Dean recently joined as a Principal Engineer in the Office of the CTO at Beyond Identity after more than ten tears at Amazon/Amazon Web Services. He is a founding member of IDPro, author and reviewer for the IDPro Body of Knowledge, and an active participant in standards development organizations including the Internet Engineering Taskforce (IETF), OpenID Foundation where he co-chairs the IPSIE WG and Death & The Digital Estate Community Group, and FIDO Alliance where he co-chairs the Enterprise Deployment Working Group. With over 20 years in the field of Information Security and almost 15 in Identity, Dean is the author of multiple patents, and a frequent speaker at identity industry conferences. Beyond Identity, Dean is passionate about traveling, cycling, camping, board games, food & drink, and spending time with his wife, two kids, and two dogs.