Brian brings over 25 years of experience in identity and access management strategy and deployment. Brian spent the bulk of his career working in professional services at KPMG, where he led numerous strategy and product deployment engagements for clients across a broad range of industries. He then spent five years at Gartner where he covered markets for identity governance and administration (IGA), IAM program management, IAM professional services and SOD controls monitoring. While at Gartner, Brian was co-author of the Magic Quadrant for Identity Governance and Administration and lead author of the Critical Capabilities for Identity Governance and Administration. He also published market guides for IAM professional services, password management and SOD controls monitoring. Most recently, Brian served as a leader for IAM strategy at Bank of America. Brian has a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics for the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. He currently lives with his wife, 5 pugs and 4 horses on a small ranch in the Austin, Texas area. He and his wife are active supporters of Pug Rescue of Austin, where they have fostered and adopted numerous pugs since moving to Texas 3 years ago.