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Rob Ainscough
Chief Identity Security Advisor - EMEA
Silverfort
Rob Ainscough is the Chief Identity Security Advisor at Silverfort and a seasoned leader in identity and access management. With over a decade of experience building and scaling IAM programs in...
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Deniz Algin
Advisor
KuppingerCole Analysts
Deniz joined KuppingerCole Analysts AG as an Advisor in August 2024. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Information Systems from the University of Applied Science and Arts in Hannover....
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Jennie Allred
Manager
PwC
As a Manager in PwC’s Digital Identity Team, Jennie leads Customer Identity (CIAM) engagements across industries, helping organizations design and implement identity solutions that are inclusive,...
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Dr. Kishore Angrishi
Head of Identity Access Management - Core Processes
Munich Reinsurance Company
Experienced risk management professional with a demonstrated history of working in the insurance, telecommunication and aviation industries.
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Warwick Ashford
Senior Analyst
KuppingerCole Analysts
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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Anand Bahety
Engineering Leader, Identity
eBay
Anand Bahety is an Engineering Leader for Identity at eBay, where he drives the architecture, design, and development of authentication, authorization, and account security frameworks - with a...
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Alexei Balaganski
Lead Analyst & CTO
KuppingerCole Analysts
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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Paul Bastian
Senior Innovation Developer
Bundesdruckerei GmbH
Paul is an expert on digital identity management at Bundesdruckerei. His focus is on identity credentials, wallet security, holder binding, device binding and initial trust for the upcoming...
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Roland Baum
Founder
umbrella.associates GmbH
Roland Baum is Founder of German Start-Up umbrella.associates and architect of several enterprise ID and IGA environments. As a tech savvy wizard of OpenSource tools and data analysis, he combines...
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Bjoern Behrens
Head of IAM Governance
BMW Group
Bjoern Behrens, currently IAM Governance Lead in BMW Group, before that working in various positions in management consulting, automotive and solar industry. Expert skills in IAM and Cyber...
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Ivo van Bennekom
Partner EMEA - Digital Identity
PwC
Ivo leads the PwC Digital Identity Impact Center for the EMEA region. Ivo has over 15 years of experience within the digital technology space, with a specific focus on global identity market...
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Raphaël Bert
Security Consulting Senior Manager
Accenture
Raphaël is a Security Consulting Senior Manager at Accenture and a recognized expert in Identity Security, with over 12 years of experience delivering large‑scale IAM transformations across...
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Matthew Berzinski
EMEA Field CTO
Ping Identity
Matt is responsible for building product strategies in bringing the PingIdentity product portfolio to market. Matt works closely with customers and partners to understand their current and...
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Christian Bormann
Architect Identity & Cryptography
SPRIND - German Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation
Christian Bormann is an architect for digital identity and cryptography, currently working for the german EU Digital Identity Wallet project. With an MSc in Computer Science from RWTH...
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John Bradley
Distinguished Architect
Yubico
Mr. Bradley is an Identity Management subject matter expert and IT professional with a diverse background. Mr. Bradley has over 15 years experience in the information technology and identity...
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Dr. Rob Brand
Senior Policy Officer, Directorate Digital Economy
Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy
Rob Brand is a Senior Policy Officer in the Directorate for Digital Economy at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy. In line with his active involvement in realising the eIDAS...
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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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David Brossard
Chief Technology Officer
Axiomatics AB
In his role as CTO, David drives the technology vision and strategy for Axiomatics based on both identity and access management (IAM) market trends as well as customer feedback. He also leads the...
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Gabriel de Brosses
Chief Strategy Officer-CISO and Chief Strategy Officer CESIN member
Tevarua-Conseil
Gabriel de Brosses is a seasoned expert in cybersecurity and strategic planning, with over 25 years of experience in information security. He has a Military background, having served for 27 years...
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Miki Brotzler
Board Member
IDPro
Miki Brotzler, GAICD is a senior product and technology leader based in Melbourne with more than twenty years’ experience in digital identity, customer authentication, product strategy,...
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Sabina Callan
IAM Platform Manager
Resurs Bank
Sabina Callan has built a strong career in identity and access management and cybersecurity, with deep hands‑on experience in modern IAM platforms, privileged access management, and large‑scale...
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Dr. Jonathan Care
Lead Analyst
KuppingerCole Analysts
Jonathan Care is an expert in Cybersecurity and fraud Detection and a Fellow of the British Computer Society. He regularly advises cybersecurity industry leaders on strategic growth and has worked...
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Bertrand Carlier
Board Member
IDPro
Bertrand Carlier is an Associate Partner in the Cybersecurity practice at Wavestone with over 20 years of experience. He has been leading major Identity & Access Management projects, working...
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Joseph Carson
Chief Security Evangelist & Advisory CISO
Segura
Joseph Carson is an award-winning cyber security professional and ethical hacker with more than 30 years’ experience in enterprise security specialising in blockchain, endpoint security,...
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Praneet Chandra
Service Owner IGA
SPAR ICS
Praneet Chandra is the Identity & Access Management (IAM) Service Owner at SPAR ICS, the IT division of the SPAR Austria Group, an organization operating across six European countries,...
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Vera de Chauvigny
Senior Market Intelligence Lead
WALLIX
Vera de Chauvigny graduated from Royal Holloway, University of London, with a degree in International Studies. Alongside her higher education, she served as a committed reservist at the British...
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Larry Chinski
Global Vice President of Strategy
One Identity
Larry Chinski is Global Vice President of Strategy at One Identity. He is responsible for the overall field execution (both inbound and outbound) for One Identity as it relates to Identity...
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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 Executive Director of the Kantara Initiative, a nonprofit corporation. The Kantara Initiative is a unique global ‘commons’ that operates conformity assessment,...
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Niccolò Cirri
Junior Analyst
Digital Identity & Wallet Observatory, Politecnico di Milano
Niccolò Cirri obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Florence in 2022. He then completed his Master’s Degree in...
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Florin Coptil
EU Digital Identity & Business Wallets Expert
Robert Bosch GmbH
Florin Coptil is an EU Digital Identity & Business Wallets Expert at Robert Bosch GmbH, with over 25 years of experience in software product development and business development...
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Sully Crevecoeur
North America Nuclear Market Manager
Technetics Group
Sully Crevecoeur is a nuclear engineer specialized in nuclear safety and fusion. He’s the North America Nuclear Market manager at Technetics Group and previously worked for the French...
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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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Konrad Degen
Product Manager Digital Identities
SPRIND - German Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation
Konrad Degen is a Product Manager in the German EUDI Wallet project at the German Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation. In this role, he focuses on the economic and organizational design of...
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Stefan Denninger
Manager Customer Experience
ACP Group AG
Stefan Denninger is an experienced IT leader with more than 25 years in enterprise environments, focusing on cloud transformation, identity management, and secure hybrid infrastructures. At ACP, he...
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Nitish Deshpande
Senior Analyst
KuppingerCole Analysts
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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Abdou-Naby Diaw
CISO, Vice President Cyber Security
Lufthansa Group
Abdou-Naby Diaw (50) has been appointed Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Vice President Cyber Security of Lufthansa Group. He is in charge of the Cyber Security and IT Resilience,...
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Niels van Dijk
Technical Product Manager Trust and Identity
SURF
Niels van Dijk is a Technical Product Manager working in Trust & Identity at SURF, the Dutch National Research and Educational Network. In this role he is responsible for development and...
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Michael Doujak
Senior Product Manager
Airlock by Ergon Informatik AG
After his studies at the ETH Zurich, Michael Doujak went through various positions. For 20 years he has planned and implemented different projects and solutions in the field of Identity Management....
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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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Christian Egli
IAM Architect
SBB AG
Christian is a Senior IAM Architect at SBB AG, Switzerland’s leading transport company. With over 20 years of experience in various IT domains, he played an instrumental role as a founder of the...
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Stina Ehrensvärd
Founder & Executive Chair
Siros Foundation
With a background in industrial product design, Stina is the founder of Yubico and SIROS Foundation. Co-inventor of the YubiKey strong authentication key, and a leading driver behind...
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Peter Eikelboom
Product Owner Eduwallet
SURF
Peter Eikelboom is Product Owner of the Npuls Eduwallet Project and has been designing and delivering online and mobile solutions for different organisaties for over 30 years. For the past 7 years,...
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Elmar Eperiesi-Beck
CEO / Managing Director
Bare.ID GmbH
Elmar Eperiesi-Beck is a seasoned deep-tech entrepreneur, investor, and executive with more than 20 years of experience building, scaling, and transforming technology-driven companies. He...
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Clarissa Falcone
Senior Researcher
Digital Identity & Wallet Observatory, Politecnico di Milano
Clarissa Falcone, graduated in Management Engineering in 2019 with a specialization in Digital Business and Market Innovation, has been working in the Digital Innovation Observatory research group...
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Carsten Fischer
Deputy Group Chief Security Officer
Deutsche Bank
Carsten is the Deputy Group Chief Security Officer and runs the Office of the CSO. In addition he is the regional Lead for Technology, Data and Innovation (TDI) for Germany. For the majority of...
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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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George Fletcher
Identity Standards Architect
Practical Identity LLC
George Fletcher is an Identity Standards Architect focused on CIAM and B2B identity solutions. He is a seasoned software architect with 25+ years of software development and architecture experience...
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Massimo Flore
Senior Fellow (Information Integrity & Digital Resilience)
Aurora Fellows
Massimo Flore is a strategic analyst working at the intersection of digital trust, AI governance, and democratic resilience. He contributed to the European Commission’s work on disinformation...
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Dominic Forrest
Chief Technology Officer
iProov
Dominic is responsible for iProov’s technology vision, strategy, and roadmap which includes the design and development of its cloud-based infrastructure. He joined iProov from mBlox Inc., in...
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Allan Foster
Chief Evangelist
Identity Evangelist
Allan Foster helped build ForgeRock into a multinational identity software vendor culminating with its listing on the NYSE in Sept 2021. Allan’s deep technical knowledge was well used in all...
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Graham Francis
Head of International
Office for Digital Identities and Attributes (OfDIA), UK Department for Science, Innovation and Tech
Graham Francis is Head of International of the UK’s Office for Digital Identities and Attributes (OfDIA), where he leads on the UK’s approach to international interoperability of...
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Jochen Friedemann
Group CISO, Head of ICT Risk Control
Talanx AG
Jochen Friedemann has a strong background in risk management and information security. Jochen is currently serving as the Chief Information Security Officer at Talanx since June 2022. Prior to...
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Carsten Fritzsche
Product Manager
Deutsche Telekom IT GmbH
Carsten works as a Product Manager at Deutsche Telekom IT and is an expert in Identity and Access Management (IAM). For many years, he has accompanied Deutsche Telekom’s central IAM and implemented...
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Naohiro Fujie
General Manager
Itochu Techno Solutions
Naohiro Fujie, General Manager at ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation(CTC), has spent more than 20 years in the IT industry and primary focused on Digital Identity. Since 2021, he has been...
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Anja Förster
Global IAM Lead
Daimler Truck AG
Anja Förster leads Identity & Access Management (IAM) at Daimler Truck AG, where she sits at the heart of one of the largest IT transformations in automotive history. Following the...
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Mihails Galuška
Global IAM Product Manager
If P&C Insurance
Since 2021, Mihails has managed the portfolio of customer and partner identity-related services for If P&C Insurance, the largest insurance group in the Nordics and Baltics. He leads the...
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Elizabeth Garber
Founder
Humanitech Consulting
Elizabeth Garber is an entrepreneur and thought leader working towards human-centric, rights-enhancing identity ecosystems. She has led three collaborations focused on high-trust, globally...
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Carlos Garcia
Group Head of Cybersecurity (CISO)
Solaris
With nearly a decade of experience in cybersecurity leadership, including his tenure as Head of Security Operations at Banco Santander, Carlos bridges the gap between technical defense and business...
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Matthew Gardiner
Fellow Analyst
KuppingerCole Analysts
Matthew is a Fellow Analyst at KuppingerCole and is focused on cybersecurity and IAM. He has more than 20 years of experience as a product manager and security strategist covering IAM, federated...
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Praerit Garg
Chief Executive Officer
One Identity
Customer-obsessed business builder, product innovator, and organization coach, Praerit Garg has spent much of his career working at the center of identity, access, and cloud technologies. He and...
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Ian Glazer
Continuous Identity Product Strategy
CrowdStrike
Ian Glazer is the Vice President of Product Strategy at SGNL. Prior to joining SGNL, Ian founded the advisory services firm, Weave Identity. Previously in his career, Ian was the Senior Vice...
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Simon Gooch
Field CIO
Saviynt
During a 25 year career at Accenture Simon ran some of the most significant IT transformation programs including the move to the cloud, migration to office 365, and more recently the critical...
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Franziska Granc
Principal Consultant
Nimbus Technologieberatung GmbH
Franziska Granc is a Principal Consultant at Nimbus Technologieberatung GmbH and an expert in digital identities and trust services. Her work focuses on eIDAS, the European Digital Identity Wallet,...
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Olaf Grewe
Product Lead Digital Identity & Access
National Australia Bank
Olaf Grewe has been in and around the identity space for a little under a decade. His overall attitude is best described as a kid in a candy store with so many problems to solve, incredibly...
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Guido Grillenmeier
Principal Technologist
Semperis
Guido Grillenmeier is the Principal Technologist of Semperis in EMEA. Based in Germany, Guido has been a Microsoft MVP for Directory Services for 12 years. He spent 20+ years at HP/HPE as Chief...
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Jos Groenewegen
Business Architect IAM Foundations
Rabobank
Jos is a seasoned expert in Identity and Access Management (IAM), with over 15 years of experience in the field. As Business Architect for IAM Foundations at Rabobank, he plays a pivotal role in...
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Jaye Hackett
CTO
Vouchsafe
Jaye is a co-founder of Vouchsafe, a tech-for-good company building inclusive identity verification.They are a designer and technologist familiar with large-scale digital trust systems, including...
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Mark Haine
Director
OpenID Foundation
Mark is an engineer and entrepreneur who has focussed his career on building solutions that enable business and mitigate risk in financial services. At the start of 2020 Mark founded...
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Sebastian Hampel
Senior Product Owner eCommerce & SSO
congstar GmbH
Sebastian Hampel is a Senior Product Owner within the Product & Technology division at congstar GmbH, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, based in Cologne, Germany. With over 15 years of...
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Stanca Hauenstein
Senior System Engineer
MediaMarktSaturn
Stanca Hauenstein is a self-proclaimed ’Identity Enthusiast’ who firmly believes that ’Identity always matters.’ With over 25 years of experience at MediaMarktSaturn, she has held key roles...
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Joseph Heenan
Standards Specialist & Certification Director
OpenID Foundation
Joseph is a software engineer & architect with over 25 years’ experience, who started writing mobile apps before mobile apps existed. He contributes to IETF and OpenID Foundation working...
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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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Marianne Henriksen
Subject Director
Norwegian Tax Administration
Marianne Henriksen is working as Subject Director for identity management in the Norwegian Tax Administration.She focuses on holistic identity management, exploring the role of national identity...
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Andrew Hindle
Founder & CEO
Hindle Consulting
Andrew is an independent consultant focusing on digital identity, privacy, cyber security, and corporate governance. He is the Identiverse Conference Chair, serves as a non-executive member of the...
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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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Morten Holm
Group Product Manager
Queue-it
Morten is a Group Product Manager at Queue-it, the online traffic orchestration platform that handles peak traffic for the world’s biggest events. Currently, he’s working on making agentic AI a...
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Renée Hunter
Board Member | Treasurer
Kantara Initiative
As Chief Legal Officer, Renée Hunter drives adoption of Proof’s products nationwide by leading legal, public affairs, regulatory compliance, privacy, cybersecurity, and risk...
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Steve Hutchinson
Director of Security Architecture
Mitsubishi Bank of Tokyo
Steve “Hutch” Hutchinson is the Director of Security Architecture at MUFG. After cutting his teeth in C/C++ software development and network engineering, Hutch spent a decade as an...
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Bastian Ike
CTO & Managing Director
Bare.ID GmbH
Bastian is CTO at Bare.ID, a sovereign German SaaS provider for SSO and IAM. He leads product and engineering for a Keycloak-based platform serving enterprise and public sector customers, including...
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Peter James
Chief Product Officer
iProov
Peter joined iProov in early 2024 as Chief Product Officer. He is responsible for the company’s product strategy and development. His primary focus is to lead iProov’s product strategy and...
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Jihyun Jang
Head of Overseas Business and Business Planning
Lordsystem
Jihyun is the Head of Overseas Business and Business Planning at Lordsystem. She has led multiple government projects in collaboration with organizations such as the Korea Tourism Organization and...
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Dr. Michael B. Jones
Principal
Self-Issued Consulting
Michael B. Jones is on a quest to build the Internet’s missing identity layer. He is an editor of the OpenID Connect specifications, IETF OAuth specifications, including JSON Web Token (JWT) and...
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Olaf Jonkers
Head of Risk & Compliance
itsme
Olaf Jonkers serves as the Head of Risk & Compliance for itsme®, where he integrates security and privacy responsibilities. He has extensive experience in online Mobile Identity governance,...
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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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Dennis Kaps
Executive Security Expert IT Governance (IT-FGV) & IT-Governance Domain & Hub Lead
Deutsche Telekom IT GmbH
Dennis Kaps is a senior IT security and governance expert with extensive experience in governance, security, and compliance. He has held leading roles in shaping security strategies, defining...
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Nishant Kaushik
Chief Technology Officer
FIDO Alliance
Nishant Kaushik is a distinguished executive and technologist with over 25 years of leadership in digital identity and security. As Chief Technology Officer at The FIDO Alliance, he helps guide...
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Andrzej Kawalec
CEO
4th Horizon
Andrzej Kawalec is an inspirational and creative leader in the use of advanced information technology, Andrzej is constantly working to refine the balance between securing and enabling information...
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Caroline Kayser
Member
Women in Identity
Caroline Kayser brings over nine years of experience in Identity Governance and Administration. She drives the positioning of IAM as a business‑relevant capability rather than a purely technical...
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Jason Keenaghan
Director of Product Management
Thales
Jason Keenaghan is the Director of Product Management for Thales OneWelcome Identity Platform. In this role, he is responsible for defining the vision and delivering on the strategy of a unified...
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Berthold Kerl
CEO
KuppingerCole Analysts
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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Suresh M. Khadakbhavi
CEO
Digi Yatra Foundation
CEO of Digi Yatra Foundation, an organization that provides Identity Credentials creation and sharing service for passengers, airports, airlines and others across India to enable a seamless,...
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Manuel Kilian
Managing Director
Global Government Technology Centre
Manuel Kilian is Managing Director of the Global Government Technology Centre (GGTC) in Berlin, a collaboration between GovTech Germany and the World Economic Forum. He previously founded and...
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Thea Kirsch
Expert for Civil Society and User Acceptance Research
SPRIND - German Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation
Thea Kirsch is a Berlin-based political scientist who specialises in aligning digital identity research and innovation with societal needs and values. In her current role as a civil society expert...
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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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Nicolai Kisikof
Lead Mercedes PAM
Mercedes-Benz
Since 2019, Nicolai Kisikof has been a key player in Global Cyber Security at Mercedes-Benz. A true IT and security expert, Nicolai is passionate about safeguarding digital landscapes. From 2019 to...
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Dr. Heiko Klarl
CEO
Nexis
Dr. Heiko Klarl is the CEO of Nexis and a distinguished expert in Identity and Access Management (IAM) with 20 years of experience. With a strong background in cybersecurity, Heiko excels in...
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Ivan Klimek
CEO & Founder
Excalibur
Ivan Klimek is the CEO and founder of Excalibur, a Slovak Cybersecurity vendor democratising Privileged Access Management (PAM). Under his hands-on leadership Excalibur was able to win &...
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Dietmar Klotz
Product Manager EUDI Hub
SPRIND - German Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation
Dietmar is a Product Manager with more than two decades of experience in digital platforms. Over the past seven years, he has specialized in the digital identity space, focusing on identity,...
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Dr. Silvia Knittl
Member
Women in Identity
Dr. Silvia Knittl is a Security Architect specializing in identity security, enterprise security architecture, and large‑scale cyber transformation programs. Her work focuses on designing resilient...
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Pavel Kondrashov
Sr. Security Cloud Solution Architect
Novo Nordisk
Cloud Solution Architect in Security, Compliance and Identity space with deep expertise in Microsoft Solutions.Being in this industry more than 10 years and helping a bunch of the largest companies...
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Hed Kovetz
CEO & Co-Founder
Silverfort
Hed Kovetz is the CEO & Co-Founder of Silverfort, the provider of the Silverfort Identity Security Platform. Prior to founding Silverfort, Hed served in product management positions at Verint,...
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Guido Kraft
Field CISO
WALLIX
With over 20 years of experience securing IT and OT environments, Guido Kraft is a trusted voice in cybersecurity. For the past 13 years, he has specialized in information security and...
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Florian Kraus
General Manager DACH
DAGMA GmbH
Florian Kraus, General Manager DACH at DAGMA GmbH, a value-added distributor focused on cybersecurity across the DACH region. Specialized in PAM, IAM, IGA, SOC and Zero Trust, with a strong focus...
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Marc Kremer
Partner
EY
Marc Kremer is a Partner at EY with more than 13 years of experience in Identity & Access Management (IAM) and Technology Risk. He advises organizations on how to establish effective...
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Petra Krizan
Managing Director
The Blockhouse Technology
Petra Krizan is a recognised expert in blockchain, cybersecurity, and digital identity, with nearly ten years of technical experience designing and implementing secure solutions for the financial...
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Arkadiusz Krowczynski
Principal Product Acceleration Specialist
Okta
With 25 years of IT experience, Arkadiusz is a product and security strategist at Okta. As a Principal Product Acceleration Specialist and veteran global speaker, he now focuses on the next...
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Dr. Andre Kudra
CIO | Board Member
esatus AG | TeleTrusT
Digital identity becomes valuable when it works across systems and enables real processes. That’s where Dr. Andre Kudra focuses his work. For more than 20 years, he has been working at the...
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Devesh Kumar
Chief Product Officer
WidasConcept GmbH
Devesh is a technology and product leader with a strong background in engineering, architecture, and scalable platform development. He has extensive experience building cloud-native, event-driven...
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Martin Kuppinger
Distinguished Analyst
KuppingerCole Analysts
Martin Kuppinger is Founder and Distinguished Analyst at KuppingerCole, a leading analyst company for identity focused information security, both in classical and in cloud environments. Prior...
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Vedran Lalic
Digital Identity and Trust Services Advisor
United Nations University — E-Governance Policy Unit
Vedran Lalic currently serves as Project Manager and Expert on Digital Identity and Digital Trust Services for The United Nations University-EGOV. He was Head of cabinet of a Member of the...
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Emilie van der Lande
Cyber Risk Consultant
Independent
With a background in law and cybersecurity, Emilie seeks to advance responsible and human-centered innovation. Her areas of focus include digital identity, data privacy, and cyber strategy....
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Alex Laurie
GTM CTO
Ping Identity
Alex Laurie is Go-To-Market Chief Technology Officer at Ping Identity, where he works at the intersection of technology, customer impact, and commercial growth. With more than 20 years of...
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Alejandro Leal
Lead Analyst
KuppingerCole Analysts
Background and Education Alejandro holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations and Security from Jagiellonian University in Poland and a Master’s degree in Technology...
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Dr. Anja Lehmann
Professor
Hasso Plattner Institute, University of Potsdam
Anja Lehmann is a professor for cryptography at the Hasso-Plattner-Institute (HPI) at the University of Potsdam. One of her main research areas is privacy-preserving authentication through...
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Jon Lehtinen
General Manager
UberEther
Jon Lehtinen has 20 years of experience practicing identity security in large corporations like General Electric and Thomson Reuters, as well as within IAM security vendors such as Okta. He builds...
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Thomas Lerchner
Technical Solution Architect IGA
SPAR ICS
Thomas is working for Spar ICS since 2017. For the last 6 years in the Workforce IAM team. As technical IGA Solution Architect he is responsible for futureproof solutions and end-to-end processes...
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Dr. Tobias Lieberum
Founder & CEO
CyberDesk
As founder and CEO of CyberDesk, a rapidly growing Munich-based cyber software manufacturer, Dr. Tobias Lieberum and his team support some of the most innovative organizations in protecting their...
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Keng Lim
CEO
NextLabs
Keng Lim is the founder and CEO of NextLabs - a leading provider of policy-driven information risk mitigation software for large enterprises. He founded NextLabs to tackle new complex information...
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Dr. Rolf Lindemann
Vice President Products
OneSpan
Dr. Rolf Lindemann is Vice President of Products at OneSpan, bringing over two decades of leadership experience in product management, R&D, and operations within the IT security industry. He...
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Tim Lipphardt
Head of Consulting
amiconsult GmbH
Tim heads the consulting department of amiconsult, a full-service provider in the field of Identity and Access Management. For the past eight years, he has been helping organisations set their IAM...
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Dr. Torsten Lodderstedt
Project Lead for Germany’s EU Digital Identity Wallet
SPRIND - German Federal Agency for Breakthrough 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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Juul de Louw
Eduwallet Lifelong Learning Strategist
Npuls / SURF
Juul de Louw is a Lifelong Learning Strategist at the Npuls Eduwallet project with over 15 years of experience in the education sector. Juul works on building a trustworthy digital ecosystem...
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Raphaël Lozano
Marketing Manager Audio-Visual Media Design
Kuppingercole Analyst
Raphaël Lozano joined KuppingerCole in November 2024 as a Audio Visual Media Designer. He takes care of everything around videos at KuppingerCole, for instance, management of our YouTube...
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Anna Lyubchenko
Senior Manager, NL Domain Lead in CIAM
PwC
As NL CIAM Domain lead of PwC’s Digital Identity Team, Anna helps shape and execute strategies in the Dutch market and across Europe. With a team of highly intelligent and experienced...
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Eve Maler
Founder
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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Sachin Mamoru
DIAF Awardee
Sachin Mamoru is a Kim Cameron Award 2025 recipient, recognized for his contributions to the digital identity community. He is an Associate Technical Lead at Gapstars and a Software Engineer at...
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Viky Manaila
President
Cloud Signature Consortium
Viky Manaila is an international expert in the field of electronic signatures, digital identity and digital transformation processes, who has successfully promoted the electronic business globally....
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Jacob Mareen
Partner
Belfort Advisory
Jacob Mareen is Partner and Founder Belfort Advisory, where he spearheads the firm’s Cyber & Insider Risk practice. With a strong academic foundation, Jacob brings more than a decade of...
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Henk Marsman
Independent Researcher & Principal Consultant
Delft University of Technology
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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Thomas Mayfield
Head of Decentralized Trust and Identity Solutions
Cardano Foundation
Thomas A. Mayfield is the Head of Decentralized Trust and Identity Solutions at the Cardano Foundation and holds a BSc. Honours Degree in Computer Security and Digital Forensics. Thomas is...
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Ferdinand Yves Mbarga
DIAF Awardee
Ferdinand is an IAM professional responsible for the epimexam.cm system, he ensures the secure management of digital identities and access for official examination systems. Vice-President of...
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Connie McIntosh
Head of Security - Market Area
Ericsson
Named top 100 women in Cybersecurity worldwide by Cyber Defense Magazine. An International speaker, presenter, CTF judge and mentor in cybersecurity. Connie is a Product Security Leader in Ericsson...
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Eleanor Hayes Meritt
President – Product & Strategy
ARCON
Eleanor Hayes Meritt brings over 20 years of experience in enterprise software, cloud transformation, and digital security, driving ARCON’s global product strategy and converged identity...
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Reiner Mertens
Lead Advisor
KuppingerCole Analysts
Reiner Mertens joined KuppingerCole as a Lead Advisor in November 2025. With nearly 20 years of experience in the Identity and Access Management (IAM) industry, he is a seasoned expert who...
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Dr. Phillip Messerschmidt
Lead Advisor
KuppingerCole Analysts
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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Patrick Messerschmidt
Domain Engineering Lead Identity & Authentication Platforms
Schwarz Digits IT KG
Patrick Messerschmidt is the Domain Engineering Lead for Identity & Access Management at Schwarz IT, the digital provider for the Schwarz Group (Europe’s largest retailer). With over 20...
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Haris Mohammad
Product Leader
Microsoft
Haris is a Product Leader at Microsoft, where he has spent the last eight years at the forefront of identity and access management, from working directly with customers to deploy and scale modern...
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Jake Moshenko
CEO
AuthZed
Jake Moshenko is the co-founder and CEO of AuthZed, the authorization infrastructure company. Jake has been an innovator in the cloud-native ecosystem for over 15 years. After engineering roles at...
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Andreas Müller
Regional Sales Director Enterprise - Central Europe
Delinea
As VP Sales CEUR, responsible for establishing and managing Delinea’s enterprise account team in the region.More than 20 years of experience in consulting and sales of IT security solutions at...
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Christian Müller
Regional Vice President
DigiCert
Christian Müller is the Regional Vice President at DigiCert with over 30 years of experience in the IT industry. Throughout his career, he has held leadership roles as VP, Director, and CEO,...
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Thomas Müller-Martin
Partner Director & Field Strategist DACH
Omada
Thomas Müller-Martin is a Field Strategist at Omada and a veteran in Identity and Access Management (IAM) with more than 20 years of experience. He helps enterprises modernize identity...
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Sanjay Nadimpalli
Founder and CEO
Tuebora Inc
Sanjay is the Founder and CEO of Tuebora and stimul8.ai, where he is driving the transformation of Identity and Access Management through AI-driven design and execution platforms. He brings a deep...
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James Naughton
Head of Schenker Identity Management Service (SIMS)
DB Schenker
James leads DB Schenker’s global identity and access management team, delivering solutions to the IAM challenges of the logistics industry. His passion for creating usable software...
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Akihiko Nawashiro
Product Lead
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
Akihiko (Aki) is a Product Lead for Decentralized Identity at DNP, spearheading the development and delivery of Verifiable Credential services. With a Master of Science in Mathematics, he brings a...
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Bryant D Nielson
CEO
Quantum Core Institute Inc.
Bryant D. Nielson is the CEO of the Quantum Core Institute Inc. and Founder of the AI Core Institute Inc. and author of Q-DAY CLOCK: The Quantum Threat Hiding in Plain Sight. With over three...
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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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Alex Olivier
Cofounder & CPO
Cerbos
Alex Olivier is the Co-founder & CPO at Cerbos, an open-source authorization platform, and co-chair of the OpenID AuthZEN working group, which standardizes fine-grained authorization. He...
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Simone Onofri
Security Lead
W3C
I am the W3C Security Lead, playing a key part in the development of technologies to make the Web secure. I engage with industry and academic leaders on security issues and trends to identify and...
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Severin Oosterveld
RubrikX GTM Tech Lead
Rubrik
Severin is a GTM Tech Lead in Rubrik’s own innovation and incubation team, RubrikX, focusing on driving visions to real-world customer outcomes. Rubrik addresses the evolving identity threat...
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Roberto De Paolis
Head of Digital Security & Security Operations
Leonardo
Roberto De Paolis, degree in Electronic Engineering, passionate and pioneer of telematic in Italia when, from 1984 -with a Commodore 64 – founded and managed one of the first Bulleting Board...
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Patrick Parker
Founder and CEO
EmpowerID
Patrick Parker is the founder and CEO of EmpowerID, a company specializing in Identity and Access Management for over 20 years. He pioneered the unique use of Role and Attribute-Based Access...
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John Peart
Chief Executive
Office for Digital Identities and Attributes (OfDIA), UK Department for Science, Innovation and Tech
John Peart is Chief Executive of the UK Government’s Office for Digital Identities and Attributes (OfDIA), where he is accountable for the design and operational delivery of the UK’s...
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Gabriel Pene
Developer Relations & Technical Writer
SPRIND - German Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation
Gabriel joined SPRIN-D in January 2026 after several years working in startups across a varied range of industries, including gaming, smart data capture, enterprise AI applications, and process...
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Guy Pensa
Independent
Guy Pensa is an identity and cybersecurity executive with nearly four decades of experience across enterprise identity, access management, directory services, security architecture, and large-scale...
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Sinisa Popadic
Product Manager – Data Protection
Deutsche Telekom IT GmbH
Sinisa Popadic is an experienced IT leader and product manager specializing in data protection, cybersecurity, and digital transformation within large-scale enterprise environments. He currently...
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Dima Postnikov
Head of Identity Strategy and Architecture
ConnectID
Experienced Identity Architect focusing on anything identity, privacy, trust ecosystems design and identity standards development.
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Yash Prakash
Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer
Reva.AI
Yash Prakash is the co-founder and Chief Strategy Office of Reva, a unified access control and AI security platform focused on enabling adaptive, policy-driven authorization for modern...
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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 and Identity Security with a global...
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Christie Pugh
Customer Success Manager
KuppingerCole Analysts
Christie joined KuppingerCole in December 2022 as the Digital Products Manager. She is passionate about setting her colleagues, partners, and customers up for success by providing them with the...
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Jan Quack
Senior Expert PreSales Engineer
Swissbit AG
Jan Quack brings more than 20 years of professional experience, including 15 years specializing in PKI, IAM, FIDO, and Passwordless Authentication. He has worked with organizations to enhance...
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Grace Rachmany
Executive Director
Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF)
Grace Rachmany is the Executive Director of the Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF). Started in 2017, the Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF) is a Linux Foundation Project. DIF is an...
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Alan Radford
Field Strategist
One Identity
Alan is a technology strategist responsible for the PAM field strategy in EMEA for One Identity, with 15 years’ experience in Identity Access Management. An experienced business owner and...
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Neeta Raina
Group Product manager, Identity
eBay
Neeta is a Group Product Manager at eBay, where she leads the Account Access and security for the global marketplace. With over 15 years of experience at industry leaders like eBay, Goldman Sachs,...
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Inbar Raz
Project Lead
OWASP Foundation
I’m a seasoned security practitioner and Hacker-of-Things, with over 30 years of experience in network security and reverse engineering of complex and simple systems, involving hardware,...
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Matthias Reinwarth
IAM Practice Director
KuppingerCole Analysts
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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Jeroen Remie
Identity and Access Governance Expert
SITS
Jeroen Remie has been active in the IAM space for close to 20 years now. He has been mostly focused on the business side of IAM and helping organizations with questions such as: what should we...
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Joerg Resch
Innovation Manager
SPRIND - German Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation
Joerg Resch is an Innovation Manager at the German Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation (SPRIND), where he focuses on European digital sovereignty, and the future of government in the age of...
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Justin Richer
Senior Staff Engineer
MongoDB
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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Lori Robinson
VP, Identity and Access Management
SailPoint
Lori Robinson is a renowned expert in identity and access management (IAM) with over two decades of industry experience. Lori has a proven track record of shaping strategies and driving innovation...
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Sebastian Rohr
Member
IDPro
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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Darran Rolls
Research and Advisory Fellow
KuppingerCole Analysts / Cloud 10
Mr. Darran Rolls is a research and advisory Fellow at KuppingerCole and an independent consulting advisor. He has a long history in Identity Management and Security at companies...
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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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Dr. Lukas Ruf
Group Chief Inf. Security & Risk Officer
Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund
Dr. Lukas Ruf is the Group Chief Security & Risk Officer of Migros, globally. Prior to joining Migros, he worked as a security and strategy consultant at Consecom AG, specializing in...
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Adam Rusbridge
Group Product Manager
Ping Identity
Adam Rusbridge is Senior Product Manager for Ping’s Authorisation products, with 20 years of experience leading the development and growth of products that govern secure access to resources....
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Yegor Russalev
Architect and Service Manager for Global PAM Service
Siemens AG
As a PAM Architect and Service Manager of Global PAM Service at Siemens AG, Yegor Russalev brings over 15 years of extensive experience in the IT landscape.He has dedicated his career to critical...
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Dorian Röck
Domain Product Owner Identity & Authentication Platforms
Schwarz Digits IT KG
Dorian serves as Director and Domain Product Owner Identity & Authentication Platforms at Schwarz Digits IT KG. He is responsible for the IAM strategy, architecture, and operations for the...
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Nat Sakimura
Chairman
OpenID Foundation
Nat Sakimura is a well-known identity and privacy standardization architect and the Chairman of the OpenID Foundation. He is a co-author of many frequently used international standards such as...
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Ashvin Saminathen
Head of Solutions Engineering
Pointsharp
Ashvin currently serves as the Head of Solutions Engineering for Pointsharp. He and his team are responsible for ensuring that the most suitable technical solutions are proposed to customers for...
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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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Dean H. Saxe
Principal Security Engineer
Remitly
Dean H. Saxe is a Principal Security Engineer at Remitly and an identity standards architect. At Remitly, he leads the IAM security strategy across consumer, enterprise, partner, and workload...
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Dr. Alexander Schellong
Managing Director (GL ) / Member of the Executive Board
Schwarz digits
Dr. Alexander Schellong is Managing Director (GL ) / Member of the Executive Board for Cybersecurity at Schwarz digits, the 5th division of Europe’s largest retailer and fourth...
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Oksana Schinas
Senior Event Manager
KuppingerCole Analysts
Oksana Schinas joined KuppingerCole’s Events Team as Senior Event Manager in October 2022, with a focus on EIC and other major events. She holds a Masters degree in German philology and...
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Oliver Schluga
Product Owner Identity and Access Management
Erste Digital
Oliver Schluga is an accomplished Information Security Expert at Erste Digital with over 20 years of experience in IT, specializing in cloud security. He enhances Erste Group’s digital security,...
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Christoph Schneider
Head of IT Development and Operations
Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF)
Christoph Schneider is Head of IT Development and Operations at the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). In June 2017, Christoph joined the International Organization for...
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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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Ingo Schubert
Field CTO International
RSA Security
Ingo Schubert joined RSA almost two decades ago and dealt with cryptographic toolkits and PKI until he discovered the identity and access management parts of RSA’s portfolio. His main...
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Stephan Schweizer
CEO
Nevis Security AG
Stephan Schweizer is CEO of Nevis Security AG and brings nearly three decades of experience in digital security and identity. Over the course of his career, he has played a central role in building...
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Christopher Schütze
Chief of Advisory and CISO
KuppingerCole Analysts
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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Rachelle Sellung
Senior Scientist
Fraunhofer IAO
Rachelle Sellung is a Senior Scientist in the Identity Management Competence Team at the Department of Human-Technology Interaction, Fraunhofer IAO in Stuttgart, Germany. She specializes in...
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John Erik Setsaas
Principal Advisor and Founder
Setsaas Trust Advisory
John Erik Setsaas is a recognized thought leader with > 25 years pioneering digital identity. For the past decade, he has focused on helping financial institutions tackle critical challenges...
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Onur Semih Sevim
Head of Europe & Latam
Krontech
Onur Semih Sevim joined Kron in 2012. During his tenure, he has held a number of positions within engineering and sales & business development. In 2016 Mr. Sevim relocated to New York City to...
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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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Dr. Amir Sharif
Researcher
Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK)
Amir Sharif is a researcher in the Security & Trust Research Unit of the Cybersecurity Center at Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy. He earned his Ph.D. in Secure and Reliable Systems from...
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Shruti Shetty
PAM Architect
Siemens AG
Shruti is a PAM Architect with 9+ years of hands-on experience across PAM governance, onboarding, and automation. Starting as an internal auditor in compliance and risk management, she progressed...
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Erik Siebler
Digital Identity Capability Lead - Europe
DXC
Erik Siebler has joined DXC in 2010. Since 2013 he is working in the IT security domain. During the last decade he worked on several project in different roles, e.g. architect, implementer, project...
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Mike Small
Senior Analyst
KuppingerCole Analysts
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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Charlene Spasic
Senior Advisor
KuppingerCole Analysts
Charlene Spasic joined KuppingerCole and is a Senior Advisor. Prior to this, she was primarily focusing on IAM from a functional perspective aiming to build the bridge between business and IT...
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Annet Steenbergen
Independent Advisor Digital Identity (Wallets) With A Focus On Cross-Border Interoperability And Tra
Independent Advisor
After many years working in international border management Annet co-founded/co-initiated the Aruba Happy Flow project in 2013 that created the world’s first seamless passenger facilitation...
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Dr. Angelika Steinacker
Member and Ambassador
Women in Identity
Angelika is a seasoned Cybersecurity professional with over 30 years of experience, including more than two decades specializing in Identity and Access Management (IAM). She has held leadership,...
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Michiel Stoop
Director Identity & Access Management
Philips
Michiel Stoop is since 2015 Director Identity and Access management in Philips Group Security – Information Security and has over 10 years’ experience in the domain Identity and Access...
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Daniel Stoph
Solutions Engineer
Yubico
Daniel Stoph is a Solutions Engineer at Yubico. He works closely with customers helping them to solve complex technical challenges and implement phishing-resistant authentication. With over 25...
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Daniel Ströhmann
RVP - Solutions Engineering, Central Europe
DigiCert
Daniel Ströhmann is a cybersecurity expert and Solutions Engineering Manager for Central Europe at DigiCert. With over 15 years of experience across leading technology and industrial...
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Derrick L. Sturisky
Co-Founder | Partner; Principal
Quantum Core Institute; Sturisky, LLC
Derrick is an independent management consultant with over 25 years of cybersecurity, risk, and technology experience. Derrick’s career includes senior roles at Accenture, PwC, Takeda, and...
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Jennifer Stähler
Head of Events & Marketing
KuppingerCole Analysts
Jennifer has been with KuppingerCole since 2015. As Head of Marketing & Events, she leads both teams and is responsible for strategy development and performance tracking. She oversees marketing...
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Michael Synowczik
Head of Identity Management Solutions
LANXESS
Michael has been leading the Identity Management function at LANXESS since March 2023. Prior to this role, he spent seven years at LANXESS in various positions, with a strong focus on Group...
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Patrick Teichmann
Lead Advisor
KuppingerCole Analysts
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
SVP 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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Guillaume Teixeron
Senior Analyst
KuppingerCole Analysts
Guillaume Teixeron is a Senior Analyst at KuppingerCole Analysts, focusing on cybersecurity, digital identity, and software engineering excellence. His background covers identity and access...
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Jerome Thorstenson
Identity & Access Management Architect
Salling Group A/S
Jerome Thorstenson is an IAM Architect with a long history of figuring things out the hard way - so you don’t have to. With 20+ years in tech and security, he currently leads identity at...
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Guillaume Tissier
Partner
Forward global
After studying international relations, Guillaume Tissier began his career as a journalist specializing in economic and legal affairs, before becoming a consultant at DATOPS, a firm specializing in...
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John Tolbert
Director Cybersecurity Research
KuppingerCole Analysts
John Tolbert is Director Cybersecurity Research of KuppingerCole, Inc (US). As Lead Analyst, John covers a number of different research areas, outlined below. John also advises cybersecurity and...
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Keno Torfs
Cyber Security Enterprise Architect – Identity and Access Management
BASF
Keno Torfs is a Cyber Security Enterprise Architect at BASF, responsible for global strategy, architecture, and governance for Identity and Access Management (IAM). He serves as the domain lead for...
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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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Christopher Tullis
Lead, Digital Identity, Europe & Central Asia
World Bank
Christopher Tullis is a Senior Digital Specialist at the World Bank, where he leads the digital identity portfolio across the European and Central Asian regions. Globally, he has played a central...
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Zsolt Varga
CTO
Riptides
Zsolt Varga is a startup founder and former Lead Software Engineer at Cisco Outshift, joining Cisco through the acquisition of Banzai Cloud, where he worked on cloud native technologies and...
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Arjen Van Veen
Integration Engineer & Technical Writer
SPRIND - German Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation
Arjen van Veen joined Sprind in October 2025 after several years at a startup, where he worked as a software engineer across a wide range of components - from wallet development to PKI and...
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Marco Venuti
IAM Business Acceleration
Thales
Marco Venuti holds the role of IAM Business Acceleration at Thales. Marco has 20+ years of experience in Identity and Security, having worked for multiple solution vendors in Sales and...
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Jan Vereecken
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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Dominique Vocat
Lead Solution Architect Identity
Helvetia Insurances
Dominique Vocat is the Lead Solution Architect Identity at Helvetia Insurances, where he drives the organization’s comprehensive Identity & Access Management (IAM) strategy. Operating at the...
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Matthias Wagner
Manager Information Security Program
GLS Group
Matthias Wagner is Manager of the Information Security Program at GLS (General Logistics Systems), where he leads key initiatives in Identity & Access Management, role mining, and access...
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Chris Wan
Senior Design Strategist
SPRIND - German Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation
Chris Wan is an Australian Design Strategist based in Berlin. He is currently working for SPRIND on Germany’s EU Digital Identity Wallet project, where he engages future users and...
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Pieter Waterschoot
IGA Product Owner
Philips
Since 2021 Pieter is the SME for IAM within Philips in Group Security – Information Security. He specializes in IGA and in his position he is responsible for contributing to the Philips IAM...
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Chris Webber
VP of Product Marketing
Teleport
Chris Webber is Teleport’s VP of Product Marketing, a security wonk, a cloud-native believer, and a recovering IT professional. Having spent time at silicon valley startups and global...
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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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Jamie Wilkie
EMEA & OT Account Manager
SSH Communications Security
Jamie has many years’ experience in software development, corporate strategy, networking, partner management and innovation management. The last eight years have been focused on OT security...
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Alex Wilson
Senior Advisor
StrongDM (Delinea)
Alex Wilson is a cybersecurity and identity transformation leader with deep expertise in privileged access management and strategic alliances. Currently a Senior Advisor at StrongDM, he has...
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Mark Wilson
Director, Product Management B2B
Ping Identity
Mark Wilson is a Director of Product Management and the B2B IAM segment lead at Ping Identity. With more than 25 years in identity and access management, he specialises in B2B IAM and the...
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Robby Winchester
Chief Professional Services Officer
SpecterOps
Robby is a co-founder and the Chief Professional Services Officer at SpecterOps. He directs all consulting, offensive assessment, threat hunting, and training delivery for Fortune 500...
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Carole Winqwist
CMO
GitGuardian
As the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at GitGuardian, Carole brings extensive expertise in marketing strategy and leadership. Since 2021, she has been a key member of the Management Committee,...
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Tim Wolf
Senior Solution Architect
Semperis
My mission is protecting identities. Currently at Semperis, I ensure the resilience of Active Directory and Entra ID. My background includes years as a Microsoft PFE, implementing Zero Trust and...
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Kristina Yasuda
Product Owner of a German National EUDIW
SPRIND - German Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation
Kristina is a Product Owner of a German National EUDIW at SPRIND - German Federal Agency of Disruptive Innovation. She is known for her work on standards in decentralized identity ecosystem:...
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Maciej Zalewski
IS Department Manager - IAM IGA Operations
ABB
Maciej Zalewski is an IT professional who worked across many areas of Finance ecosystem of ABB for 15 years before focusing in last 2 years on IGA area. His previous experience – also...
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Thomas Zarnhofer
Identity & Access Management (IAM) Strategy and Architecture Lead
SPAR ICS
Thomas Zarnhofer is the Identity & Access Management (IAM) Strategy and Architecture Lead at SPAR ICS, the IT division of the SPAR Austria Group. SPAR operates across Austria and five...
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Gerhard Zehethofer
Strategic Alliances & Partnerships
Curity AB
Gerhard is passionate about technology and the role it can play in improving people’s lives. Identity is the foundation of digital trust - not just for humans, but increasingly for APIs, services,...
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Nils Zenker
Digital Identity Specialist - Customer Relations
Bare.ID GmbH
Nils is a Digital Identity Specialist at Bare.ID, working closely with enterprise and mid-market clients across regulated industries including Public Sector, Finance, Healthcare, E-Commerce,...
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Kai Zenner
Head of Office for MEP Axel Voss
European Parliament
Digital enthusiast focusing on AI, data and the EU’s digital transition. Soft spot for interinstitutional reforms and the ’Better Regulation Agenda’. Cooperative and pragmatic approach, always...
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Dr. Lisa Zimmermann
Senior Consultant IAM
Fressnapf Maxizoo Pet Retail
Lisa has two lovely dogs, a PhD in Astrophysics and over 11 years of experience in building and maintaining corporate IAM landscapes in different industry sectors. First hand experiences in the...
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Malvin Zimmermann
Security Consultant
Accenture
Malvin Zimmermann has been a Security Consultant at Accenture for 15 years. In his current role, he leads the Privileged Access Management (PAM) and Secure Administration practice for Central and...
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Rob Ainscough
Chief Identity Security Advisor - EMEA
Silverfort
Rob Ainscough is the Chief Identity Security Advisor at Silverfort and a seasoned leader in identity and access management. With over a decade of experience building and scaling IAM programs in...
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Deniz Algin
Advisor
KuppingerCole Analysts
Deniz joined KuppingerCole Analysts AG as an Advisor in August 2024. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Information Systems from the University of Applied Science and Arts in Hannover....
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Jennie Allred
Manager
PwC
As a Manager in PwC’s Digital Identity Team, Jennie leads Customer Identity (CIAM) engagements across industries, helping organizations design and implement identity solutions that are inclusive,...
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Dr. Kishore Angrishi
Head of Identity Access Management - Core Processes
Munich Reinsurance Company
Experienced risk management professional with a demonstrated history of working in the insurance, telecommunication and aviation industries.
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Warwick Ashford
Senior Analyst
KuppingerCole Analysts
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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Anand Bahety
Engineering Leader, Identity
eBay
Anand Bahety is an Engineering Leader for Identity at eBay, where he drives the architecture, design, and development of authentication, authorization, and account security frameworks - with a...
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Alexei Balaganski
Lead Analyst & CTO
KuppingerCole Analysts
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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Paul Bastian
Senior Innovation Developer
Bundesdruckerei GmbH
Paul is an expert on digital identity management at Bundesdruckerei. His focus is on identity credentials, wallet security, holder binding, device binding and initial trust for the upcoming...
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Roland Baum
Founder
umbrella.associates GmbH
Roland Baum is Founder of German Start-Up umbrella.associates and architect of several enterprise ID and IGA environments. As a tech savvy wizard of OpenSource tools and data analysis, he combines...
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Bjoern Behrens
Head of IAM Governance
BMW Group
Bjoern Behrens, currently IAM Governance Lead in BMW Group, before that working in various positions in management consulting, automotive and solar industry. Expert skills in IAM and Cyber...
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Ivo van Bennekom
Partner EMEA - Digital Identity
PwC
Ivo leads the PwC Digital Identity Impact Center for the EMEA region. Ivo has over 15 years of experience within the digital technology space, with a specific focus on global identity market...
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Raphaël Bert
Security Consulting Senior Manager
Accenture
Raphaël is a Security Consulting Senior Manager at Accenture and a recognized expert in Identity Security, with over 12 years of experience delivering large‑scale IAM transformations across...
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Matthew Berzinski
EMEA Field CTO
Ping Identity
Matt is responsible for building product strategies in bringing the PingIdentity product portfolio to market. Matt works closely with customers and partners to understand their current and...
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Christian Bormann
Architect Identity & Cryptography
SPRIND - German Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation
Christian Bormann is an architect for digital identity and cryptography, currently working for the german EU Digital Identity Wallet project. With an MSc in Computer Science from RWTH...
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John Bradley
Distinguished Architect
Yubico
Mr. Bradley is an Identity Management subject matter expert and IT professional with a diverse background. Mr. Bradley has over 15 years experience in the information technology and identity...
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Dr. Rob Brand
Senior Policy Officer, Directorate Digital Economy
Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy
Rob Brand is a Senior Policy Officer in the Directorate for Digital Economy at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy. In line with his active involvement in realising the eIDAS...
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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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David Brossard
Chief Technology Officer
Axiomatics AB
In his role as CTO, David drives the technology vision and strategy for Axiomatics based on both identity and access management (IAM) market trends as well as customer feedback. He also leads the...
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Gabriel de Brosses
Chief Strategy Officer-CISO and Chief Strategy Officer CESIN member
Tevarua-Conseil
Gabriel de Brosses is a seasoned expert in cybersecurity and strategic planning, with over 25 years of experience in information security. He has a Military background, having served for 27 years...
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Miki Brotzler
Board Member
IDPro
Miki Brotzler, GAICD is a senior product and technology leader based in Melbourne with more than twenty years’ experience in digital identity, customer authentication, product strategy,...
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Sabina Callan
IAM Platform Manager
Resurs Bank
Sabina Callan has built a strong career in identity and access management and cybersecurity, with deep hands‑on experience in modern IAM platforms, privileged access management, and large‑scale...
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Dr. Jonathan Care
Lead Analyst
KuppingerCole Analysts
Jonathan Care is an expert in Cybersecurity and fraud Detection and a Fellow of the British Computer Society. He regularly advises cybersecurity industry leaders on strategic growth and has worked...
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Bertrand Carlier
Board Member
IDPro
Bertrand Carlier is an Associate Partner in the Cybersecurity practice at Wavestone with over 20 years of experience. He has been leading major Identity & Access Management projects, working...
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Joseph Carson
Chief Security Evangelist & Advisory CISO
Segura
Joseph Carson is an award-winning cyber security professional and ethical hacker with more than 30 years’ experience in enterprise security specialising in blockchain, endpoint security,...
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Praneet Chandra
Service Owner IGA
SPAR ICS
Praneet Chandra is the Identity & Access Management (IAM) Service Owner at SPAR ICS, the IT division of the SPAR Austria Group, an organization operating across six European countries,...
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Vera de Chauvigny
Senior Market Intelligence Lead
WALLIX
Vera de Chauvigny graduated from Royal Holloway, University of London, with a degree in International Studies. Alongside her higher education, she served as a committed reservist at the British...
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Larry Chinski
Global Vice President of Strategy
One Identity
Larry Chinski is Global Vice President of Strategy at One Identity. He is responsible for the overall field execution (both inbound and outbound) for One Identity as it relates to Identity...
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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 Executive Director of the Kantara Initiative, a nonprofit corporation. The Kantara Initiative is a unique global ‘commons’ that operates conformity assessment,...
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Niccolò Cirri
Junior Analyst
Digital Identity & Wallet Observatory, Politecnico di Milano
Niccolò Cirri obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Florence in 2022. He then completed his Master’s Degree in...
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Florin Coptil
EU Digital Identity & Business Wallets Expert
Robert Bosch GmbH
Florin Coptil is an EU Digital Identity & Business Wallets Expert at Robert Bosch GmbH, with over 25 years of experience in software product development and business development...
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Sully Crevecoeur
North America Nuclear Market Manager
Technetics Group
Sully Crevecoeur is a nuclear engineer specialized in nuclear safety and fusion. He’s the North America Nuclear Market manager at Technetics Group and previously worked for the French...
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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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Konrad Degen
Product Manager Digital Identities
SPRIND - German Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation
Konrad Degen is a Product Manager in the German EUDI Wallet project at the German Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation. In this role, he focuses on the economic and organizational design of...
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Stefan Denninger
Manager Customer Experience
ACP Group AG
Stefan Denninger is an experienced IT leader with more than 25 years in enterprise environments, focusing on cloud transformation, identity management, and secure hybrid infrastructures. At ACP, he...
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Nitish Deshpande
Senior Analyst
KuppingerCole Analysts
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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Abdou-Naby Diaw
CISO, Vice President Cyber Security
Lufthansa Group
Abdou-Naby Diaw (50) has been appointed Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Vice President Cyber Security of Lufthansa Group. He is in charge of the Cyber Security and IT Resilience,...
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Niels van Dijk
Technical Product Manager Trust and Identity
SURF
Niels van Dijk is a Technical Product Manager working in Trust & Identity at SURF, the Dutch National Research and Educational Network. In this role he is responsible for development and...
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Michael Doujak
Senior Product Manager
Airlock by Ergon Informatik AG
After his studies at the ETH Zurich, Michael Doujak went through various positions. For 20 years he has planned and implemented different projects and solutions in the field of Identity Management....
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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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Christian Egli
IAM Architect
SBB AG
Christian is a Senior IAM Architect at SBB AG, Switzerland’s leading transport company. With over 20 years of experience in various IT domains, he played an instrumental role as a founder of the...
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Stina Ehrensvärd
Founder & Executive Chair
Siros Foundation
With a background in industrial product design, Stina is the founder of Yubico and SIROS Foundation. Co-inventor of the YubiKey strong authentication key, and a leading driver behind...
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Peter Eikelboom
Product Owner Eduwallet
SURF
Peter Eikelboom is Product Owner of the Npuls Eduwallet Project and has been designing and delivering online and mobile solutions for different organisaties for over 30 years. For the past 7 years,...
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Elmar Eperiesi-Beck
CEO / Managing Director
Bare.ID GmbH
Elmar Eperiesi-Beck is a seasoned deep-tech entrepreneur, investor, and executive with more than 20 years of experience building, scaling, and transforming technology-driven companies. He...
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Clarissa Falcone
Senior Researcher
Digital Identity & Wallet Observatory, Politecnico di Milano
Clarissa Falcone, graduated in Management Engineering in 2019 with a specialization in Digital Business and Market Innovation, has been working in the Digital Innovation Observatory research group...
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Carsten Fischer
Deputy Group Chief Security Officer
Deutsche Bank
Carsten is the Deputy Group Chief Security Officer and runs the Office of the CSO. In addition he is the regional Lead for Technology, Data and Innovation (TDI) for Germany. For the majority of...
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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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George Fletcher
Identity Standards Architect
Practical Identity LLC
George Fletcher is an Identity Standards Architect focused on CIAM and B2B identity solutions. He is a seasoned software architect with 25+ years of software development and architecture experience...
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Massimo Flore
Senior Fellow (Information Integrity & Digital Resilience)
Aurora Fellows
Massimo Flore is a strategic analyst working at the intersection of digital trust, AI governance, and democratic resilience. He contributed to the European Commission’s work on disinformation...
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Dominic Forrest
Chief Technology Officer
iProov
Dominic is responsible for iProov’s technology vision, strategy, and roadmap which includes the design and development of its cloud-based infrastructure. He joined iProov from mBlox Inc., in...
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Allan Foster
Chief Evangelist
Identity Evangelist
Allan Foster helped build ForgeRock into a multinational identity software vendor culminating with its listing on the NYSE in Sept 2021. Allan’s deep technical knowledge was well used in all...
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Graham Francis
Head of International
Office for Digital Identities and Attributes (OfDIA), UK Department for Science, Innovation and Tech
Graham Francis is Head of International of the UK’s Office for Digital Identities and Attributes (OfDIA), where he leads on the UK’s approach to international interoperability of...
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Jochen Friedemann
Group CISO, Head of ICT Risk Control
Talanx AG
Jochen Friedemann has a strong background in risk management and information security. Jochen is currently serving as the Chief Information Security Officer at Talanx since June 2022. Prior to...
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Carsten Fritzsche
Product Manager
Deutsche Telekom IT GmbH
Carsten works as a Product Manager at Deutsche Telekom IT and is an expert in Identity and Access Management (IAM). For many years, he has accompanied Deutsche Telekom’s central IAM and implemented...
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Naohiro Fujie
General Manager
Itochu Techno Solutions
Naohiro Fujie, General Manager at ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation(CTC), has spent more than 20 years in the IT industry and primary focused on Digital Identity. Since 2021, he has been...
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Anja Förster
Global IAM Lead
Daimler Truck AG
Anja Förster leads Identity & Access Management (IAM) at Daimler Truck AG, where she sits at the heart of one of the largest IT transformations in automotive history. Following the...
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Mihails Galuška
Global IAM Product Manager
If P&C Insurance
Since 2021, Mihails has managed the portfolio of customer and partner identity-related services for If P&C Insurance, the largest insurance group in the Nordics and Baltics. He leads the...
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Elizabeth Garber
Founder
Humanitech Consulting
Elizabeth Garber is an entrepreneur and thought leader working towards human-centric, rights-enhancing identity ecosystems. She has led three collaborations focused on high-trust, globally...
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Carlos Garcia
Group Head of Cybersecurity (CISO)
Solaris
With nearly a decade of experience in cybersecurity leadership, including his tenure as Head of Security Operations at Banco Santander, Carlos bridges the gap between technical defense and business...
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Matthew Gardiner
Fellow Analyst
KuppingerCole Analysts
Matthew is a Fellow Analyst at KuppingerCole and is focused on cybersecurity and IAM. He has more than 20 years of experience as a product manager and security strategist covering IAM, federated...
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Praerit Garg
Chief Executive Officer
One Identity
Customer-obsessed business builder, product innovator, and organization coach, Praerit Garg has spent much of his career working at the center of identity, access, and cloud technologies. He and...
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Ian Glazer
Continuous Identity Product Strategy
CrowdStrike
Ian Glazer is the Vice President of Product Strategy at SGNL. Prior to joining SGNL, Ian founded the advisory services firm, Weave Identity. Previously in his career, Ian was the Senior Vice...
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Simon Gooch
Field CIO
Saviynt
During a 25 year career at Accenture Simon ran some of the most significant IT transformation programs including the move to the cloud, migration to office 365, and more recently the critical...
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Franziska Granc
Principal Consultant
Nimbus Technologieberatung GmbH
Franziska Granc is a Principal Consultant at Nimbus Technologieberatung GmbH and an expert in digital identities and trust services. Her work focuses on eIDAS, the European Digital Identity Wallet,...
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Olaf Grewe
Product Lead Digital Identity & Access
National Australia Bank
Olaf Grewe has been in and around the identity space for a little under a decade. His overall attitude is best described as a kid in a candy store with so many problems to solve, incredibly...
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Guido Grillenmeier
Principal Technologist
Semperis
Guido Grillenmeier is the Principal Technologist of Semperis in EMEA. Based in Germany, Guido has been a Microsoft MVP for Directory Services for 12 years. He spent 20+ years at HP/HPE as Chief...
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Jos Groenewegen
Business Architect IAM Foundations
Rabobank
Jos is a seasoned expert in Identity and Access Management (IAM), with over 15 years of experience in the field. As Business Architect for IAM Foundations at Rabobank, he plays a pivotal role in...
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Jaye Hackett
CTO
Vouchsafe
Jaye is a co-founder of Vouchsafe, a tech-for-good company building inclusive identity verification.They are a designer and technologist familiar with large-scale digital trust systems, including...
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Mark Haine
Director
OpenID Foundation
Mark is an engineer and entrepreneur who has focussed his career on building solutions that enable business and mitigate risk in financial services. At the start of 2020 Mark founded...
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Sebastian Hampel
Senior Product Owner eCommerce & SSO
congstar GmbH
Sebastian Hampel is a Senior Product Owner within the Product & Technology division at congstar GmbH, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, based in Cologne, Germany. With over 15 years of...
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Stanca Hauenstein
Senior System Engineer
MediaMarktSaturn
Stanca Hauenstein is a self-proclaimed ’Identity Enthusiast’ who firmly believes that ’Identity always matters.’ With over 25 years of experience at MediaMarktSaturn, she has held key roles...
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Joseph Heenan
Standards Specialist & Certification Director
OpenID Foundation
Joseph is a software engineer & architect with over 25 years’ experience, who started writing mobile apps before mobile apps existed. He contributes to IETF and OpenID Foundation working...
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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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Marianne Henriksen
Subject Director
Norwegian Tax Administration
Marianne Henriksen is working as Subject Director for identity management in the Norwegian Tax Administration.She focuses on holistic identity management, exploring the role of national identity...
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Andrew Hindle
Founder & CEO
Hindle Consulting
Andrew is an independent consultant focusing on digital identity, privacy, cyber security, and corporate governance. He is the Identiverse Conference Chair, serves as a non-executive member of the...
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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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Morten Holm
Group Product Manager
Queue-it
Morten is a Group Product Manager at Queue-it, the online traffic orchestration platform that handles peak traffic for the world’s biggest events. Currently, he’s working on making agentic AI a...
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Renée Hunter
Board Member | Treasurer
Kantara Initiative
As Chief Legal Officer, Renée Hunter drives adoption of Proof’s products nationwide by leading legal, public affairs, regulatory compliance, privacy, cybersecurity, and risk...
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Steve Hutchinson
Director of Security Architecture
Mitsubishi Bank of Tokyo
Steve “Hutch” Hutchinson is the Director of Security Architecture at MUFG. After cutting his teeth in C/C++ software development and network engineering, Hutch spent a decade as an...
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Bastian Ike
CTO & Managing Director
Bare.ID GmbH
Bastian is CTO at Bare.ID, a sovereign German SaaS provider for SSO and IAM. He leads product and engineering for a Keycloak-based platform serving enterprise and public sector customers, including...
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Peter James
Chief Product Officer
iProov
Peter joined iProov in early 2024 as Chief Product Officer. He is responsible for the company’s product strategy and development. His primary focus is to lead iProov’s product strategy and...
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Jihyun Jang
Head of Overseas Business and Business Planning
Lordsystem
Jihyun is the Head of Overseas Business and Business Planning at Lordsystem. She has led multiple government projects in collaboration with organizations such as the Korea Tourism Organization and...
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Dr. Michael B. Jones
Principal
Self-Issued Consulting
Michael B. Jones is on a quest to build the Internet’s missing identity layer. He is an editor of the OpenID Connect specifications, IETF OAuth specifications, including JSON Web Token (JWT) and...
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Olaf Jonkers
Head of Risk & Compliance
itsme
Olaf Jonkers serves as the Head of Risk & Compliance for itsme®, where he integrates security and privacy responsibilities. He has extensive experience in online Mobile Identity governance,...
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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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Dennis Kaps
Executive Security Expert IT Governance (IT-FGV) & IT-Governance Domain & Hub Lead
Deutsche Telekom IT GmbH
Dennis Kaps is a senior IT security and governance expert with extensive experience in governance, security, and compliance. He has held leading roles in shaping security strategies, defining...
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Nishant Kaushik
Chief Technology Officer
FIDO Alliance
Nishant Kaushik is a distinguished executive and technologist with over 25 years of leadership in digital identity and security. As Chief Technology Officer at The FIDO Alliance, he helps guide...
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Andrzej Kawalec
CEO
4th Horizon
Andrzej Kawalec is an inspirational and creative leader in the use of advanced information technology, Andrzej is constantly working to refine the balance between securing and enabling information...
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Caroline Kayser
Member
Women in Identity
Caroline Kayser brings over nine years of experience in Identity Governance and Administration. She drives the positioning of IAM as a business‑relevant capability rather than a purely technical...
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Jason Keenaghan
Director of Product Management
Thales
Jason Keenaghan is the Director of Product Management for Thales OneWelcome Identity Platform. In this role, he is responsible for defining the vision and delivering on the strategy of a unified...
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Berthold Kerl
CEO
KuppingerCole Analysts
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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Suresh M. Khadakbhavi
CEO
Digi Yatra Foundation
CEO of Digi Yatra Foundation, an organization that provides Identity Credentials creation and sharing service for passengers, airports, airlines and others across India to enable a seamless,...
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Manuel Kilian
Managing Director
Global Government Technology Centre
Manuel Kilian is Managing Director of the Global Government Technology Centre (GGTC) in Berlin, a collaboration between GovTech Germany and the World Economic Forum. He previously founded and...
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Thea Kirsch
Expert for Civil Society and User Acceptance Research
SPRIND - German Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation
Thea Kirsch is a Berlin-based political scientist who specialises in aligning digital identity research and innovation with societal needs and values. In her current role as a civil society expert...
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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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Nicolai Kisikof
Lead Mercedes PAM
Mercedes-Benz
Since 2019, Nicolai Kisikof has been a key player in Global Cyber Security at Mercedes-Benz. A true IT and security expert, Nicolai is passionate about safeguarding digital landscapes. From 2019 to...
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Dr. Heiko Klarl
CEO
Nexis
Dr. Heiko Klarl is the CEO of Nexis and a distinguished expert in Identity and Access Management (IAM) with 20 years of experience. With a strong background in cybersecurity, Heiko excels in...
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Ivan Klimek
CEO & Founder
Excalibur
Ivan Klimek is the CEO and founder of Excalibur, a Slovak Cybersecurity vendor democratising Privileged Access Management (PAM). Under his hands-on leadership Excalibur was able to win &...
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Dietmar Klotz
Product Manager EUDI Hub
SPRIND - German Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation
Dietmar is a Product Manager with more than two decades of experience in digital platforms. Over the past seven years, he has specialized in the digital identity space, focusing on identity,...
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Dr. Silvia Knittl
Member
Women in Identity
Dr. Silvia Knittl is a Security Architect specializing in identity security, enterprise security architecture, and large‑scale cyber transformation programs. Her work focuses on designing resilient...
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Pavel Kondrashov
Sr. Security Cloud Solution Architect
Novo Nordisk
Cloud Solution Architect in Security, Compliance and Identity space with deep expertise in Microsoft Solutions.Being in this industry more than 10 years and helping a bunch of the largest companies...
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Hed Kovetz
CEO & Co-Founder
Silverfort
Hed Kovetz is the CEO & Co-Founder of Silverfort, the provider of the Silverfort Identity Security Platform. Prior to founding Silverfort, Hed served in product management positions at Verint,...
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Guido Kraft
Field CISO
WALLIX
With over 20 years of experience securing IT and OT environments, Guido Kraft is a trusted voice in cybersecurity. For the past 13 years, he has specialized in information security and...
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Florian Kraus
General Manager DACH
DAGMA GmbH
Florian Kraus, General Manager DACH at DAGMA GmbH, a value-added distributor focused on cybersecurity across the DACH region. Specialized in PAM, IAM, IGA, SOC and Zero Trust, with a strong focus...
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Marc Kremer
Partner
EY
Marc Kremer is a Partner at EY with more than 13 years of experience in Identity & Access Management (IAM) and Technology Risk. He advises organizations on how to establish effective...
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Petra Krizan
Managing Director
The Blockhouse Technology
Petra Krizan is a recognised expert in blockchain, cybersecurity, and digital identity, with nearly ten years of technical experience designing and implementing secure solutions for the financial...
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Arkadiusz Krowczynski
Principal Product Acceleration Specialist
Okta
With 25 years of IT experience, Arkadiusz is a product and security strategist at Okta. As a Principal Product Acceleration Specialist and veteran global speaker, he now focuses on the next...
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Dr. Andre Kudra
CIO | Board Member
esatus AG | TeleTrusT
Digital identity becomes valuable when it works across systems and enables real processes. That’s where Dr. Andre Kudra focuses his work. For more than 20 years, he has been working at the...
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Devesh Kumar
Chief Product Officer
WidasConcept GmbH
Devesh is a technology and product leader with a strong background in engineering, architecture, and scalable platform development. He has extensive experience building cloud-native, event-driven...
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Martin Kuppinger
Distinguished Analyst
KuppingerCole Analysts
Martin Kuppinger is Founder and Distinguished Analyst at KuppingerCole, a leading analyst company for identity focused information security, both in classical and in cloud environments. Prior...
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Vedran Lalic
Digital Identity and Trust Services Advisor
United Nations University — E-Governance Policy Unit
Vedran Lalic currently serves as Project Manager and Expert on Digital Identity and Digital Trust Services for The United Nations University-EGOV. He was Head of cabinet of a Member of the...
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Emilie van der Lande
Cyber Risk Consultant
Independent
With a background in law and cybersecurity, Emilie seeks to advance responsible and human-centered innovation. Her areas of focus include digital identity, data privacy, and cyber strategy....
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Alex Laurie
GTM CTO
Ping Identity
Alex Laurie is Go-To-Market Chief Technology Officer at Ping Identity, where he works at the intersection of technology, customer impact, and commercial growth. With more than 20 years of...
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Alejandro Leal
Lead Analyst
KuppingerCole Analysts
Background and Education Alejandro holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations and Security from Jagiellonian University in Poland and a Master’s degree in Technology...
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Dr. Anja Lehmann
Professor
Hasso Plattner Institute, University of Potsdam
Anja Lehmann is a professor for cryptography at the Hasso-Plattner-Institute (HPI) at the University of Potsdam. One of her main research areas is privacy-preserving authentication through...
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Jon Lehtinen
General Manager
UberEther
Jon Lehtinen has 20 years of experience practicing identity security in large corporations like General Electric and Thomson Reuters, as well as within IAM security vendors such as Okta. He builds...
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Thomas Lerchner
Technical Solution Architect IGA
SPAR ICS
Thomas is working for Spar ICS since 2017. For the last 6 years in the Workforce IAM team. As technical IGA Solution Architect he is responsible for futureproof solutions and end-to-end processes...
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Dr. Tobias Lieberum
Founder & CEO
CyberDesk
As founder and CEO of CyberDesk, a rapidly growing Munich-based cyber software manufacturer, Dr. Tobias Lieberum and his team support some of the most innovative organizations in protecting their...
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Keng Lim
CEO
NextLabs
Keng Lim is the founder and CEO of NextLabs - a leading provider of policy-driven information risk mitigation software for large enterprises. He founded NextLabs to tackle new complex information...
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Dr. Rolf Lindemann
Vice President Products
OneSpan
Dr. Rolf Lindemann is Vice President of Products at OneSpan, bringing over two decades of leadership experience in product management, R&D, and operations within the IT security industry. He...
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Tim Lipphardt
Head of Consulting
amiconsult GmbH
Tim heads the consulting department of amiconsult, a full-service provider in the field of Identity and Access Management. For the past eight years, he has been helping organisations set their IAM...
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Dr. Torsten Lodderstedt
Project Lead for Germany’s EU Digital Identity Wallet
SPRIND - German Federal Agency for Breakthrough 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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Juul de Louw
Eduwallet Lifelong Learning Strategist
Npuls / SURF
Juul de Louw is a Lifelong Learning Strategist at the Npuls Eduwallet project with over 15 years of experience in the education sector. Juul works on building a trustworthy digital ecosystem...
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Raphaël Lozano
Marketing Manager Audio-Visual Media Design
Kuppingercole Analyst
Raphaël Lozano joined KuppingerCole in November 2024 as a Audio Visual Media Designer. He takes care of everything around videos at KuppingerCole, for instance, management of our YouTube...
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Anna Lyubchenko
Senior Manager, NL Domain Lead in CIAM
PwC
As NL CIAM Domain lead of PwC’s Digital Identity Team, Anna helps shape and execute strategies in the Dutch market and across Europe. With a team of highly intelligent and experienced...
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Eve Maler
Founder
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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Sachin Mamoru
DIAF Awardee
Sachin Mamoru is a Kim Cameron Award 2025 recipient, recognized for his contributions to the digital identity community. He is an Associate Technical Lead at Gapstars and a Software Engineer at...
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Viky Manaila
President
Cloud Signature Consortium
Viky Manaila is an international expert in the field of electronic signatures, digital identity and digital transformation processes, who has successfully promoted the electronic business globally....
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Jacob Mareen
Partner
Belfort Advisory
Jacob Mareen is Partner and Founder Belfort Advisory, where he spearheads the firm’s Cyber & Insider Risk practice. With a strong academic foundation, Jacob brings more than a decade of...
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Henk Marsman
Independent Researcher & Principal Consultant
Delft University of Technology
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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Thomas Mayfield
Head of Decentralized Trust and Identity Solutions
Cardano Foundation
Thomas A. Mayfield is the Head of Decentralized Trust and Identity Solutions at the Cardano Foundation and holds a BSc. Honours Degree in Computer Security and Digital Forensics. Thomas is...
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Ferdinand Yves Mbarga
DIAF Awardee
Ferdinand is an IAM professional responsible for the epimexam.cm system, he ensures the secure management of digital identities and access for official examination systems. Vice-President of...
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Connie McIntosh
Head of Security - Market Area
Ericsson
Named top 100 women in Cybersecurity worldwide by Cyber Defense Magazine. An International speaker, presenter, CTF judge and mentor in cybersecurity. Connie is a Product Security Leader in Ericsson...
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Eleanor Hayes Meritt
President – Product & Strategy
ARCON
Eleanor Hayes Meritt brings over 20 years of experience in enterprise software, cloud transformation, and digital security, driving ARCON’s global product strategy and converged identity...
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Reiner Mertens
Lead Advisor
KuppingerCole Analysts
Reiner Mertens joined KuppingerCole as a Lead Advisor in November 2025. With nearly 20 years of experience in the Identity and Access Management (IAM) industry, he is a seasoned expert who...
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Dr. Phillip Messerschmidt
Lead Advisor
KuppingerCole Analysts
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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Patrick Messerschmidt
Domain Engineering Lead Identity & Authentication Platforms
Schwarz Digits IT KG
Patrick Messerschmidt is the Domain Engineering Lead for Identity & Access Management at Schwarz IT, the digital provider for the Schwarz Group (Europe’s largest retailer). With over 20...
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Haris Mohammad
Product Leader
Microsoft
Haris is a Product Leader at Microsoft, where he has spent the last eight years at the forefront of identity and access management, from working directly with customers to deploy and scale modern...
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Jake Moshenko
CEO
AuthZed
Jake Moshenko is the co-founder and CEO of AuthZed, the authorization infrastructure company. Jake has been an innovator in the cloud-native ecosystem for over 15 years. After engineering roles at...
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Andreas Müller
Regional Sales Director Enterprise - Central Europe
Delinea
As VP Sales CEUR, responsible for establishing and managing Delinea’s enterprise account team in the region.More than 20 years of experience in consulting and sales of IT security solutions at...
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Christian Müller
Regional Vice President
DigiCert
Christian Müller is the Regional Vice President at DigiCert with over 30 years of experience in the IT industry. Throughout his career, he has held leadership roles as VP, Director, and CEO,...
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Thomas Müller-Martin
Partner Director & Field Strategist DACH
Omada
Thomas Müller-Martin is a Field Strategist at Omada and a veteran in Identity and Access Management (IAM) with more than 20 years of experience. He helps enterprises modernize identity...
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Sanjay Nadimpalli
Founder and CEO
Tuebora Inc
Sanjay is the Founder and CEO of Tuebora and stimul8.ai, where he is driving the transformation of Identity and Access Management through AI-driven design and execution platforms. He brings a deep...
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James Naughton
Head of Schenker Identity Management Service (SIMS)
DB Schenker
James leads DB Schenker’s global identity and access management team, delivering solutions to the IAM challenges of the logistics industry. His passion for creating usable software...
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Akihiko Nawashiro
Product Lead
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
Akihiko (Aki) is a Product Lead for Decentralized Identity at DNP, spearheading the development and delivery of Verifiable Credential services. With a Master of Science in Mathematics, he brings a...
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Bryant D Nielson
CEO
Quantum Core Institute Inc.
Bryant D. Nielson is the CEO of the Quantum Core Institute Inc. and Founder of the AI Core Institute Inc. and author of Q-DAY CLOCK: The Quantum Threat Hiding in Plain Sight. With over three...
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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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Alex Olivier
Cofounder & CPO
Cerbos
Alex Olivier is the Co-founder & CPO at Cerbos, an open-source authorization platform, and co-chair of the OpenID AuthZEN working group, which standardizes fine-grained authorization. He...
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Simone Onofri
Security Lead
W3C
I am the W3C Security Lead, playing a key part in the development of technologies to make the Web secure. I engage with industry and academic leaders on security issues and trends to identify and...
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Severin Oosterveld
RubrikX GTM Tech Lead
Rubrik
Severin is a GTM Tech Lead in Rubrik’s own innovation and incubation team, RubrikX, focusing on driving visions to real-world customer outcomes. Rubrik addresses the evolving identity threat...
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Roberto De Paolis
Head of Digital Security & Security Operations
Leonardo
Roberto De Paolis, degree in Electronic Engineering, passionate and pioneer of telematic in Italia when, from 1984 -with a Commodore 64 – founded and managed one of the first Bulleting Board...
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Patrick Parker
Founder and CEO
EmpowerID
Patrick Parker is the founder and CEO of EmpowerID, a company specializing in Identity and Access Management for over 20 years. He pioneered the unique use of Role and Attribute-Based Access...
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John Peart
Chief Executive
Office for Digital Identities and Attributes (OfDIA), UK Department for Science, Innovation and Tech
John Peart is Chief Executive of the UK Government’s Office for Digital Identities and Attributes (OfDIA), where he is accountable for the design and operational delivery of the UK’s...
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Gabriel Pene
Developer Relations & Technical Writer
SPRIND - German Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation
Gabriel joined SPRIN-D in January 2026 after several years working in startups across a varied range of industries, including gaming, smart data capture, enterprise AI applications, and process...
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Guy Pensa
Independent
Guy Pensa is an identity and cybersecurity executive with nearly four decades of experience across enterprise identity, access management, directory services, security architecture, and large-scale...
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Sinisa Popadic
Product Manager – Data Protection
Deutsche Telekom IT GmbH
Sinisa Popadic is an experienced IT leader and product manager specializing in data protection, cybersecurity, and digital transformation within large-scale enterprise environments. He currently...
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Dima Postnikov
Head of Identity Strategy and Architecture
ConnectID
Experienced Identity Architect focusing on anything identity, privacy, trust ecosystems design and identity standards development.
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Yash Prakash
Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer
Reva.AI
Yash Prakash is the co-founder and Chief Strategy Office of Reva, a unified access control and AI security platform focused on enabling adaptive, policy-driven authorization for modern...
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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 and Identity Security with a global...
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Christie Pugh
Customer Success Manager
KuppingerCole Analysts
Christie joined KuppingerCole in December 2022 as the Digital Products Manager. She is passionate about setting her colleagues, partners, and customers up for success by providing them with the...
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Jan Quack
Senior Expert PreSales Engineer
Swissbit AG
Jan Quack brings more than 20 years of professional experience, including 15 years specializing in PKI, IAM, FIDO, and Passwordless Authentication. He has worked with organizations to enhance...
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Grace Rachmany
Executive Director
Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF)
Grace Rachmany is the Executive Director of the Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF). Started in 2017, the Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF) is a Linux Foundation Project. DIF is an...
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Alan Radford
Field Strategist
One Identity
Alan is a technology strategist responsible for the PAM field strategy in EMEA for One Identity, with 15 years’ experience in Identity Access Management. An experienced business owner and...
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Neeta Raina
Group Product manager, Identity
eBay
Neeta is a Group Product Manager at eBay, where she leads the Account Access and security for the global marketplace. With over 15 years of experience at industry leaders like eBay, Goldman Sachs,...
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Inbar Raz
Project Lead
OWASP Foundation
I’m a seasoned security practitioner and Hacker-of-Things, with over 30 years of experience in network security and reverse engineering of complex and simple systems, involving hardware,...
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Matthias Reinwarth
IAM Practice Director
KuppingerCole Analysts
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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Jeroen Remie
Identity and Access Governance Expert
SITS
Jeroen Remie has been active in the IAM space for close to 20 years now. He has been mostly focused on the business side of IAM and helping organizations with questions such as: what should we...
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Joerg Resch
Innovation Manager
SPRIND - German Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation
Joerg Resch is an Innovation Manager at the German Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation (SPRIND), where he focuses on European digital sovereignty, and the future of government in the age of...
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Justin Richer
Senior Staff Engineer
MongoDB
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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Lori Robinson
VP, Identity and Access Management
SailPoint
Lori Robinson is a renowned expert in identity and access management (IAM) with over two decades of industry experience. Lori has a proven track record of shaping strategies and driving innovation...
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Sebastian Rohr
Member
IDPro
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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Darran Rolls
Research and Advisory Fellow
KuppingerCole Analysts / Cloud 10
Mr. Darran Rolls is a research and advisory Fellow at KuppingerCole and an independent consulting advisor. He has a long history in Identity Management and Security at companies...
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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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Dr. Lukas Ruf
Group Chief Inf. Security & Risk Officer
Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund
Dr. Lukas Ruf is the Group Chief Security & Risk Officer of Migros, globally. Prior to joining Migros, he worked as a security and strategy consultant at Consecom AG, specializing in...
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Adam Rusbridge
Group Product Manager
Ping Identity
Adam Rusbridge is Senior Product Manager for Ping’s Authorisation products, with 20 years of experience leading the development and growth of products that govern secure access to resources....
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Yegor Russalev
Architect and Service Manager for Global PAM Service
Siemens AG
As a PAM Architect and Service Manager of Global PAM Service at Siemens AG, Yegor Russalev brings over 15 years of extensive experience in the IT landscape.He has dedicated his career to critical...
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Dorian Röck
Domain Product Owner Identity & Authentication Platforms
Schwarz Digits IT KG
Dorian serves as Director and Domain Product Owner Identity & Authentication Platforms at Schwarz Digits IT KG. He is responsible for the IAM strategy, architecture, and operations for the...
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Nat Sakimura
Chairman
OpenID Foundation
Nat Sakimura is a well-known identity and privacy standardization architect and the Chairman of the OpenID Foundation. He is a co-author of many frequently used international standards such as...
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Ashvin Saminathen
Head of Solutions Engineering
Pointsharp
Ashvin currently serves as the Head of Solutions Engineering for Pointsharp. He and his team are responsible for ensuring that the most suitable technical solutions are proposed to customers for...
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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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Dean H. Saxe
Principal Security Engineer
Remitly
Dean H. Saxe is a Principal Security Engineer at Remitly and an identity standards architect. At Remitly, he leads the IAM security strategy across consumer, enterprise, partner, and workload...
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Dr. Alexander Schellong
Managing Director (GL ) / Member of the Executive Board
Schwarz digits
Dr. Alexander Schellong is Managing Director (GL ) / Member of the Executive Board for Cybersecurity at Schwarz digits, the 5th division of Europe’s largest retailer and fourth...
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Oksana Schinas
Senior Event Manager
KuppingerCole Analysts
Oksana Schinas joined KuppingerCole’s Events Team as Senior Event Manager in October 2022, with a focus on EIC and other major events. She holds a Masters degree in German philology and...
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Oliver Schluga
Product Owner Identity and Access Management
Erste Digital
Oliver Schluga is an accomplished Information Security Expert at Erste Digital with over 20 years of experience in IT, specializing in cloud security. He enhances Erste Group’s digital security,...
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Christoph Schneider
Head of IT Development and Operations
Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF)
Christoph Schneider is Head of IT Development and Operations at the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). In June 2017, Christoph joined the International Organization for...
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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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Ingo Schubert
Field CTO International
RSA Security
Ingo Schubert joined RSA almost two decades ago and dealt with cryptographic toolkits and PKI until he discovered the identity and access management parts of RSA’s portfolio. His main...
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Stephan Schweizer
CEO
Nevis Security AG
Stephan Schweizer is CEO of Nevis Security AG and brings nearly three decades of experience in digital security and identity. Over the course of his career, he has played a central role in building...
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Christopher Schütze
Chief of Advisory and CISO
KuppingerCole Analysts
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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Rachelle Sellung
Senior Scientist
Fraunhofer IAO
Rachelle Sellung is a Senior Scientist in the Identity Management Competence Team at the Department of Human-Technology Interaction, Fraunhofer IAO in Stuttgart, Germany. She specializes in...
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John Erik Setsaas
Principal Advisor and Founder
Setsaas Trust Advisory
John Erik Setsaas is a recognized thought leader with > 25 years pioneering digital identity. For the past decade, he has focused on helping financial institutions tackle critical challenges...
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Onur Semih Sevim
Head of Europe & Latam
Krontech
Onur Semih Sevim joined Kron in 2012. During his tenure, he has held a number of positions within engineering and sales & business development. In 2016 Mr. Sevim relocated to New York City to...
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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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Dr. Amir Sharif
Researcher
Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK)
Amir Sharif is a researcher in the Security & Trust Research Unit of the Cybersecurity Center at Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy. He earned his Ph.D. in Secure and Reliable Systems from...
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Shruti Shetty
PAM Architect
Siemens AG
Shruti is a PAM Architect with 9+ years of hands-on experience across PAM governance, onboarding, and automation. Starting as an internal auditor in compliance and risk management, she progressed...
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Erik Siebler
Digital Identity Capability Lead - Europe
DXC
Erik Siebler has joined DXC in 2010. Since 2013 he is working in the IT security domain. During the last decade he worked on several project in different roles, e.g. architect, implementer, project...
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Mike Small
Senior Analyst
KuppingerCole Analysts
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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Charlene Spasic
Senior Advisor
KuppingerCole Analysts
Charlene Spasic joined KuppingerCole and is a Senior Advisor. Prior to this, she was primarily focusing on IAM from a functional perspective aiming to build the bridge between business and IT...
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Annet Steenbergen
Independent Advisor Digital Identity (Wallets) With A Focus On Cross-Border Interoperability And Tra
Independent Advisor
After many years working in international border management Annet co-founded/co-initiated the Aruba Happy Flow project in 2013 that created the world’s first seamless passenger facilitation...
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Dr. Angelika Steinacker
Member and Ambassador
Women in Identity
Angelika is a seasoned Cybersecurity professional with over 30 years of experience, including more than two decades specializing in Identity and Access Management (IAM). She has held leadership,...
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Michiel Stoop
Director Identity & Access Management
Philips
Michiel Stoop is since 2015 Director Identity and Access management in Philips Group Security – Information Security and has over 10 years’ experience in the domain Identity and Access...
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Daniel Stoph
Solutions Engineer
Yubico
Daniel Stoph is a Solutions Engineer at Yubico. He works closely with customers helping them to solve complex technical challenges and implement phishing-resistant authentication. With over 25...
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Daniel Ströhmann
RVP - Solutions Engineering, Central Europe
DigiCert
Daniel Ströhmann is a cybersecurity expert and Solutions Engineering Manager for Central Europe at DigiCert. With over 15 years of experience across leading technology and industrial...
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Derrick L. Sturisky
Co-Founder | Partner; Principal
Quantum Core Institute; Sturisky, LLC
Derrick is an independent management consultant with over 25 years of cybersecurity, risk, and technology experience. Derrick’s career includes senior roles at Accenture, PwC, Takeda, and...
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Jennifer Stähler
Head of Events & Marketing
KuppingerCole Analysts
Jennifer has been with KuppingerCole since 2015. As Head of Marketing & Events, she leads both teams and is responsible for strategy development and performance tracking. She oversees marketing...
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Michael Synowczik
Head of Identity Management Solutions
LANXESS
Michael has been leading the Identity Management function at LANXESS since March 2023. Prior to this role, he spent seven years at LANXESS in various positions, with a strong focus on Group...
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Patrick Teichmann
Lead Advisor
KuppingerCole Analysts
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
SVP 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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Guillaume Teixeron
Senior Analyst
KuppingerCole Analysts
Guillaume Teixeron is a Senior Analyst at KuppingerCole Analysts, focusing on cybersecurity, digital identity, and software engineering excellence. His background covers identity and access...
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Jerome Thorstenson
Identity & Access Management Architect
Salling Group A/S
Jerome Thorstenson is an IAM Architect with a long history of figuring things out the hard way - so you don’t have to. With 20+ years in tech and security, he currently leads identity at...
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Guillaume Tissier
Partner
Forward global
After studying international relations, Guillaume Tissier began his career as a journalist specializing in economic and legal affairs, before becoming a consultant at DATOPS, a firm specializing in...
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John Tolbert
Director Cybersecurity Research
KuppingerCole Analysts
John Tolbert is Director Cybersecurity Research of KuppingerCole, Inc (US). As Lead Analyst, John covers a number of different research areas, outlined below. John also advises cybersecurity and...
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Keno Torfs
Cyber Security Enterprise Architect – Identity and Access Management
BASF
Keno Torfs is a Cyber Security Enterprise Architect at BASF, responsible for global strategy, architecture, and governance for Identity and Access Management (IAM). He serves as the domain lead for...
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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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Christopher Tullis
Lead, Digital Identity, Europe & Central Asia
World Bank
Christopher Tullis is a Senior Digital Specialist at the World Bank, where he leads the digital identity portfolio across the European and Central Asian regions. Globally, he has played a central...
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Zsolt Varga
CTO
Riptides
Zsolt Varga is a startup founder and former Lead Software Engineer at Cisco Outshift, joining Cisco through the acquisition of Banzai Cloud, where he worked on cloud native technologies and...
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Arjen Van Veen
Integration Engineer & Technical Writer
SPRIND - German Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation
Arjen van Veen joined Sprind in October 2025 after several years at a startup, where he worked as a software engineer across a wide range of components - from wallet development to PKI and...
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Marco Venuti
IAM Business Acceleration
Thales
Marco Venuti holds the role of IAM Business Acceleration at Thales. Marco has 20+ years of experience in Identity and Security, having worked for multiple solution vendors in Sales and...
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Jan Vereecken
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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Dominique Vocat
Lead Solution Architect Identity
Helvetia Insurances
Dominique Vocat is the Lead Solution Architect Identity at Helvetia Insurances, where he drives the organization’s comprehensive Identity & Access Management (IAM) strategy. Operating at the...
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Matthias Wagner
Manager Information Security Program
GLS Group
Matthias Wagner is Manager of the Information Security Program at GLS (General Logistics Systems), where he leads key initiatives in Identity & Access Management, role mining, and access...
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Chris Wan
Senior Design Strategist
SPRIND - German Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation
Chris Wan is an Australian Design Strategist based in Berlin. He is currently working for SPRIND on Germany’s EU Digital Identity Wallet project, where he engages future users and...
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Pieter Waterschoot
IGA Product Owner
Philips
Since 2021 Pieter is the SME for IAM within Philips in Group Security – Information Security. He specializes in IGA and in his position he is responsible for contributing to the Philips IAM...
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Chris Webber
VP of Product Marketing
Teleport
Chris Webber is Teleport’s VP of Product Marketing, a security wonk, a cloud-native believer, and a recovering IT professional. Having spent time at silicon valley startups and global...
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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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Jamie Wilkie
EMEA & OT Account Manager
SSH Communications Security
Jamie has many years’ experience in software development, corporate strategy, networking, partner management and innovation management. The last eight years have been focused on OT security...
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Alex Wilson
Senior Advisor
StrongDM (Delinea)
Alex Wilson is a cybersecurity and identity transformation leader with deep expertise in privileged access management and strategic alliances. Currently a Senior Advisor at StrongDM, he has...
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Mark Wilson
Director, Product Management B2B
Ping Identity
Mark Wilson is a Director of Product Management and the B2B IAM segment lead at Ping Identity. With more than 25 years in identity and access management, he specialises in B2B IAM and the...
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Robby Winchester
Chief Professional Services Officer
SpecterOps
Robby is a co-founder and the Chief Professional Services Officer at SpecterOps. He directs all consulting, offensive assessment, threat hunting, and training delivery for Fortune 500...
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Carole Winqwist
CMO
GitGuardian
As the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at GitGuardian, Carole brings extensive expertise in marketing strategy and leadership. Since 2021, she has been a key member of the Management Committee,...
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Tim Wolf
Senior Solution Architect
Semperis
My mission is protecting identities. Currently at Semperis, I ensure the resilience of Active Directory and Entra ID. My background includes years as a Microsoft PFE, implementing Zero Trust and...
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Kristina Yasuda
Product Owner of a German National EUDIW
SPRIND - German Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation
Kristina is a Product Owner of a German National EUDIW at SPRIND - German Federal Agency of Disruptive Innovation. She is known for her work on standards in decentralized identity ecosystem:...
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Maciej Zalewski
IS Department Manager - IAM IGA Operations
ABB
Maciej Zalewski is an IT professional who worked across many areas of Finance ecosystem of ABB for 15 years before focusing in last 2 years on IGA area. His previous experience – also...
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Thomas Zarnhofer
Identity & Access Management (IAM) Strategy and Architecture Lead
SPAR ICS
Thomas Zarnhofer is the Identity & Access Management (IAM) Strategy and Architecture Lead at SPAR ICS, the IT division of the SPAR Austria Group. SPAR operates across Austria and five...
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Gerhard Zehethofer
Strategic Alliances & Partnerships
Curity AB
Gerhard is passionate about technology and the role it can play in improving people’s lives. Identity is the foundation of digital trust - not just for humans, but increasingly for APIs, services,...
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Nils Zenker
Digital Identity Specialist - Customer Relations
Bare.ID GmbH
Nils is a Digital Identity Specialist at Bare.ID, working closely with enterprise and mid-market clients across regulated industries including Public Sector, Finance, Healthcare, E-Commerce,...
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Kai Zenner
Head of Office for MEP Axel Voss
European Parliament
Digital enthusiast focusing on AI, data and the EU’s digital transition. Soft spot for interinstitutional reforms and the ’Better Regulation Agenda’. Cooperative and pragmatic approach, always...
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Dr. Lisa Zimmermann
Senior Consultant IAM
Fressnapf Maxizoo Pet Retail
Lisa has two lovely dogs, a PhD in Astrophysics and over 11 years of experience in building and maintaining corporate IAM landscapes in different industry sectors. First hand experiences in the...
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Malvin Zimmermann
Security Consultant
Accenture
Malvin Zimmermann has been a Security Consultant at Accenture for 15 years. In his current role, he leads the Privileged Access Management (PAM) and Secure Administration practice for Central and...
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