John Phillips is an expert in Digital Trust frameworks (including Self-Sovereign Identity), is a co-founder of Sezoo, and leads the 460degrees Ventures, Emerging Technology and Education practices.John believes that open-standards based technologies such as verifiable credentials and decentralised identifiers provide an opportunity for radically improving digital trust for people, organisations, and things at a personal, social and global scale. He sees the application of these technologies as a disruptive force for improvement, and wants to be a catalyst for that change, helping people and organisations navigate their way to a better future.John was one of the global authors invited to contribute to the "Self-Sovereign Identity Decentralized digital identity and verifiable credentials" book, and wrote the chapter on explaining the value of SSI to business. Since co-founding Sezoo in 2021, John has worked with the Sezoo team on digital trust projects with Australian Federal and State governments, major financial institutions and scheme operators, and medical data research organisations.With over 30 years of international experience, half gained in high technology industries and half gained in management consulting, John has worked in 10 countries in sectors ranging from the Space Industry to Government, Finance, Utilities, Telco, Gaming, Retail, Engineering Services, Pharmaceuticals, Manufacturing and Distribution, and Higher Education.In addition to his work with Sezoo and 460degrees, John is currently serving as a co-chair of the Sovrin Working Group on Guardianship and working with the Trust over IP foundation on aspects of human centric technology design.Settled with his family in Australia since 1999, John has become an avid, some might say addicted, cyclist.Specialties:- Digital Trust (Governance Frameworks, Business Models, Verifiable Credentials, Decentralised Identifiers and Self-Sovereign Identity)- Management Consulting in Transformational Change- Business Process consulting- Enterprise and IT alignment- Enabling Innovation- Scalable Agile Framework for enterprise- Emerging Technologies- Risk reviews- Project Management- Account Management- Sales Process Coaching and Management
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