
I love inventing, and I'm passionate about using software to make the world a better place. I also love to distill ideas as a teacher and writer. I am happiest with challenging problems, where ambiguity and opportunity abound. I have broad experience and aptitude as a coder/designer—and I’m also a great communicator, system thinker, and synthesizer. I like mentoring. I work hard, execute correctly on priorities, and have significant experience managing both local and outsourced teams. I enjoy learning from others, and I cheerfully admit I don’t know it all -- it takes a team to conquer the world. With plenty of help from smart coworkers, I’ve had the privilege of building pragmatic solutions to many mission-critical problems. The result has been “crown jewel” technologies that catalyzed change in dev teams and business models -- but also lasting friendships and professional collaborations that I treasure. Specialties: identity, privacy, protocols, decentralized and peer-to-peer architectures, blockchain, cybersecurity and zero-trust architecture, cryptography, zero-knowledge proofs, digital credentials, open source, writing and shepherding standards, machine learning, databases, python, C++, java, Rust, message queues, web technologies, C#, cross-platform internationalization and globalization, UI/usability/UX, pragmatic implementations of agile process, linux/windows/mac
bluecoat.com
sicpa.com
sovrin.org
lfdecentralizedtrust.org
adaptivecomputing.com
broadcom.com
gendigital.com
Orem, Utah, United States
CTO and CISO
Provenant Inc
• www.linkedin.com/company/provenant-inc
Aug 2022 - Present
Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
vLEI Technical Advisory Board
Freelance
Jan 2024 - Present
Technical Ambassador
Hyperledger
• www.linkedin.com/company/lfdecentralizedtrust
May 2018 - Jun 2024
Principal Ecosystem Engineer
SICPA
• www.linkedin.com/company/sicpa
Jan 2021 - Jul 2022
Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Technical Governance Board
Sovrin Foundation
• www.linkedin.com/company/sovrin-foundation
Sep 2016 - Dec 2021
CISO
Evernym, Inc.
• www.linkedin.com/company/evernym-inc-
Aug 2020 - Jan 2021
Chief Architect
Evernym, Inc.
• www.linkedin.com/company/evernym-inc-
Mar 2018 - Jan 2021
Greater Salt Lake City Area
founder / CEO, and later CTO
Lifescape
Jan 2007 - Dec 2008
software engineer
CMR Computer
Apr 1996 - Jan 1999