Upcoming Webinar
Navigating IAM Leadership Challenges and Opportunities
January 15th, 2025, 9:00am PT/12:00pm ET
- Jeff Reich
- Steve Tout
Navigating IAM Leadership Challenges and Opportunities
IAM leaders face increasing challenges, from technical debt to navigating organizational politics, all while striving to make meaningful impact. In this webinar, hosted by IDSA and featuring IAM industry veteran Steve Tout, we’ll explore the critical skills and mindsets needed to excel as an IT leader. Discover how to develop your unique leadership identity, hone your superpowers, and think like a data scientist to uncover innovative solutions. Through lessons from the Rubin vase illusion, Steve will challenge your perspective, equipping you with tools to align technical, strategic, and human dimensions for leading more impactful IAM strategies and programs.
Attendees Will Learn:
- Clarify your leadership identity
- Identify and hone your superpowers
- Develop next-gen leadership skills
- Chart your path to impact
Who Should Attend:
- Senior IT Managers
- Identity Architects
- CISOs
- CIOs
- Enterprise Architects
The Panelists
Jeff Reich
Executive Director, Identity Defined Security Alliance
An advocate of research and innovation speaking to and from the technology and security industries. Extensive experience in building and leading high-performance teams by identifying and developing high-potential leaders at all levels of an organization, many of whom achieve world-recognized leadership status. Built successful programs dealing with challenging problems, delivering prevention, recovery, and turnaround solutions to organizations. My perfect role allows for a significant impact for a growing concern by nurturing and nourishing people, resulting in strong and resilient teams that lead an enterprise through challenges of growth that require innovation and out-of-the-box thinking.
Steve Tout
Founder & CEO, Identient
Steve is a founder, entrepreneur, and advisor with extensive expertise in IAM, cybersecurity consulting, and strategic program delivery. As the founder and CEO of Identient, he is dedicated to helping organizations transform IAM into a strategic asset that drives alignment, resilience, and business impact. He has supported digital transformations for organizations ranging from government agencies to Fortune 500 companies. Steve’s hands-on experience includes guiding post-incident IAM advisory at Malwarebytes, spearheading strategic CIAM initiatives at US Bank and VMware, and advising Washington State on resident IAM modernization. Known for his thought leadership and ability to drive impactful results in dynamic environments, Steve excels at bridging technical expertise with strategic vision to enhance business performance. When not working, he spends time training and running in ultra marathons, pushing his limits on trails and embracing the discipline and resilience that come with endurance sports.