Boise, Idaho, United States
I am a veteran enterprise software product executive with a successful track record in technology strategy, product design and development, R&D management, and business development. Several of my products have become award-winning industry leaders generating tens of millions of dollars in sales annually. My technology expertise is primarily in the areas of identity and access management, disaster recovery, and distributed systems management. I founded and chaired The Directory Experts Conference (later renamed the Experts Conference), the premier conference for Microsoft identity and access technologies, and I wrote the first book on Microsoft’s Active Directory for programmers, Active Directory Programming. I am currently the Chief Architect at Semperis. Specialties: Identity and access technologies Software product strategy Distributed system software design and development Software engineering management Product management Software development Technology community development Speaking and writing
Develop mapping between IDSA security outcomes and popular NIST security standards and frameworks.
Provide guidance on technology and product strategy.
Provided technical and product management advice. The company was acquired by Microsoft in Nov 2014.