In the role of Chief Identity Officer (CIO) and CISO advisor at Transmit Security, David leads innovation strategy, direction, and transformation efforts that focus on the convergence of cybersecurity and identity (IAM, IGA, Blockchain/Decentralized ID, Zero Trust & Consumer IAM (CIAM)). David’s core mission is to help drive further evolution of cyber & identity security convergence, across people, process and technology.

Thought leadership on: Digital trust, Cybersecurity, Digital Identity, Web 3.0, and Blockchain for Fast Company Executive Board, an invitation-only professional organization of company founders, executives, and leaders who are defining the future of business.

Thought leadership on: Digital trust, Cybersecurity, Digital Identity, Web 3.0, and Blockchain.

Bringing digital trust to blockchain, and the NFT space @UREEQA!

In his role, David leads the company’s overall digital transformation strategy, direction, and M&A efforts to expand its leadership in the digital trust space. With 20+ years of experience in IT security, most recently serving as Vice President and Analyst in Security and Privacy at Gartner, David has helped large organizations tackle digital transformation projects in the digital trust, identity, zero trust, cryptography, and cybersecurity spaces.

Research VP in IT Leaders Systems, Privacy, Security and Risk at Gartner, focusing on identity and access management, authentication, decentralized identity, zero trust, privacy enhanced computation, risk, data, cloud, mobile and blockchain and Blockchain security. His area of expertise includes extensive experience in leading projects and teams with technology areas such as: public-key infrastructure (PKI), machine identity management, certificate management, IAM, mobile, IoT, blockchain, decentralized Identity, cloud, mobile and data security/governance.

SecureKey is the identity and authentication provider for organizations that deliver online consumer services. SecureKey eliminates the need to store passwords by securely linking consumer ID to trusted devices, while providing consumers with the choice, control and convenience over how they access the services they want. SecureKey delivers a high-performance, easy-to-use, strong dynamic authentication platform that reduces the burden, cost, and risks associated with authenticating millions of consumers while also improving the user experience.Key industry expert providing market insight, aimed at guiding corporate, and product strategy . One of the main product representatives charged with both inbound and outbound activities. • Develops product strategy and go-to-market plan across SecureKey products• Accumulation of market & customer requirements• Subject matter expert: Multi-channel authentication, fraud detection, IAM, PCI-DSS, e-Gov enablement, payments, mobile security platforms (Trusted execution environments, NFC, Secure elements, Intel IPT, Host Card emulation (HCE) etc.)• Unique value proposition creation and messaging based on market expertise and intelligence• AR/IR: Works closely with analyst firms (i.e. Gartner, Aite, Forrester, Ovum, etc.)• Speaking engagements with press and at various global events. • Conduct internal and external webcasts (BrightTalk, Forrester, etc.)• Global Product launch planning and execution, product review• Design and conduct product training, sales and technical training for global technology partners• Develops marketing collateral and tools such as: white papers, presentations, and competitive tools

Entrust (Datacard Subsidiary) provides identity-based security solutions that empower enterprises, consumers, citizens and websites in more than 5,000 organizations spanning 85 countries. With more than 125 patents granted and pending, these world-class solutions include strong authentication, physical and logical access, credentialing, mobile security, fraud detection, digital certificates, SSL and PKI.Focusing on assessing, building and managing services within the, IT, IAM, and cloud security space.Areas of research & focus:-Security Strategy-Device Security-Mobile Device Management-Mobile technologies and landscape-Cloud Security-Incident Response