Independent Advisor
Since co-founding/initiating the Aruba Happy Flow project in 2013 after many years working in international border management, digital Identity and innovation for the travel eco-system has been at...
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Jennifer Stähler
Head of Events
KuppingerCole Analysts AG
Jennifer joined KuppingerCole in 2015. As Head of Events, she is responsible for the Events team that organizes live-, hybrid- and virtual Conferences worldwide, focusing on IT Security and...
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Patrick Teichmann
Lead Advisor
KuppingerCole Analysts AG
Patrick Teichmann joined KuppingerCole as a Lead Advisor in November 2024. With a strong background in Identity and Access Management, he specializes in aligning business needs with technical...
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Henrique Teixeira
Senior Vice President Strategy
Saviynt
Henrique Teixeira is a seasoned leader with over 25 years in identity and cybersecurity. As Senior Vice President of Strategy at Saviynt, he drives innovative, cloud-first solutions in...
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Jerome Thorstenson
Identity & Access Management Architect
Salling Group A/S
Jerome Thorstenson is an Identity & Access Management (IAM) architect with over two decades of experience in IT security and enterprise solutions, but he’s not about buzzwords - he’s about...
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John Tolbert
Lead Analyst
KuppingerCole
John Tolbert is a Lead Analyst and Managing Director of KuppingerCole, Inc (US). As Lead Analyst, John covers a number of different research areas, outlined below. John also advises...
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Samuel López Trenado
User Lifecycle Supervisor
Holcim Emea Digital Center
Samuel is a cybersecurity professional passionate about the Identity and access management subjects. During his professional career in Holcim, he worked several years in the directories...
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Jan Vereeken
Chief Product Officer
Meeco
Jan is the Chief Product Officer at Meeco where he is heading the development of Meeco’s Secure Value Exchange (SVX) platform; which enables enterprise partners to deploy and operate trusted...
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Sadrick Widmann
CEO
cidaas
Sadrick Widmann joined the company to transform his management and IT talent into a compelling and intelligent customer solution. As the CEO of Widas ID, together with Yael Widmann he is...
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Kristina Yasuda
Identity System Architect
SPRIND - German Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation
Kristina is an Identity System Architect at SPRIND - German Federal Agency of Disruptive Innovation. Previously she worked as an Identity Standards Architect at Microsoft, known for her work...
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Sergio Albea
Security Architect /Enginner
SWITCH
With over 15 years of experience, I have immersed myself in the dynamic field of security, focusing on diverse IT landscapes and ensuring robust protection against threats and vulnerabilities. My...
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Warwick Ashford
Senior Analyst
KuppingerCole
Warwick Ashford is a Senior Analyst who researches cybersecurity and identity-related topics, including emerging technologies and trends. He has been writing IT news and analysis as a journalist...
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Dr Paul Ashley
CTO
Anonyome Labs
Dr Paul Ashley is CTO at Anonyome Labs. The company brings technology to everyday users that allow them to interact online and offline in safety, privacy and control. Paul’s responsibilities...
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Alexandre Babeanu
Lead Product Manager, Access Management
IndyKite
Alex is a seasoned expert with nearly a decade of experience in leveraging graph databases for Identity and Access Management (IAM). As a certified graph and IAM consultant, he has successfully...
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Anne Bailey
Analyst
KuppingerCole
Annie Bailey is an analyst covering emerging technologies such as blockchain and artificial intelligence, and helps synthesize the implications for companies, industries, and markets. She holds a...
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Alexei Balaganski
Lead Analyst & CTO
KuppingerCole
Alexei is an analyst with specific focus on cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence. At KuppingerCole, he covers a broad range of security-related topics: from database, application and API...
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Arijit Banerjee
Identity Governance Platform - Product owner
BP Plc
With over 18 years of experience in the cyber space, I have managed complex global enterprise landscapes around IAM and participated in large-scale identity transformation programs where I have...
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Anil Bhandari
Chief Mentor & Thought Leader
ARCON TechSolutions
Anil Bhandari is an inspired innovator, technologist, and thought leader in Information Risk Management. He serves as a Mentor & Thought Leader and provides his invaluable insights for the...
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Joni Brennan
President
Digital ID & Authentication Council of Canada
Joni Brennan is the President of the Digital ID & Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC). Building upon 15 years of hands on experience in Identity Access Management innovations and industry...
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Dr. Vladimir Bunic
Global Cyber Physical Security Expert
Nestlé
Vladimir Bunic, Ph.D., is a distinguished Converged Security Expert at Nestlé, based in Barcelona, Spain. With a robust background in cybersecurity, physical security, and risk management,...
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Martin Cannard
VP of Product Strategy
Netwrix
Accomplished VP of Product Strategy at Netwrix with 30-year track record of success from startups to enterprise software organizations, Martin Cannard is specifically experienced in the privileged...
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Joseph Carson
Chief Security Scientist & Advisory CISO
Delinea
Joseph Carson is an award-winning cyber security professional and ethical hacker with more than 25 years’ experience in enterprise security specialising in blockchain, endpoint security,...
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Nathan Case
Independent
Driven Enterprise Security & Cloud Governance Executive with proven success building a strong culture of cyber resilience across teams, processes, programs, and technology. In each role, I act...
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Brian Chappell
VP of Product Management
One Identity
Brian joined One Identity in March 2023 and is responsible for the overall product strategy and execution. During a 35-year career, Brian has held senior roles in a number of companies from small...
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Lalit Choda
Founder
Non-Human Identity Management Group
Lalit Choda is the founder of the Non-Human Identity Mgmt Group where he evangelises and influences the industry around NHI risks. Lalit has unique hands on 25+ years practitioner experience,...
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Kay Chopard
Executive Director
Kantara Initiative
Ms. Kay Chopard is the newly appointed Executive Director of the Kantara Initiative, a nonprofit corporation. The Kantara Initiative is a unique global ‘commons’ that operates...
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Dr. Scott David, LL.M.
Executive Director - Information Risk and Synthetic Intelligence Research Initiative
University of Washington - APL
Scott David, J.D., LL.M., is the Executive Director - Information Risk and Synthetic Intelligence Research Initiative (IRSIRI) at the University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory and was...
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Dr. Dominik Deimel
Managing Director
Wallet Experts GmbH
As the former founder of comuny, a start-up with its own wallet application and board member of the digital identities working group at bitkom, I have been working on the topic of decentralised...
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Nitish Deshpande
Research Analyst
KuppingerCole
Nitish joined KuppingerCole Analysts AG in February 2022 as a Research Analyst. Education: Master of International Business and Engineering from SRH Hochschule Heidelberg, Germany Bachelor of...
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Katryna Dow
CEO & Founder
Meeco
Katryna Dow is the founder and CEO of Meeco; a personal data platform that enables people to securely exchange data via the API-of-Me with the people and organisations they trust ...
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Fabian Eberle
COO & Co-Founder
Keyless Technologies
Fabian Eberle is Co-Founder and COO at Keyless Technologies, the leader in privacy-preserving biometric authentication. Fabian founded Keyless alongside world renowned security and privacy experts,...
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Burcu Ekiz
Identity Infrastructure Technologies Manager
Garanti BBVA Bank
Burcu is a dedicated identity access management professional with development background. She has been working at Garanti BBVA bank for more than 25 years and developed a IAM strategy for the bank....
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Paul Fisher
Lead Analyst
KuppingerCole
Paul Fisher is a Lead Analyst who researches primarily on cybersecurity and identity and access management (IAM). He also studies trends in AI, IoT and data governance for different industry...
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Heather Flanagan
Principal
Spherical Cow Consulting
Heather Flanagan, Principal at Spherical Cow Consulting, comes from a position that the Internet is led by people, powered by words, and inspired by technology. She has been involved in leadership...
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Allan Foster
Chief Evangelist
Identity Evangelist
Allan Foster has helped build ForgeRock into a multinational identity software vendor with offices on four continents. Allan’s deep technical knowledge has been well used in all aspects of...
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Diego Galletti
Enterprise Architect
Quad
Diego is an Expert Enterprise Architect of Quad, a U.S.-based company offering integrated services from creative production to data-driven media management, serving over 2,700 clients. He has over...
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Yasin Garip
Advisor
KuppingerCole
Yasin, holding a Bachelor of Science in Business Informatics from the University of Mannheim, began exploring Identity and Access Management (IAM) while working as a student at a leading payment...
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Ing Robert Garskamp
IAM Manager
Alliander
With the enormous speed of technological digitalisation transformation nowadays, Robert believes that it will influence, constitute and shape our society where you are able to control your identity...
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Ian Glazer
Founder
Weave Identity
Ian Glazer is an accomplished IT Thought Leader and Product Management Executive with extensive experience in identity management, privacy, compliance, and access governance. He is a strategic...
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Daniel Goldscheider
Founder and ED
OpenWallet Foundation
Daniel is Founder and ED of OpenWallet Foundation, a consortium of companies and non-profit organisations collaborating to drive global adoption of open, secure and interoperable digital...
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Martin Greck-Riederer
Enterprise Process Owner Identity Management
Boehringer-Ingelheim
Martin Greck-Riederer is working as Enterprise Process Owner for Identity Management at Boehringer Ingelheim (a large pharmaceutical company). In this position he is responsible to design...
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Nigel Guest
Head of Identity & Access Management
Lonza AG
Originally from the UK, Nigel brings over 20 years of expertise in Identity and Access Management (IAM), shaped by a development and architectural background. Having spent two decades in Sweden and...
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Manuel Heinkel
Solutions Architect
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Manuel is a Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS), working with software companies in Germany to build innovative and secure applications in the cloud. With his expertise in security and...
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Gal Helemski
Co-Founder & CPO
PlainID
Gal Helemski is co-founder and CTO/CPO at PlainID and a highly recognized and acclaimed cyber security expert. She plays a key role at PlainID as a strategic leader, visionary and evangelist while...
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Gail Hodges
Executive Director
OpenID Foundation
The OpenID Foundation is a non-profit global standards body that seeks to help people assert their identity wherever they choose by leading the global community in creating identity standards that...
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Andrew Hughes
VP of Global Standards
FaceTec
Andrew Hughes has been consulting and working on standardization of digital credentials, face biometric verification, mobile driving licenses, identity and access management, and information...
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Rew Islam
Director, Product Innovation
Dashlane
Rew is the Director of Product Innovation at Dashlane, with over 20 years of software development experience. After a decade at Dashlane working on mobile apps, he now leads projects focussed on...
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Cor de Jonge
Teamlead & Business Owner PKI & Chair ICAO PKD
Judicial Information Service, Ministry of Justice and Security & ICAO
I’m leading the PKI expertise team of the Judicial Information Service of the Ministry of Security and Justice – the only PKI expertise team of the Dutch government. I’m...
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Loffie Jordaan
Business Solutions Architect
AAMVA - American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators
Loffie Jordaan is a Business Solutions Architect at AAMVA. He currently focuses on digital identity management, including mobile driver’s licenses and the ecosystem required to make them...
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Berthold Kerl
CEO
KuppingerCole
Berthold Kerl, born 1960, studied economics at the University of Nürnberg and performs as CEO of KuppingerCole since 1st July 2020. Before that he had been with Deutsche Bank AG for 17 years....
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Mike Kiser
Director, Strategy and Standards
SailPoint
Mike Kiser has held a panoply of industry positions over the past 20 years—from the Office of the CTO to Security Strategist to Security Analyst to Security Architect—that might imply...
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Dr. Heiko Klarl
Independent
Dr. Heiko Klarl is a distinguished expert in Identity and Access Management (IAM) with over 18 years of experience. With a strong background in cybersecurity, Heiko excels in structuring complex...
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Hed Kovetz
CEO & Co-Founder
Silverfort
Hed Kovetz is the CEO and Co-Founder of Silverfort, the provider of the Unified Identity Protection platform. Prior to founding Silverfort, Hed served in product management positions at Verint,...
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Er Balaji Nagaraj Kumar
Senior Product Manager
Volvo Cars
I am Balaji Nagaraj Kumar—a passionate human, engineer, and leader driven by innovation and intentional learning. As a Senior Product Manager at Volvo Cars, I manage Open Information...
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Janne Kuparinen
Manager
SOK
Currently working as Tech Lead at S Group’s IAM Program. Helping S Group with IAM, PAM, security and cloud related projects. Before I joined SOK again, I was leading Nordcloud’s Digital...
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Martin Kuppinger
Principal Analyst
KuppingerCole
Martin Kuppinger is Founder and Principal Analyst at KuppingerCole, a leading analyst company for identity focused information security, both in classical and in cloud environments. Prior to...
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Alejandro Leal
Research Analyst
KuppingerCole
Alejandro joined KuppingerCole as a Research Analyst in December 2021. His main areas of expertise include digital transformation in the public and private sector, managing business in...
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Dr. Torsten Lodderstedt
Lead Architect for Germany’s EU Digital Identity Wallet
SPRIND - German Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation
Dr.-Ing. Torsten Lodderstedt is a Digital Identity Architect with more than 15 years experience in developing and running large scale consumer identity services. He currently works for the German...
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Brennan Lodge
Professor
New York University
Brennan Lodge is a cybersecurity expert with over 15 years of experience in data science, AI, and threat defense. As founder of Blodgic Inc. and a professor at NYU, he has led AI-centric...
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Laurent Loup
Senior Product Manager
SICPA SA
In 2016, Laurent joined SICPA Identity & Document Security division as a product manager responsible for SICPA Digital Trust Suite (SICPA SSI platform). He has worked in corporate strategy in...
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Timo Majaneva
IAM architect, Identity and Device Management
SOK AID
I am an Identity and Access Management (IAM) architect with a strong passion for designing secure and scalable solutions that empower both businesses and individuals to achieve their goals with...
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Eve Maler
Digital identity futurist and strategist
Venn Factory
Eve is a globally recognized pioneer in identity and access management and standards, with roots in semi-structured data modeling and the API economy and a passion for fostering successful...
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Henk Marsman
Principal Consultant
SonicBee
Henk Marsman is both independent researcher as well as principal consultant at SonicBee. Having spend over 20 years in cybersecurity and specifically identity and access management he still advises...
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Hila Meller
Co-Founder | President
Leading Cyber Ladies | Fingerprints
A savvy public speaker and an advocate for diversity in tech. Co-founder of Leading Cyber Ladies, a global movement promoting diversity in Cyber Security. Recognized as a subject matter expert by...
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Dr. Phillip Messerschmidt
Lead Advisor
KuppingerCole
Dr. Phillip Messerschmidt joined KuppingerCole in January 2021 as Advisor & Analyst. Prior to this, he worked for various management consultancies, primarily advising major banks on challenges...
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Thomas Müller-Lynch
Global Director Digital Identities
Siemens AG
Thomas joined Siemens 24 years ago. During this time, he took over various IT positions covering web, document management and during the last 10 years IT infrastructure technologies. Now as...
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Kari Nousiainen
Manager
Fortum Oyj
Kari Nousiainen has special expertise in the development of Identity Security services, enabling transactions in online services on behalf of the organization. He has versatile work experience in...
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Rintaro Okamoto
Team Leader of Business Development for Digital Identity
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd (DNP)
Rintaro is the Head of Business Development for Decentralized Identity at DNP. He started new product development in 2019, while engaging in client consulting around digital transformation....
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Prosper Onyenkwere
Data Specialist
RAD5 Tech Hub
Prosper Onyenkwere is a Data Specialist, AI Ethics Enthusiast and also a Trainer, having worked as a SQL Server Database Administrator for more than 5 years, resorted to training over 100+...
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Rob Otto
Field CTO
Ping Identity
Rob Otto is a Principal Architect at Ping Identity and the Field CTO for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. With over 20 years of experience in identity and access management, Rob has...
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Steve Pannifer
CEO
Consult Hyperion
Steve is CEO at Consult Hyperion, a leading independent payments and identity consulting firm. He has extensive experience advising payment schemes, banks, governments and vendors around the world...
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Manish Kumar Periwal
Senior Security Engineer
Norges Bank Investment Management
Manish currently works as Senior Security Engineer at Norges Bank Investment Management (Oljefondet). He brings over a decade of expertise in the IT industry. His specialization in Application...
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Shikha Porwal
Senior Advisor
KuppingerCole Analysts AG
Shikha Porwal is a Senior Advisor and Analyst at KuppingerCole Analysts since January 2021, specializes in IAM and some topics of Cybersecurity. She consults clients, contributes to research, and...
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Andre Priebe
Chief Technology Officer
iC Consult Group GmbH
Andre Priebe serves as the Chief Technology Officer at iC Consult Group, a vendor-independent system integrator specializing in Identity & Access Management, with a global team of over 800...
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Matthias Reinwarth
IAM Practice Director
KuppingerCole
Matthias is IAM Practice Director. Additionally he acts as lead advisor in various customer projects. As head of the IAM practice, Matthias coordinates communication and exchange within the...
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Justin Richer
CTO
UberEther
Justin Richer is a security architect, software engineer, standards editor, and systems designer with over two decades of industry experience. He is the lead author of OAuth2 In Action and...
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Eleni Richter
Chief Architect
EnBW
Eleni Richter is working as chief architect of the identity and organizational data management at a large German energy supplier (EnBW AG) and as part-time lecturer in IAM and Cyber Security...
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Sebastian Rohr
CTO
umbrella.associates GmbH
While Sebastian has been known as author of multiple articles, reviews and essays on all kinds of Identity and Security topics, he has more recently made a name for himself as being the...
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Dr. Rogério A. Rondini
Senior Manager
PwC
Rogério is a Digital Identity leader and Principal Identity & Solution Architect at PwC Netherlands, boasting over 25 years of experience in IT, including 15 years focused on Digital...
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Andrea Rossi
President
IAMONES.ai
Andrea Rossi is a recognized subject matter expert in the Identity & Cybersecurity industries. In 2024 Mr. Rossi co-founded Iamones.ai, aiming to radically simplify and innovate Identity &...
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Martin Sandren
IAM Product Lead
IKEA
Martin Sandren is a security architect and delivery lead with over eighteen years of experience of various information security related roles. Primarily focused on security architecture and digital...
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Volker Schimmel
Head of the Global Data Service
UNHCR - The United Nations Refugee Agency
Volker Schimmel holds an MSc in International Relations and Conflict Studies. Having worked on conflict and displacement in London, he joined the UN in 2003 starting with UNHCR in the Great Lakes....
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Jan Schmitz-Hermes
CEO
L21s GmbH
Jan is a seasoned IT-Architect working on digital processes primarily in the insurance and financial services industry.Jan is an advocate for open source software. During his career, he helped...
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Max Schrems
Head of noyb.eu
Privacy Advocate
Chairman and founder of noyb, a ’privacy enforcement platform’ that brings data protection cases to the courts under the EU General Data Protection Regulation. Schrems first came to notoriety as an...
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Michael Schwartz
Founder / CEO
Gluu, Inc.
Mike is the Founder/CEO of Gluu, and leads the Linux Foundation Janssen Project. He is the co-author of the book ’Securing the Perimeter’, Apress 2018, about how to use open source IAM tools. In...
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Christopher Schütze
Chief of Advisory and CISO
KuppingerCole
Christopher Schütze has been working as Director Practice Cyber Security and Lead Analyst for KuppingerCole Analysts AG since 2019. In 2023 he was promoted to Chief of Advisory and CISO....
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Vlad Shapiro
Founder and CEO
Costidity Inc.
Vladislav is driven by a deep curiosity for understanding human behavior; especially at the intersection of technology and decision-making. A noted expert in IGA, Vlad is a founder of Costidity...
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Drs. Jacoba C. Sieders
Consultant, Strategic Digital Identity
Independent
Jacoba is a digital identity expert, eager to make digital life better and a lot more secure than it is today. Keynote speaker at international IAM congresses and teacher of masterclasses. ...
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Mike Small
Senior Analyst
KuppingerCole
Mike Small is the retired director of security management strategy of CA, where he was responsible for the technical strategy for CA’s security management software product line within Europe,...
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Annet Steenbergen
Digital Identity and Seamless Travel
Independent Advisor
Since co-founding/initiating the Aruba Happy Flow project in 2013 after many years working in international border management, digital Identity and innovation for the travel eco-system has been at...
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Jennifer Stähler
Head of Events
KuppingerCole Analysts AG
Jennifer joined KuppingerCole in 2015. As Head of Events, she is responsible for the Events team that organizes live-, hybrid- and virtual Conferences worldwide, focusing on IT Security and...
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Patrick Teichmann
Lead Advisor
KuppingerCole Analysts AG
Patrick Teichmann joined KuppingerCole as a Lead Advisor in November 2024. With a strong background in Identity and Access Management, he specializes in aligning business needs with technical...
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Henrique Teixeira
Senior Vice President Strategy
Saviynt
Henrique Teixeira is a seasoned leader with over 25 years in identity and cybersecurity. As Senior Vice President of Strategy at Saviynt, he drives innovative, cloud-first solutions in...
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Jerome Thorstenson
Identity & Access Management Architect
Salling Group A/S
Jerome Thorstenson is an Identity & Access Management (IAM) architect with over two decades of experience in IT security and enterprise solutions, but he’s not about buzzwords - he’s about...
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John Tolbert
Lead Analyst
KuppingerCole
John Tolbert is a Lead Analyst and Managing Director of KuppingerCole, Inc (US). As Lead Analyst, John covers a number of different research areas, outlined below. John also advises...
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Samuel López Trenado
User Lifecycle Supervisor
Holcim Emea Digital Center
Samuel is a cybersecurity professional passionate about the Identity and access management subjects. During his professional career in Holcim, he worked several years in the directories...
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Jan Vereeken
Chief Product Officer
Meeco
Jan is the Chief Product Officer at Meeco where he is heading the development of Meeco’s Secure Value Exchange (SVX) platform; which enables enterprise partners to deploy and operate trusted...
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Sadrick Widmann
CEO
cidaas
Sadrick Widmann joined the company to transform his management and IT talent into a compelling and intelligent customer solution. As the CEO of Widas ID, together with Yael Widmann he is...
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Kristina Yasuda
Identity System Architect
SPRIND - German Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation
Kristina is an Identity System Architect at SPRIND - German Federal Agency of Disruptive Innovation. Previously she worked as an Identity Standards Architect at Microsoft, known for her work...
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