Recent thoughts and media appearances
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Speaking on The Identity Heroes
I had an absolute blast appearing on The Identity Heroes podcast! Not only did I get to talk origin story, a bit about my career, and much much more… but I also go to do it with Gerry Gebel! Gerry played a big part in my identity career… he was my boss at The Burton Group. He helped me sharpen my writing and analytical skills. He has been a friend through all these years and I am so thankful I go to spend more time with him!
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IDAC: Breaking the Tyranny of Joiner, Mover, Leaver
Sitting down in repurposed hotel meeting rooms with Jeff Steadman and Jim McDonald in their Identity at the Center® personas is an absolute blast. This was no exception! At Gartner’s IAM Summit in Dallas a few weeks ago, we got together and the conversation ranged in every direction. From serious concepts such as Continuous Identity and the generational change in IAM to food to the very meaningful subject of Digital Identity Advancement Foundation’s mission - we cover them all!
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25 Years
Well… that happened.
The “that” in this case is, as of mid-October, I have been in identity and access management for 25 years. With the recent passing of an industry legend and good friend, I have been a bit more reflective than usual and decided to do some of that reflection in public.
I started in the industry as a sales engineer. I was too dumb to realize that when my Sales VP from my current job at the time got recruited and brought me along to Access360 headquarters, I was being recruited too. (I never claimed to be the most perceptive person…) As IBM acquired us, I transitioned into product management… I think my boss was sick of me complaining about the product and thusly challenged me to fix it. From there I got exposed to the much larger world of both a ginormous company but also the larger industry.
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Talking Continuous Identity Fundamentals with SGNL
I had an absolutely blast kicking off SGNL’s Continuous Identity Sessions by talking about some fundamental topics. Setting the stage for what is to come, Dustin and I talked through what is continuous identity and how people can get started.
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A debt of gratitude
This is not a post I ever wanted to write.
Recently one of the legends in the identity industry, Andrew Nash, passed away. Andrew was many things to me: a friend, a great foil for an argument, and a teacher. Professionally speaking, he was the example of an identity executive; he was both a preposterously big-brained identity expert and a seasoned corporate leader. He was an old school PKI operator, assembled a legendary team at PayPal, ran Google Identity, and so many, many, many more things.
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