PEAK IDV EXECUTIVE SERIES

It is finally here! The Season 3 finale, Episode 30, features global thought leader in digital identity, Sarah Clark. In this episode, Sarah shares her thoughts on the evolving digital identity landscape, the growing market for reusable identity, and mentions several interesting companies she is following in the identity space. We also dive into her formative years in technology, her journey to di...

This is Season 3, Episode 29 and I had the distinct honor of speaking with a true crime fighter and community leader, Lieutenant Commander Detective Michael Ricupero of the New York Police Department. Lieutenant Ricupero oversees the facial recognition section and specialty units that fall under the NYPD’s Real-Time Crime Center. Lieutenant Ricupero has a unique skill set that includes expertise i...

We're remastering director's cuts of EXECUTIVE SERIES Season 1! This episode originally aired on April 11, 2023. In this episode, I interview Jeremey Gottschalk, Chief Executive Officer & Founder of the world's foremost resource for risk management, trust & safety, regulatory & compliance and legal strategy, Marketplace Risk. Jeremy shares the history of Marketplace Risk and how market...

This week’s episode I’m honored to speak with world renowned keynote speaker, author, and global advisor and investor in financial services & identity, David G.W. Birch. David is a recognized thought leader and top voice in digital identity and digital money. His book, "Identity is the New Money", published in 2014 is considered to be the pioneering perspective on identity as the eco...

In this week's episode, I speak with the ever-inspiring Eva Velasquez, President & CEO of Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC). Eva discusses the ITRC's mission to help consumers, victims, businesses, and governments minimize risk and mitigate the impact of identity compromise. She shares insights on the organization's history, its victim-centric approach, and the evolving landsca...

In this week's episode, I speak with Michael Engle, Co-founder & Head of Strategy of 1Kosmos. Mike is a proven IT executive, company builder, and entrepreneur. In the episode we uncover his professional journey from his time as head of information security at Lehman Brothers to co-founding 1Kosmos. We discuss 1Kosmos’ BlockID product and the modern technological advancements that have enab...

In this week's episode, I speak with Founder & CEO of TrueBiz, Danny Hakimian. Danny is a serial entrepreneur and digital identity expert. Prior to founding TrueBiz, Danny worked at Onfido for over 6 years where he was Onfido’s first US sales hire, later opening the company’s NYC office and leading strategic accounts in North America & Canada. In the episode, we discuss the seismic shi...

In this week's episode, I speak with Doug Aley, Chief Executive Officer of Paravision. Paravision’s products are leveraged in digital identity verification solutions as well as government, travel, and border control programs. They also have implementations supporting stadiums, events, automotive, payments, and retail use cases. Doug shares his personal origin story from co-founding accessibili...

In this week’s episode, I speak with Mujadad Naeem, Chief Executive Officer of Facia. Facia is a biometrics startup based in London. Their products include face search, face matching, age verification, liveness detection and iris recognition. Mujadad is the driving force behind Facia. Prior to founding Facia, he was a Digital Marketing Executive at Confiz. We discuss the origin story of his compan...

This week’s episode features Caroline Humer, Digital Safety Advocate and Global Protection Expert. Caroline is a child protection expert who has dedicated her life to protecting the most vulnerable populations through her work at international non-profits and the trust & safety industry. She’s a globally recognized expert in policies and frameworks that fight harms online and teaches law enfor...

In this week’s episode, I speak with Riley Hughes, Co-founder & CEO of Trinsic. Riley tells his digital identity origin story from early days as one of the first employees of ⁠Sovrin Foundation⁠ to leading an innovative identity acceptance network at Trinsic. I met Riley through his participation in ⁠PEAK IDV⁠ DEMO DAY. We discuss his company's reusable identity infrastructure, their new n...

In this week’s episode, I speak with Thanasis Mandaltsis, Founder & CEO of Magic ID. Thanasis started Magic ID in late 2022 and emerged from stealth last year. Prior to Magic ID, he was Founding Trustee of Trust 3.0 and Product Innovation Lead at iov42. Thanasis got his start in identity at Onfido where he spent over four years leading product innovation and GTM in Onfido’s portal identity bus...

In this week’s episode, I interview identity industry veteran and Chief Executive Officer & Board Member of Data Zoo, Charlie Minutella. Charlie has two decades of experience leading risk, identity, and compliance teams. He was appointed CEO of Data Zoo in February 2024 after Data Zoo’s founder Tony Fitzgibbon transitioned to Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer. Charlie discusses his tenured c...

In this week's episode, I interview Dr. Brendan Klare, Co-founder, President, & Chief Scientist of ROC. Brendan shares his personal origin story as an infantryman in the 75th Ranger Regiment of the U.S. Army and how his academic journey led him to co-found the only American-made multimodal biometrics and computer vision provider. Brendan explains why ROC is trusted by the U.S. military, la...

In this week’s episode, I speak with author and former Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Okta, Mark Settle. Mark is a seven-time Chief Information Officer, most recently the CIO of Okta. He’s a three-time CIO 100 award winner, and a two-time book author. His most recent book is "Truth from the Valley, A Practical Primer on IT Management for the Next Decade." I met Mark via Jelena Hoffar...

In this week's episode, I spend over an hour discussing all things identity with digital identity investor and author Jelena Hoffart. Jelena shares what it means to be an investor in the digital identity ecosystem and how she got into the space. We explore how the major reduction in fintech and crypto marketing spend impacted identity verification companies and what she thinks about Big Tech’s...

In this week's episode, I interview Amber Higgins, Chief Executive Officer of Enformion. Amber shares Enformion’s rich history in "people data" and how her company has quietly become one of the largest aggregators of publicly available data. She discusses how people data and people search has evolved over the past two decades. We also cover how Enformion's services can be used fo...

In this week's episode, I speak with Justin Soong, Co-founder & CEO of Authsignal. Justin shares how his team is disrupting the authentication space by making a simple, drop-in solution that doesn’t require re-architecture or migration. He discusses Authsignal’s origin and how his experience processing billions of dollars of payments later equipped him and his team with the expertise to bu...

In this week's episode, I interview Lyall Cresswell, Founder of Trustd. Trustd is the first ID and credentials verification app designed specifically for the transport and logistics industry. Lyall shares how his experience founding Transport Exchange Group over 20 years ago eventually led to building Trustd. We discuss the evolution of digital KYC & KYB and how business identity plays a c...

In this week's episode, I interview Co-founder & CEO of Cable, Natasha Vernier. Natasha shares her experience building a financial crimes team from scratch at Monzo which led to her co-founding Cable. She discusses the importance of effectiveness testing in financial crime compliance programs and how her company is automating assurance. You’ll also hear how Cable is helping their customers...

In this episode, I interview Bojan Simic, Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer of HYPR | The Identity Assurance Company. Bojan shares the origin story of HYPR and how his company has evolved over the years to combat ever-changing cybersecurity threats. He discusses why HYPR re-branded to "The Identity Assurance Company" and how their enterprise clients leverage the HYPR platform to p...

In this episode, I interview President & Chief Executive Officer of Trulioo, Steve Munford Steve shares his experience joining Trulioo as its Chief Executive at the start of the global pandemic and how his perspective on the identity verification market opportunity has evolved. He discusses how his 25+ years in IT security influenced how he and his leadership team are tackling the identity pro...

In this episode, I interview pioneering digital identity revenue leader, Kathleen Waid. Kathleen is a go-to-market expert and has led sales and marketing teams at some of the most innovative companies in the digital identity space including NeuroID, Prove, and Point Predictive. My conversation with Kathleen covers her career, her perspective on revenue culture, competitive advantage in the identit...

In this episode, I speak with Maxine Most, Founder, Principal Analyst, & Chief Strategist of Acuity Market Intelligence. Maxine is a thought leader and market visionary in the field of biometrics. We discuss her company's origin story, the evolution of the biometrics market, and how her new initiative, The Prism Project, is helping solution providers accelerate the mainstream adoption of e...

In this episode, I speak with John Gunn, Chief Executive Officer & Evangelist of Token. John shares the history of Token's next-generation biometric wearable authentication device, Token Ring. We discuss the challenges enterprises are facing including ransomware attacks, sophisticated phishing, and account takeover attacks. You'll learn how Token is propelling FIDO2 authentication acro...