ForgeRock IDLive 2022

Alex Hunter is also the creator and host of Attaché, an award-winning online travel show, aimed at showing frequent travellers all they need to know before visiting a city on company business. Previously, Alex served as the global Head of Online for the Virgin Group, overseeing the Virgin brand's global digital strategy in its entirety, as well as Sir Richard Branson's personal digital strategy. Before joining the Virgin Group, Alex was part of the founding team of award-winning US airline Virgin America. His work at Virgin America was covered by Time magazine, CNN, and CNBC, and received several accolades including ad:tech and Webby Award honors. Alex helps some of the world's biggest organisations bring "WOW" to their customer experience and branding. He's helped 100 year old companies reinvigorate their purpose, global conglomerates tell their story better, and plucky David’s vanquish their Goliaths. He has been a mentor at the SeedCamp venture capital and angel funding events in London and South Africa, and served on the Board of Trustees for the UK non-profit Drinkaware for over 5 years. Alex is a highly regarded public speaker, appearing all over the world at major industry events such as ad:tech, Future of Web Apps (London, Las Vegas, Dublin, and Miami) and Thinking Digital. Other clients include Twitter, Volkswagen, L'oreal, IKEA, Cisco, Deloitte, Procter & Gamble, Facebook, Microsoft, McDonald’s, Adobe and the BBC.

As Executive Director and State of Texas Chief Information Officer, Mandy is responsible for the overall leadership, direction, and daily operations of the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR), an agency with an annual fiscal profile of approximately $4 billion per year devoted to transforming how the Texas government serves Texans. DIR’s responsibilities include protecting the state’s data and critical technology infrastructure, managing a multi-billion dollar cooperative contracts program, and providing strategic technology leadership, solutions, and innovation to all levels of Texas government. Prior to this current position, Mandy served well over a decade performing a wide range of duties for the Texas Attorney General.

Andy graduated from UC Davis and began his career as a physicist, but soon realized the software development/architecture was his calling. Since joining Toyota, Andy has had several roles, including application architect, security architect and enterprise architect. For the last few years, Andy has been responsible for the identity and access management systems and strategy for dealer and consumer users. He was raised in Southern California, but currently lives in Frisco, Texas.

Ankush has extensive experience in product and engineering with emphasis on customer-facing solutions, financial crime, fraud and security. He has been with 10x for over three years and has also worked for HSBC, the Department of Defence of Australia and more.

Andy Weeks is Associate VP of Identity & Access Management at Humana Inc., a FORTUNE 100 corporation headquartered in Louisville, KY. He joined Humana in 2003, and is privileged to lead a diverse and talented team of managers and professionals in delivering Humana’s Consumer and Workforce Identity and Access Management program and operational capabilities as part of Humana’s Enterprise Information Protection organization.
 
Andy has experience in multiple business areas, including executive management, entrepreneurship, information security, information technology, strategic planning and business development, and is a frequent speaker on IAM and InfoSec topics at the regional and national level. Andy is a graduate of Purdue University and holds a BS, Computer and Electrical Engineering. A resident of Louisville, Andy enjoys spending time with his family, as well as home improvement, reading (and recently podcasts) on a variety of subjects and playing golf.

Brian leads PwC's CIAM and Digital IAM capability with ForgeRock in the US.  As a 20+ year veteran of the Access Management Industry, Brian has led countless successful implementations of Cloud and On-premise solutions for leading Global Financial Service, Retail, Healthcare, Technology, and Aerospace organizations.  Building from experience working directly at Amazon, Oracle, and other leading technology providers, Brian goes beyond security enablement and risk management towards helping clients deliver transformational User Experiences that hook their business users and excite customers, to differentiate clients in the market and grow revenue, while accelerating the move to the cloud.  Brian collaborates with his team to ensure the highest quality solutions, expedient delivery, and rapid adoption of automation to reduce the cost and risks of IAM projects for clients.  Brian lives in Boston with his wife and 2 high school aged boys, and is a passionate skier, mountain biker, and wing foiler. 

Clint Hardison is the AVP of Identity Access Management for Navy Federal Credit Union and is responsible for all IAM functions for our members and workforce. His passion and purpose is to not only keep fraudsters out of our members accounts, but to also work across all business units to drive the best experience. His drive is supported by Navy Federals mission “to always put members first”. To accomplish this, his teams lead the technology and strategies to reduce risk by ensuring our workforce has the right access to offer the best service to all our current and future members. He resides in a small town, Cookeville, TN, with his spouse and 2 cats. In his spare time he travels with his wife, exercises, rides his motorcycle, and crochets.

Damon leads Accenture's Global Digital Identity Consulting practice of 2000+ resources providing professional services to organizations across all industries. For 17+ years Damon has helped 40+ Fortune 500 global clients strategically plan and deliver IAM solutions to digitally transform their businesses. Through 100+ projects he has consistently addressed security risks at speed and at scale to deliver complex Identity and Access Management solutions through all stages including strategy, requirements definition, solution design, development, enterprise-wide deployment and operations. Damon sets the vision for the practice and manages growth with innovative delivery services methods to deliver results faster and with higher quality, which has led to a 500% sales/revenue growth over the past 5 years. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife and two young boys, but is a Floridian at heart and loves surfing, craft beers, coding and heavy metal.

An accomplished and well-travelled Chief Product and Technology Officer who has a proved track record of designing and delivering large, complex data driven projects which have delivered significant commercial benefits. Heads up digital transformations, drives projects/programmes incorporating AI, Cloud, Machine Learning, Data and Digital, embeds Lean Agile and promotes the unification of platforms/systems to mitigate risks and realise major business benefits. Passionate about the use of technology within today’s competitive landscape, helping business leaders to plan and execute against their strategic growth plans.

Derek Dahlen is a cyber security and risk executive who heads Identity and Access Management at U.S. Bancorp. Derek has over 15 years of cyber security experience across a variety of industries with a focus on fraud, information security, identity and access management as well as third party and technology risk management.

As the Principal Cybersecurity Architect for Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), Eliran is responsible for the Identity and Access Management (IAM) strategy and roadmap, including the consumer/member and enterprise environments, as well as supporting HCSC's Digital transformation efforts. He brings more than 17 years as an Identity and Access Management subject matter expert, working with several Fortune 500 companies across healthcare, banking and retail industries.

James is the Lead Architect for Identity within DWP and looks after the technical teams building the platforms and services that protect citizen data in a privacy and identity-respecting manor across the entire DWP estate. Identity-based access management in the complex environment found in DWP is a daily challenge which James relishes as it brings together his technical knowledge, experience with modern identity thinking and his passion to support some of the most vulnerable people in society, most commonly at times of significant crisis in their lives. James is always looking to the future through the lens of how real people interact with technology and how it, in turn shapes society; there are few roles that allow these aspects to be brought together to real, practical effect and he happens to do one of them!

With 18 years of Edtech experience, Jeremy leads Pearson's Platform Enabling Services team providing enterprise capabilities to a broad portfolio of products that support customers in learning for life. For over seven years, he has led the strategy for and delivery of Pearson's customer-facing Identity proposition with a key focus on customer centricity, including convergence of numerous legacy solutions and implementation of a global Data Privacy architecture. In addition to his work on commercialization services, he co-chairs Pearson Able North America, an all-volunteer organization dedicated to raising Accessibility awareness and driving a culture of inclusivity. He lives in Boston with his partner and loves aviation, gin, and literature.

As Head of Information Security for Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), John is responsible for the security architectural analysis, design, and engineering services intended to standardize and unify security best practices across HCSC’s systems, development entities, and strategic initiatives.He is an Information Services Security thought leader with over twenty-five years combined experience in life sciences, healthcare and consumer products industries.

Expanding on 14 years' experience with enterprise system integrations in the banking and mortgage industries, in 2008 Julie transitioned to EdTech where she has Product Management responsibility for building and enhancing Pearson's customer-facing Identity Management system. Her responsibility also includes a focus on global data privacy for users K-20 and beyond. She lives in a suburb of Denver, and in her spare time  enjoys cycling, kayaking, and traveling, both within the US and internationally.

Michael Wyatt is a Principal in Deloitte & Touche LLP focusing on Cyber and Strategic Risk (C&SR). Michael has over 25 years of professional experience and serves as Deloitte’s Global Identity Offering Leader, defining the strategy and operating model for Deloitte’s global identity managed services offering. In addition, Michael serves Deloitte’s Risk Advisory leader for the state of Texas, where he is responsible for all C&SR related services delivered to the state.  He has led the design and delivery of numerous complex identity management projects across multiple industries including government and public service (GPS), financial services, media, energy, aerospace and defense, and healthcare. Mike also serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Texas in the Masters of Science in Information Security and Privacy program.

Rex is managing director and Global Practice lead for Accenture's Global Digital Identity business, including strategic advisory services, technology implementation and security outsourcing. He brings more than 15 years of deep experience in Identity and Access Management technologies.

Drawing on his highly focused expertise and extensive experience, Rex spearheads Accenture’s most complex security engagements and thought leaderships in Digital Identity. Most notably, he is currently driving a massive transformational project for a global financial services institution as it re-platforms its entire global identity and access management infrastructure.

In his more than 25 years in technology services, Rex has been an exceptional practice leader, company founder and a trusted industry advisor. He helps solve the most complex management and technology challenges related to security, infrastructure and digital identity strategy for Accenture’s clients.

Prior to Accenture, Rex led PwC’s Identity and Access Management business for eight years. Before that, he was the Chief Technology Officer at Entology, which PwC acquired.

Rex is an ardent sports fan, with a special passion for football. He bases his mantra on Thomas Jefferson’s famous quote—“The harder I work the luckier I get.”

Steve is a career Civil Servant, spending most of his 31 years in HMRC (and its predecessors) covering grades from AA – Senior Civil Servant and roles from Fraud investigator, benefit processor, helpline operator to multiple Project and Leadership roles. He leads the Identity and Trust team in DWP Digital – honoured to hold, as it is at the heart of supporting some of the most vulnerable demographics in the UK.

Steve leads a team of around 80 people to design and advise on Identity Policy to support DWP and run an Agile Delivery function to design and deliver Digital solutions for DWP. The aspiration is to have proportionate, omni-channel Identity solutions that simplify the customer and colleague experience.

Sue has extensive experience in enabling strategic technology solutions in global environments. Currently, she is managing Thrivent’s security and IAM environments in order to deliver optimal customer experiences and drive company growth. Sue's broad expertise includes B2B integration, A2A integration, EDI, XML, International Technology, Infrastructure, Technology Service & Support Delivery, among other skillsets, leading these initiatives for companies including Schneider International and Fabry/Saranc Glove.

Swaroop Dhulpet is a PwC Director and a CIAM Delivery Leader with in-depth experience modernizing and transforming Identity and Access Management programs across several industries including HealthCare, Retail, Technology, Insurance and Financial Services. Swaroop has over 12 years of professional consulting experience, helping clients formulate their IAM program priorities, architecting large complex solutions and delivering on modern user friendly and secure services to their end users.

Tony's expertise lies in delivering successful technology services and transformation programs, particularly in the Finance industry. He has been with Royal London for two years, before that having worked at KPMG, a range of FS organisations as an independent contractor and before that EDS, a Global Technology services firm.

A passion for digital trust, customer engagement and consumer privacy led Fran to ForgeRock. As CEO, Fran brings 20+ years experience building and leading high-performing enterprise security and identity management teams. Fran joined ForgeRock from Symantec, where he was EVP & GM of the company's $2B+ Consumer Digital Safety segment; a continuation of his success as senior vice president of Authentication and Identity Management Services. He joined Symantec in 2010 through the acquisition of VeriSign's security business. Fran holds a B.S. in industrial engineering from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA.

Eve is a globally recognized strategist, innovator, and communicator on digital identity, security, privacy, and consent, with a passion for fostering successful ecosystems and individual empowerment. She has 20 years of experience leading standards such as SAML and User-Managed Access and publishing research in the field, and has also served as a Forrester Research security and risk analyst. As CTO, she is responsible for the Labs team investigating and prototyping innovative approaches to solving customers’ identity challenges, along with driving ForgeRock’s industry standards leadership. She hopes her duties still leave time to contribute to the rock ‘n’ roll outfit ZZ Auth and the Love Tokens.

Peter Barker is Chief Product Officer at ForgeRock, driving the company's global product vision, design and development, and leading product management and all of engineering. Peter joined ForgeRock from Oracle, where he served as senior vice president and general manager of the Identity Management and Security business. Based in Austin, Texas, Peter previously held executive-level positions at Good Technology, Motorola, FedEx and other companies.

As VP of Product Management, Mary is charged with delivering products and solutions that solve digital identity challenges. Mary has nineteen years of experience in the field of cyber security. Prior to ForgeRock, Mary held product and leadership positions at Hewlett Packard and IBM in domains such as threat detection, machine learning, penetration testing, security intelligence, distributed denial of service, and targeted attack protection. Mary holds two patents and a Master of Engineering degree in telecommunications.