Advising on applicable decentralized identity use cases

Hedera Hashgraph is a public DLT network that aims to be the trust layer for the Internet. Powered by hashgraph consensus, Hedera achieves the highest-grade of security possible (ABFT), with blazing-fast transaction speeds and incredibly low bandwidth consumption. By combining high-throughput, low fees, and finality in seconds, Hedera and the Hedera Governing Council leads the way for the future of public ledgers.As VP of Product I built the product management and solutions team - focused on delivering the initial version of the public DLT network (cryptocurrency, smart contract & file service), mobile cryptocurrency wallet, customer portal and micropayment demo applications. I also engaged in significant market research on emerging use cases around micropayments, security tokens and decentralized identity.

Ping Identity envisions a digital world powered by intelligent identity. We help enterprises achieve Zero Trust, identity-defined security and more personalized, streamlined end-user experiences. Our Intelligent Identity Platform provides customers, employees and partners with access to cloud, mobile, SaaS and on-premises applications and APIs, while also managing identity and profile data at scale. As CTO I was a member of the senior executive team leading product strategy, product management, researching technologies and markets, consulting with strategic customers, building market awareness, enabling our partner ecosystem, and supporting sales and marketing teams globally.Led CTO Office team of industry experts (field CTO’s, standards architects, PingLabs R&D) responsible for anticipating industry trends, creating new platform services and researching & developing new products which accelerated company growth and delivered lasting customer value.Led and and then supported the product management team to help prioritize market features and ensure appropriate investment was being made in strategic capabilities including new product development and M&A..Supported the sales team to share product vision with customers and prospects - strategic product roadmap/industry trends/emerging technology.Supported the marketing team to develop differentiated thought leadership material - webinars, white papers, conference speaking & keynotes.Supported the business development team to help prioritize appropriate strategic technology alliances, partnerships and OEM’s.Supported the corporate development team to help prioritize and due diligence appropriate M&A targets.

VP & Security Architect in Enterprise Architecture.Developed strategy and systems for federated identity, access management and web services security for use as an integration mechanism with employees, partners, clients and suppliers eliminating proprietary solutions.Led enterprise-wide program to address customer protection needs. Led selection and implementation of various new authentication methods on an internally developed extensible framework.