2026 SPEAKERS

Ashrab Ahmed is the Chief of Identity and Access Management at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Center for Information Technology, overseeing enterprise ICAM services that manage more than 45,000 internal workforce identities and nearly 2 million external and customer identities across...

Christopher Bramwell was appointed by Governor Spencer Cox in 2021 to serve as Utah’s first Chief Privacy Officer. In this role, he directs the Utah Office of Data Privacy and leads statewide efforts to modernize privacy and data governance. He played a key role in overseeing the creation and...

Ms. Kay Chopard is the Executive Director of the Kantara Initiative, a nonprofit organization that provides its members with opportunities to work on the development of digital identity standards and emerging technology issues. At Kantara, Ms. Chopard oversees a certification program for NIST...

Lori Daigle joined the AAMVA (American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators) Identity Management Team in November of 2023 as a Program Specialist. Her current role is Program Manager, Outreach & Education and focuses on the mDL ecosystem, working to enhance Relying Party Outreach and...

After more than 20 years in the world of projects in the field of Information Technology with the focus on policy and organizational aspects with strong IT-components/dependencies and creating a solid the link between business and IT, I’ve lead the development and implementation of the Public Key...

George Fletcher is an Identity Standards Architect focused on CIAM and B2B identity solutions. He is a seasoned software architect with 25+ years of software development and architecture experience covering a wide variety of disciplines including identity, artificial intelligence, "real-time" media ...

Parshaw Ghosh is a technology leader with over 15 years of experience in digital identity, cloud, and security. He has led innovations across biometric, document, and multi-factor verification, delivering scalable solutions that support millions of users. His work centers on building...

Christian Guirnalda is the Senior Director of Network and Data API Innovation at Verizon. In this role, he is responsible for incubating and launching enterprise API products that cross industries (financial services, supply chain, media, advertising) and use cases (fraud prevention, operational ...

Ken Huang is a prolific author and renowned expert in AI and Web3, with numerous published books spanning business and technical guides as well as cutting-edge research. He is a Research Fellow and Co-Chair of the AI Safety Working Groups at the Cloud Security Alliance, Chair of the OWASP AIVSS...

Christina Hulka has served as Executive Director of the Secure Technology Alliance and U.S. Payments Forum since March, 2024. She brings more than 25 years of cross-industry leadership, membership building, technology development and project management experience to the role, having served as...

Nick has over 24 years in the security industry as a consultant and IT Security Officer. Nick is Founder and Chief Identity Officer of HATSec LLC, an Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions provider. In his role as founder and Chief Identity Officer, Nick helps customers...

Chintan Jain is an accomplished Executive and Senior Director with over 15 years of experience and success in consumer identity, cyber security, product development, software development, and digital strategy across several industries. Chintan is a successful innovator with more than 50 published...

Janice Kephart is a national security changemaker, biometrics pioneer, and entrepreneur whose work has shaped global identity standards and border policy. As Counsel to the 9/11 Commission, her words in the Final Report—calling for systems to “assure a person is who they say they are”—helped...

Reza Kermani is a First Inspector with the Belgian Federal Police and an experienced specialist in border control and human trafficking investigations. For the past decade, he has coordinated the National Police Academy’s Border Control Department and served as its liaison to FRONTEX. A certified...

Jarod Koopman was named the Executive Director of Cyber and Forensics for IRS-Criminal Investigation in June 2021. In this capacity, Jarod established a new investigative section within CI and continues to focus priority on cybercrime and digital forensics. His primary function is the oversight and ...

Maryana Kuznetsova is a Product Design Manager at eBay, where she leads design strategy across registration, authentication, and account management. She focuses on shaping intuitive, trustworthy access that connects millions of buyers and sellers worldwide – blending product strategy and design...

I bring over 15 years of extensive experience as a project management and operations leader in my role as Identity and Access Forum Managing Director at Secure Technology Alliance. As a certified Lean Six Sigma specialist, I excel at optimizing processes and driving operational excellence across...

Lisa McClellan is a transformational leader who has redefined how technology and operations intersect in public service. Since joining the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) in 2004, Lisa has held a series of leadership roles across finance and DMV operations, culminating in her appointment as...

Angelique McClendon was appointed Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Driver Services by Governor Brian P. Kemp.  She has been with the Department since 2015, previously serving as Assistant Deputy Commissioner of Regulatory and Legal Affairs and General Counsel.   Her two decades of legal...

George McEwan is a multi disciplined engineer and inventor credited with several US patents.  As a husband, father, soldier, pilot, international traveler, and published author, he has more than a few ideas on how to unlock the value of digital government.  George is currently serving as the...

Karla McKenna is Managing Director, GLEIF Americas, as well as Head of Standards for the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation.  Ms McKenna is responsible for the digital strategy for the LEI, concentrating on the implementation of the verifiable LEI (vLEI), facilitating the development and...

Jay is a subject matter expert in biometrics & IAM, and an author, tech executive and securities analyst.  Jay currently serves as the Chief Identity Technology Strategist at FaceTec, Inc., the leading, global provider of 3D Liveness and 3D Face Matching software for remote identity platforms.  Jay ...

Internationally recognized biometrics and digital identity thought leader celebrated for provocative market insights, accurate market predictions and forecasts, and unbiased, pragmatic market intelligence. Strategic innovator, market visionary, and forecasting guru Maxine Most is the founding...

Ryan Propis joined the U.S. Travel Association in May 2024. As Vice President of Security and Facilitation, he is U.S. Travel’s subject matter expert and lead advocate on travel security and facilitation policies. In this role, Ryan leads the development of U.S. Travel’s policy positions on...

Neeta is a Group Product Manager at eBay, where she leads the Authentication product for the global marketplace. With over 15 years of experience at industry leaders like eBay, Goldman Sachs, Yahoo, and PayPal, Neeta has consistently delivered secure, intuitive authentication experiences at...

Angelic Rountree is a Certified Latent Print Examiner with more than 15 years of experience in forensic science. She currently serves as the Unit Manager of the Latent Fingerprint Unit (LFU) at the District of Columbia Department of Forensic Sciences, where she leads a team of examiners responsible ...

Diane J. Sabatino is the Acting Executive Assistant Commissioner of the Office of Field Operations (OFO), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). As the senior official for OFO, Mrs. Sabatino leads more than 31,000 employees and oversees an annual operating budget of $6.5 billion. In a typical...

As a Principal Security Engineer in Identity and Access Management at Amazon, Mike plays a pivotal role in safeguarding the security and privacy of over one billion consumer accounts. Leveraging his deep expertise, he provides strategic guidance for the company's customer identity and...

Dr. Spaun has a bachelor’s degree in Planetary Sciences from Boston University and her MS and PhD in Geology and Geophysics from Brown University. She was a postdoctoral researcher at NASA’s Ames Research Center when, concerned by the attacks of 9/11, she changed agencies to the Federal Bureau of...

Bio: Callan Thomas is a Program Analyst in the International Affairs and Modernization division of Passport Services at the U.S. Department of State. He is a member of the ICAO Implementation and Capacity Building Working Group, where he is leading a subgroup to revise the ICAO Guide for...

Brian A. Thompson is a highly accomplished designer and innovator in the field of currency and document security, with a career spanning over two decades at the forefront of anti-counterfeiting technology and creative design.  Brian began his career at the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s...

Leads the eBay Identity Engineering team, overseeing the secure and efficient management of user identity and access for millions of customers daily. ​ With eBay for over two decades, worked in application development and scaling platforms in key business domains such as checkout, order...

As the owner and Director of ForensicVB LLC, Richard W. Vorder Bruegge offers training and  consulting services in the areas of biometrics, facial recognition, and image and video analytics,  including multimedia authentication (e.g., synthetic media/deepfake detection) and policy  ...

Phillip A. Washington was initially nominated by Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock in July 2021 and most  recently by current Mayor Mike Johnston in July 2023. He was unanimously confirmed by the Denver City  Council as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Denver International Airport (DEN) both...

  John Wiethorn is the Head of Financial Crime Compliance and AML/BSA Officer at Gusto. Recognized  as one of the "Top Voices in Risk 2025," by Taktile, his background includes AML/BSA roles at Wise, Navigant Consulting, and American Express, along with trial experience as a criminal...

Ms. Wilson is a Senior Technical Advisor at TSA’s Enrollment Services and Vetting Programs, specializing in biometrics and credentialing. She led efforts to enhance TSA's ability to detect fraudulent IDs and developed an interagency workflow to streamline ID verification processes. She advises TSA...