Mike is a thought leader in the “identity management” industry — the system of business processes, policies and technologies that facilitates and controls user access to online applications and resources, and protects confidential information from unauthorized users. Now at Mycroft, Inc., Mike was most recently vice president and research director at Burton Group, a consultancy well known for its leadership in digital identity issues.

Mike is also known for his work on next-generation identity services, such as the Limited Liability Persona (LLP) that introduced him to Hybrid Vigor’s Denise Caruso, when she wrote about his work in her New York Times Re:framing column on digital identity and security.

As a senior product manager at Novell, Mike was responsible for the company’s identity products and worked under the direction of Eric Schmidt and and appointed team on projects such as digitalme (which is now resurfacing under the Higgins Project).