Coming from a Big Four, Accenture background, with a MIS degree from The University of Texas at Austin, Chris has architected and delivered information technology and security projects across the globe for Fortune 100 companies over the past 20 years. He has held a number of development, testing, deployment, architecture and managerial roles, with a strong enterprise systems background. He has published identity management articles in Network World and identity management industry newsletters, delivered thought-provoking presentations at ISSA association meetings and was recognized in Information Security magazine in the “On the Move ” section. He has worked with clients and vendors on over 125 engagements to help them understand how to architect complete identity management solutions for maximum value as they mature in the IdM space. His experience spans all of the leading market vendors including Sun, Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, Courion and others, with significant experience deploying IBM security solutions. Chris also sits on the advisory board of IBM’s Tivoli Security suite and is intimately involved in the inner-workings of the IBM security suite and product development and support organizations.