Andrew Cameron is a Technical Fellow in the GM Cybersecurity Organization with a focus on Identity and Access Management. His responsibilities include managing the Strategy and Roadmap of their IAM technology platforms, driving identity enabled zero trust solutions across the enterprise and ensuring architectural quality and alignment of the many initiatives continually being deployed to support the business. He is also currently driving several initiatives that will better secure and enhance experiences of GM customer facing solutions that leverage Customer IAM (CIAM) technologies

As a Distinguished Engineer for Ping Identity, Brian aspires to one day know what a Distinguished Engineer actually does for a living. In the meantime, he's tried to make himself useful with little things like designing and building much of PingFederate, the product that put Ping Identity on the map. When not making himself useful, he tries to build his legacy by sneaking his name onto technical documents that few people will ever actually read, including some identity and security standards in the IETF and OpenID Foundation. He holds a B.A., magna cum laude, in Computer Science from Amherst College in Massachusetts. Despite spending four years in the state, he has to look up how to spell "Massachusetts" every time he writes it.

Sarah Cecchetti is a seasoned technology executive driving product strategy at Beyond Identity. At AWS, she led Amazon Cognito to triple-digit growth as Head of Product and led the open-sourcing of Cedar, a new access management language. She co-founded IDPro and co-authored NIST SP 800-63-3C Digital Identity Guidelines. Sarah has designed secure identity systems for corporate clients as well as US and Canadian governments and is recognized as a top identity professional by Okta Ventures and OWI.

Arynn Crow is a Manager of Product Management in AWS Identity. In her 9+ years at Amazon, Arynn experienced Amazon and Identity from the ground-up, starting as a seasonal customer call center worker and now leading a team of product managers that develop the authentication services used by AWS enterprise customers. Previously, she led the strategy for identity services that secure customer relationship tooling, spanning hundreds of thousands of workforce users as well as tens of millions of customer interactions every year. She has driven a wide range of efforts from GDPR response, FIDO2 and MFA adoption at scale, to extensive access control restructuring.

Andre Durand founded Ping Identity in 2002 with a mission to secure the internet through identity. Ping (NYSE:PING) is a leading provider of enterprise identity security serving over half of the Fortune 100 and protecting over 2 billion identities. Andre founded the identity industry conference, Identiverse, to accelerate the adoption of identity and serve as a community resource for professionals serving the identity industry. Prior to Ping Identity, Durand founded Jabber to commercialize the Jabber open source instant messaging platform which was acquired by Cisco in 2008. Durand serves on the board of Jamf (NASDAQ: JAMF) and in his spare time focuses on causes related to children in the foster care system, building great culture and creating opportunities for entrepreneurs. Durand holds a BA in Biology and Economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara and lives in Denver, Colorado, with his wife Kim and two daughters.

I advise organizations on digital identity standards, governance, and where identity on the Internet is headed next.

This work matters now because the Internet is quietly changing how identity works. Browsers, platforms, and regulators are no longer neutral infrastructure; they’re making decisions that shape authentication, privacy, and access. Those choices are hard to reverse, and misunderstanding them tends to show up later as broken user journeys, compliance risk, or expensive rework.

The Internet runs on technology *and* words, and I’ve spent much of my career working at the seam between the two. My work sits at the intersection of technical systems, public-interest governance, and business reality—helping teams understand not just what’s changing, but why it’s changing, who is shaping it, and which decisions will matter over time.

I didn’t set out to be a bridge between deeply technical experts, policymakers, and business leaders, but here we are. With a background in information science and years spent inside volunteer-driven standards work, I focus on turning complex debates into decisions organizations can stand behind.

As Principal of Spherical Cow Consulting, I work with organizations operating in messy, collaborative environments. That usually means:

* Making sense of digital identity standards without pretending there’s a single “right” answer
* Engaging with open standards in ways that support real business goals
* Supporting technical leaders and working groups when consensus gets fragile, or progress slows
* Making sure more than just the loudest voices shape the outcome

Alongside client work, I co-run The Identity Salon, a small, invitation-based forum where senior practitioners speak candidly—under the Chatham House Rule—about what they’re seeing break, bend, or quietly shift across the identity landscape. It’s one of the ways I stay grounded in what’s happening now and how those signals are likely to shape the next decade.

Allan Foster has been involved in the identity industry for most of his career. Allan is equally comfortable discussing the complexities of assembly code with engineers, or the business impacts of technology to senior executives. With companies like Apple, neXt, Intel, Microsoft, Netscape, AOL, Sun Microsystems and others scattered thru his resume, Allan spent the last twelve years as a founder in ForgeRock. Active in many parts of the business, culminating in the 2021 listing of FORG on the NYSE. Over this time, Allan has been active in the Identity Community, serving on boards in organizations like the Kantara Initiative, DIACC, IDPro as well as working on multiple standards across the industry. Although he has now stepped back from day to day operations (and enjoying his retirement), he is still an active participant in the Identity ecosystem.

Ian Glazer is the founder and president of Weave Identity – an advisory services firm. Prior to founding Weave, Ian was the Senior Vice President for Identity Product Management, at Salesforce. His responsibilities include leading the product management team, product strategy and identity standards work. Earlier in his career, Ian was a research vice president and agenda manager on the Identity and Privacy Strategies team at Gartner, where he oversaw the entire team’s research. He is a Board Emeritus and the co-founder of IDPro, and works to deliver more services and value to the IDPro membership, raise funds for the organization, and help identity management professionals learn from one another. During his career in the identity industry, he has co-authored a patent on federated user provisioning, co-authored and contributed to user provisioning specifications, is a noted blogger, speaker, and photographer of his socks.

Jeremy Grant brings more than 20 years' experience at the intersection of identity, privacy, and cybersecurity, having served in a range of leadership positions spanning government and industry. He is Venable's Managing Director of Technology Business Strategy and also serves as Coordinator of the Better Identity Coalition, an organization focused on developing and advancing consensus-driven, cross-sector policy solutions for better identity verification and authentication. Jeremy previously established and led the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC), housed in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); NSTIC was the first new cybersecurity program launched by the Obama administration. There he led activities across private and public sectors to drive a marketplace of more secure, privacy-enhancing identity solutions for online services. He also served as NIST’s Senior Executive Advisor for Identity Management.

Andrew is an independent consultant focusing on digital identity, privacy, cyber security, and corporate governance. He is the Identiverse Conference Chair, co-founder of The Identity Salon, serves as a non-executive member of the board at Curity, and sits on the UK Advisory Board for Kantara. Andrew has over 25 years' experience in the software industry in a range of technical sales, pre-sales, product marketing, business development and corporate governance roles. He maintains CIPP/E, CIPM and CIPT privacy certifications with the IAPP; a CIDPRO certification from IDPro; and holds a BA in Oriental Studies (Japanese) from Oxford University and an advanced professional diploma in corporate governance. Outside of the world of identity, Andrew is Chair of Trustees for his local scouting group, rides regularly with a local road cycling group, and plays keyboard, guitar and bassoon (not at the same time) with more enthusiasm than skill, and for an audience of one. Andrew is based in the UK, and can also be found on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/ahindle.

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 enterprise architect in the healthcare sector focused on security and network technologies. The next decade was spent as the Principal Cybersecurity Architect at General Electric where he oversaw the identity strategy for GE's Industrial Internet. Hutch is also a founding member of IDPro and was honored to sit on the inaugural Board for five years focused on community development which has always been one of his passions. If you’re ever in Richmond, VA on a Wednesday night, drop him a note for an invite to his biweekly backyard get-together.

Nishant Kaushik is the CTO of Uniken. He brings over 20 years of experience in the identity management industry architecting and delivering market leading products, with stints at Thor Technologies, Oracle, SCUID and CA Technologies. His current role allows him to focus on his latest passion of solving the user experience problem in delivering exceptional security by leveraging identity. A notorious photoshopper of the identirati and a regular speaker at conferences, Nishant can be counted on to provoke discussion through his blog and on Twitter.

Eve Maler 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 ecosystems and individual empowerment. At Venn Factory she drives identity, security, and privacy success in the connected world by helping the tech world develop irresistible identity strategies. As CTO of ForgeRock, Eve oversaw emerging technology R&D, evangelism, and innovation culture, and empowered her team and cross-functional colleagues to deliver results to dozens of Global 5000 customers, partners, analysts, publications, and events. She previously served as a Forrester Research security and risk analyst covering IAM, strong authentication, and API security.ustry standards leadership.

Sean "O'Dentity" O’Dell is a Distinguished Engineer at CVS Health, setting vision and execution for Identity and Security. With 15+ years shaping enterprise IAM, he’s a trusted advisor to practitioners and executives and a driving force behind modern event-driven IAM architectures and Continuous Identity.
A recognized thought leader, he co-chairs the Shared Signals Working Group in the OpenID Foundation, is active in IDPro, and leads Identity Underground’s next initiative, “Identity in Depth.”
He’s a frequent speaker and author on identity standards, event-driven security, and the realities of implementing IAM at scale. Through conferences, keynotes, podcasts, and publications, he shares insights on Continuous Identity and Zero Trust—ensuring that when identity evolves, he’s at the forefront driving innovation.

Christine is a recovering attorney who found solace from Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Zero Trust over a decade ago. She is interested in securing people, things, applications, devices, and the cloud. As Field CTO at 1Kosmos, Christine works on strategy and supports clients’ visions of Zero Trust through identity verification and digital identity wallets. Prior to 1Kosmos, she spent 10 years as a consultant for IAM and Zero Trust in the public sector. In her free time, Christine likes to meditate and go to wineries, but not at the same time.

Lance Peterman Leads the Identity & Access Management program at Dick’s Sporting Goods. While he has spent over two decades working in various sectors of IT, Lance’s current focus has been in specialized areas of information security, including identity and access management, risk management, cybersecurity, and mobility. In addition to being an emeritus member of the board of directors at IDPro, Lance is also an adjunct professor at the University of North Carolina – Charlotte. He is also a precinct judge for North Carolina elections. His active credentials include CISSP and CIDPRO.

When not focused on information security, elections, or teaching, Lance spends most of his time on his small farm in Charlotte, raising chickens, caring for 3 dogs whose loyalty largely resides with his wife, and is also a natural horsemanship enthusiast.

Marco Venuti is the IAM Acceleration Director at Thales Group. With over 20 years of experience in Identity, Marco has held worldwide roles spanning Sales, Product Management, and Technical Leadership. Before joining Thales, he served as VP of Product Management at OneWelcome and CTO for Identity Governance at IBM. Marco joined IBM through the acquisition of CrossIdeas, an Identity Governance vendor he co-founded in 2011. He holds a degree in Electronics Engineering from the University of Bologna, Italy.

Mrs. Vyzas is an Enterprise Security Executive in Microsoft’s Cybersecurity Solutions Area. She serves the US Federal Government by helping security executives and key stakeholders lead their digital transformation and defend against cybersecurity threats. Previously, she worked on Microsoft’s Cyber Incident Response team where she was a Forensic Analyst investigating major cyber events at organizations around the globe. Her background gives her a unique perspective on best practices for cloud security and ways to quickly, yet efficiently, strengthen security postures. Mrs. Vyzas holds a B.S. in Security & Risk Analysis, as well as a B.S. in Spanish, from the Pennsylvania State University, and she holds certifications in Certified Ethical Hacking and Certified Penetration Testing.

Heidi L. Wachs is Managing Director, Engagement Management, and head of the Washington, D.C. office of Stroz Friedberg, an Aon Company, where she helps clients prepare for and respond to data breach and cybersecurity incidents and develop and implement data privacy and information security programs. Ms. Wachs oversees complex investigations involving the collection, use, and sharing of data and personal information, in particular through the use of APIs, scraping, hacking, cookies, and other third-party web page integrations. Ms. Wachs' experience includes serving as a technical analyst and Chief Privacy Officer for a leading national research university, and she frequently lectures and publishes on best practices for data privacy and breach response, information security, and information governance.

Ms. Wachs has led numerous incident responses to ransomware attacks, business e-mail compromises, wire transfer fraud, malware infections, and large scale data breaches involving personal information. She advises clients and works closely with in-house and outside counsel through the entire lifecycle of matters by quickly assembling digital forensics and incident response teams, supervising the deployment of proprietary incident response technologies, briefing C-suite executives and other business and legal stakeholders, and coordinating supplemental resources across multiple practice areas, such as the intelligence division to conduct deep and dark web monitoring.

In proactive matters, Ms. Wachs guides companies in developing and implementing information governance and information security policies, programs, and procedures, including leading tabletop exercises for executives and technical teams. Ms. Wachs has also co-led large-scale investigations to assist clients in understanding and reviewing their data collection, use, and retention policies. These complex technical and privacy investigations, including retroactive reviews, enable companies to identify historical and ongoing abuse of APIs and help clients to remediate the excessive collection, unauthorized sharing, misuse, and unauthorized scraping of data by third parties.

Before joining Stroz Friedberg, Ms. Wachs helped lead the Data Privacy and Cybersecurity practice at an AmLaw 100 law firm, where she counseled clients across a broad range of industries on privacy, information governance, and cybersecurity issues. Her practice spanned proactive and reactive advice on data breaches and cybersecurity incidents, including developing incident response plans, creating and facilitating tabletop breach response exercises, managing all aspects of breach response including drafting internal and external communications, engaging third-party cyber forensic investigators on behalf of clients to preserve applicable attorney-client and/or attorney work product privilege, and coordinating notification to regulators, federal and state government agencies, and affected individuals. She also advised clients on developing, reviewing, and revising privacy, information security, and information governance policies to mitigate information and cybersecurity risk.

Prior to her law firm experience, Ms. Wachs worked with information technology professionals in higher education and the private sector. She served as a Research Director on the Identity & Privacy Strategies team at a global research and consulting firm, where she authored technical publications for a global client base and presented at worldwide events on topics including privacy, information classification, and identity governance and administration. As the first University Chief Privacy Officer and Director of IT Policy for a leading national research university, she established and managed university-wide data privacy initiatives for information technology operations and data breach response. Earlier in her career, Ms. Wachs represented technology focused clients as a public relations executive.

In 2017, Ms. Wachs was recognized by the National Law Journal as a Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Trailblazer. She was also named to the Legal 500 in 2017 and 2016. Ms. Wachs earned her B.A. in Journalism from Lehigh University and her J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where she served as Managing Editor of the Women's Law Journal. She is admitted to the bars of the District of Columbia and the United States Supreme Court and is a certified information privacy professional, CIPP/US.