Thomas Mayfield | Head of Decentralized Trust and Identity Solutions
Cardano Foundation

Thomas A. Mayfield is the Head of Decentralized Trust and Identity Solutions at the Cardano Foundation and holds a BSc. Honours Degree in Computer Security and Digital Forensics. Thomas is currently a PhD candidate specialising in decentralized technologies with his novel research contribution Edge Layer IoT Trustless Environments.   At the Cardano Foundation, his team is actively developing an innovative decentralized identity platform suitable for individuals and organisations leveraging protocols and technologies including Cardano, Key Event Receipt Infrastructure (KERI), and Trust Over IP’s Authentic Chained Data Container (ACDC). Thomas’ work drives enhanced authenticity, trust, and interoperability for verifiable identity across digital ecosystems with an emphasis on future-proof solutions supporting quantum resistance, verifiable data, and real-time compromise detection and recoverability.