Danny Zollner is a Senior Identity Standards Architect at Okta, where he specializes in the evolution of provisioning and lifecycle management protocols. He is widely recognized as one of the industry’s leading authorities on SCIM (System for Cross-domain Identity Management) and is a co-author of RFC 9865, the standard for cursor-based pagination in SCIM 2.0.
Danny’s approach to standards is defined by his experience at extreme scale. He began his identity career at Microsoft on the Azure Active Directory support team, where he was responsible for the stability of some of the world’s largest identity deployments, supporting global organizations, some with upwards of one million users. This frontline experience managing the "edge cases of the 1%" directly informs his work today, ensuring that standards are not just theoretically sound but operationally resilient.
Beyond his work in support, Danny spent years on Microsoft’s developer advocacy and identity integration teams, helping ISVs and customers navigate complex implementation hurdles. Today, he bridges the gap between global standards and practical enterprise requirements, dedicated to making identity lifecycle management more efficient and scalable for the entire ecosystem.