His main responsibilities are technical strategy, technical presales, strategic partnerships and representation of ActivIdentity on standards bodies such as IETF and OATH, where he recently was appointed technical co-chair. He is a recognized subject matter expert for authentication, especially in the area of financial services and e-government, and regularly speaks at major conferences. He joined ActivIdentity in 2004 as result of it's acquisition of ASPACE solutions, a UK based company delivering authentication solutions to the financial services market. He has over 15 years experience architecting, building and delivering IT solutions, much of which was gained working as a solutions architect for a large consultancy. He holds a first class honors degree in Software Engineering from Westminster University.