Shubham Anandani

Shubham Anandani

Shubham Anandani is Product Engineering Lead, Identity Experiences at LinkedIn, leading product strategy and engineering teams for a suite of identity and professional signal features serving 1B+ members globally. With 9+ years building AI-powered identity and signal systems at scale, he has become a recognized thought leader in trustworthy AI and product-led growth. His expertise […]

Abhishek Pimple

Abhishek Pimple

I am a Senior Software Engineer and Technical Lead at Google, where I focus on the ambitious mission of digitizing physical assets into secure, seamless mobile experiences. Based in San Francisco, I direct the technical architecture and strategic roadmap for high-impact identity and access verticals, including corporate, campus, and hospitality solutions. My prototype for a […]

Sam Creech

Sam Creech

Sam Creech leads Ohio’s Mobile ID program, transforming how citizens securely interact with government in a digital age. With a background in technology policy and innovation, Sam previously served as Policy Advisor to Lt. Governor Jon Husted, driving statewide modernization initiatives. Earlier in his career, he worked in the Ohio Legislature, shaping forward-thinking technology policies […]

Todd Putorti

Todd Putorti

Todd Putorti has been a sworn criminal investigator for the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, Division of Field Investigation for over twenty years.  As Director of the Division of Field Investigation, he leads the nearly 100 sworn and 60 support staff members of the Division in their mission to detect and investigate fraudulent […]

Ashley Hall

Ashley Hall

Ashley Hall is a Senior Project Manager at the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), where she leads the state’s groundbreaking Mobile ID initiative. With more than two decades of project management experience at the DMV and a PMP certification, Ashley has overseen a wide range of innovative efforts—from the development of Mobile Service Units […]

Maxine Most

Maxine Most

Internationally recognized biometrics and digital identity thought leader celebrated for provocative market insights, accurate market predictions and forecasts, and unbiased, pragmatic market intelligence. Strategic innovator, market visionary, and forecasting guru Maxine Most is the founding Principal of Acuity Market Intelligence (www.acuity-mi.com), a strategic research and analysis consultancy recognized as the definitive authority on global biometrics […]

Per Hagero

Per Hagero

As Vice President of Engineering & Innovation at HID Global, Per drives the convergence of identity, mobile, and AI technologies to shape the next generation of trusted digital experiences. His career spans corporate leadership, M&A strategy, and board-level governance across both public and private companies.

Mansour Karimzadeh

Mansour Aaron Karimzadeh

Strategic advisor and payments expert with 25+ years of experience in financial services, security, telecom, and global payment ecosystems. Mansour has led large-scale initiatives in card processing, EMV, mobile payments, acquiring/issuing systems, contactless technologies, and fraud mitigation. He has worked extensively with major card brands, issuing/acquiring banks, processors, and financial institutions around the world, delivering […]

Michael Schweiger

Michael Schweiger

Michael is the Chief Compliance Officer of Airbnb’s payments business in the European Economic Area and leads a team with accountability for compliance and regulatory engagement throughout the region. He also serves as a director of Airbnb’s Canadian payments entity. Prior to Airbnb, Michael was CCO of Amazon’s EU payments business. He has extensive experience […]

Michael Klieman

Michael Klieman is the Global Vice President of Product Management for Digital Security Solutions at Entrust. With over 30 years of experience, he has led product strategy, execution, and business development across various technology sectors. Klieman has managed cybersecurity offerings such as TLS/CLM, public key infrastructure, digital signature, and authentication. He founded the startup Haderaq, […]