Jim Gerken has been working in IT since the 80s and in the Identity field since the 90s. After graduating from UCSB with a BS in CompSci, Jim has worked at UCSB, defense contracting, and UCLA establishing new and leading technologies. For the last 24 years Jim has worked for Novacoast building and challenging the Identity Practice, consulting with partner vendors to improve their Identity products, participating in user groups, standards groups, and conventions to drive adoption of Identity, and of course solving Identity problems and establishing Identity Programs for our breadth of customers.