Adam “Sully” Perella
Adam “Sully” Perella is a Technical Director at Schellman Compliance LLC. His main focus is training, but he supports the PCI, P2PE, PIN, 3DS, SSF, Zero Trust, crypto, and digital trust services. Sully’s experience started in the Air Force and includes data analysis, application testing, penetration testing, incident response, digital forensics, cryptographic operations, and most […]
Johannes Lintzen
Johannes is the Global Business Development Director for PQShield, a cybersecurity company specializing in post-quantum cryptography (PQC). Prior to joining the team at PQShield, he spent seven years as Regional Managing Director for Cryptomathic, protecting high-value payment transactions and helping to solve key management challenges for some of the world’s leading companies. Earlier in his […]
Michael Timoney
Mike Timoney is Vice President of Secure Payments for Payments System Improvement within Federal Reserve Financial Services. Mike has responsibility to understand the payments and fraud landscape and identify areas where security must be improved. Mike is responsible to design, develop, and implement key elements of the Fed’s Payment Improvement strategy for payment security including […]
Christina Hulka
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 Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of FIDO Alliance. In addition to deep […]
David Tente
The ATMIA is a global, non-profit trade association with nearly 600 member organizations in 60 countries; including financial institutions, independent ATM deployers, manufacturers, payment networks, processors, and a wide variety of service and technology market segments. As Executive Director, USA & Americas, David is responsible for leading ATMIA’s largest Region. His business development career in […]
Mike McCamon
The NFC Forum empowers organizations to deliver secure, tap-based interactions with an intuitive, reliable experience to users around the globe. In my current role as Executive Director, I work with the Board of Directors and our community across many disciplines to fully realize the convenience of NFC technology and the “contactless lifestyle.”
Bjorn Scharfen
Bjorn has more than 26 years of experience in the electronic components industry and is currently Vice President for Strategic Initiatives within the Connected Security System Division (CSS) at Infineon Technologies. In this role he drives new technologies such as Ultra-Wideband as well as business setups and solutions. He represents Infineon in related standardization bodies […]
Ajay Amlani
Ajay is a respected and accomplished identity technology expert, with a deep knowledge of cybersecurity across both the private and government sectors. He drives adoption of iProov’s face biometric technology as the premier way to authenticate consumers against the backdrop of growing cyberattacks and identity theft. Amlani has been growing successful identity technology companies since […]
Teresa Wu
Teresa Wu is a seasoned professional leading the smart credential business within the IDEMIA North America business unit. With a rich background, she has successfully overseen diverse product portfolios, leveraging cutting-edge technologies such as cloud computing, digital identity, identity documents, and biometric solutions. In her current role, Ms. Wu serves as a dynamic cross-functional team […]
Paul Grassi
Paul Grassi is a Principal at Amazon, in the Identity Services group. He is responsible for defining the strategic direction of identity-related products and services across shoppers, sellers, and vendors for amazon.com and its subsidiaries. Prior to Amazon, Paul worked at AWS, leading the development of IAM and security offerings for Fortune 500 customers. He […]