Speakers @ IDM uk

Matt Connors serves as Chief Information Security Officer for Southern New Hampshire University. He has diverse experience identifying, planning, and delivering solutions to strategic business problems through process change and technology transformation. He meets unique challenges in both IT and Business Policy development, implementation, and management. Matt has formal education and certification in Project Management, PMP, Master of Science Project Management, ITIL, and consumer and enterprise technologies (cybersecurity, risk, compliance, cloud infrastructure, identity, and collaboration).

Robert Block, Senior Vice President of Global Alliances & Business Development, is responsible for managing Strivacity’s channel partners, technology alliances, and leading the client solutions architects and advisor teams. Robert has over 25 years of Information Security Leadership, including CSC, Booz Allen, and Optiv. Robert advises clients, and partners, on the continued transformation of the IAM industry with a focus on Customer Identity. Robert has an in-depth understanding of various Information Security and business challenges across multiple industries with a diverse set of clients ranging from Global Fortune 500s to privately held small businesses. Robert is a founding member in the Identity Defined Security Alliance and has authored a number of white papers and spoken at many conferences on topics related to the transformational role identity play in solving critical security & business needs.

Rob is a Principal Architect for Ping Identity in the UK and also the EMEA representative to the Ping Identity CTO Office. Rob has 20 years experience in identity and access management. He has worked on complex implementation projects in the UK, USA, Europe and South Africa. His current area of focus is on applying industry standards like OpenID Connect and OAuth 2.0 to enable businesses to interoperate and securely expose data and API’s. He is specifically focused on using Mobile Applications to deliver elegant Strong Customer Authentication solutions within financial services and other verticals.

A seasoned Senior Solution Architect at Omada, Craig is equipped with over a decade of experience in the Identity space. As a Computer Science graduate in 2008, Craig embarked on a journey to carve out a successful career in the industry. He honed his skills working for prominent Financial Services organizations, and later as a consultant in Professional Services. Through these roles, Craig has amassed a wealth of knowledge in defining and delivering on Identity and security strategies. Craig is a firm believer in the pivotal role of identity in the wider cybersecurity industry. His passion for the subject has become a driving force in his current role, where he’s responsible for providing technical support to Omada’s prospects and customers. By aligning their business requirements with the right technical solutions, Craig helps them appreciate the importance of Identity as an essential component of their overall security strategy.

Paul is SailPoint’s Lead Identity Strategist in the UK and has more than 20 years’ experience in cybersecurity and identity management. Paul brings this experience as he advises customers on how to meet security and governance goals with IAM programmes. Paul is committed to ensuring that robust identity processes, aligned with the right technologies provide real-world value to customers. He believes that making complex concepts simple to understand for non-specialists is key to allowing these benefits to be realised by all types of organisations.

Mark Lillywhite is a renowned expert in the field of cybersecurity and insurance, with a focus on helping businesses mitigate risks and navigate the evolving landscape of cyber threats.

As a cybersecurity consultant, Mark has advised numerous organizations on enhancing their security posture and implementing effective risk management strategies.

He has worked closely with businesses of all sizes, from small startups to large enterprises, helping them understand and address the challenges posed by insider cybercrime and external cyber threats.

Lee is a Solutions Engineer at BeyondTrust, the worldwide leader in Privileged Access Management (PAM), offering the most seamless approach to eradicating risks lurking within your identities. Having worked in the IT industry for over 20 years Lee has gained a wealth of experience in infrastructure and applications that integrate PAM solutions effectively into organisations in order to secure their environment. Lee combines extensive real-world experience with a depth of both the PAM market and product landscape.

Lee is a Solutions Engineer at BeyondTrust, the worldwide leader in Privileged Access Management (PAM), offering the most seamless approach to eradicating risks lurking within your identities. Having worked in the IT industry for over 20 years Lee has gained a wealth of experience in infrastructure and applications that integrate PAM solutions effectively into organisations in order to secure their environment. Lee combines extensive real-world experience with a depth of both the PAM market and product landscape.

David Hitchen is a Senior Solutions Engineer and veteran in the IT world. Specializing in automation and cyber-security, and with a philosophy of making a positive change in the world, he has held senior positions in companies such as Microsoft, Tanium, and now Semperis.

Nicholas Colin has been involved in the Enterprise Identity market for the last 12 years. Starting with Least Privilege on the Wintel platform in the days when giving out administrator rights was commonplace. He then progressed gaining experience within the datacentre extending identity, least privilege and audit. Moving from the datacentre to the cloud Nick also had first hand experience of the SaaS SSO, adaptive MFA and PAM as a service. It was this deep understanding of authentication and identity that has led him to Silverfort.