Speaking & workshops
Bring the operating model to your team
Identity is a human discipline before it is a technical one. I speak and run working sessions that help teams see their real exposure, agree on ownership, and leave with a first move they can actually make.
Formats
Sessions built around your reality, not a slide template
Keynote
Why identity drifts, what an operating model actually is, and what AI is really exposing, framed for a leadership audience.
Working session
A hands-on workshop with owners and practitioners: map a system, name owners, and find the first small step worth taking.
Leadership briefing
A focused session for CISOs and identity leaders on governance, decision rights, and making the case in operating terms.
Topics
Talks and workshops drawn from the book
Every session is tailored to the room. These are starting points.
AI Does Not Fix Identity. It Exposes It.
Agents inherit whatever access, ownership, and standards are already in place. AI shortens the distance between a weak decision and its consequence. What leaders can do before AI finds those gaps first.
Identity Doesn’t Fail Loudly. It Drifts.
Why identity weakens through small, sensible decisions, why predictability is the real measure of maturity, and how to see drift early instead of in the audit.
When the Assistant Acts as You
Governing AI identity on purpose: explicit access patterns, attribution below the identity level, the agent that creates access, and why every identity needs a kill switch.
Making the Case in Terms Leadership Funds
Turning identity work into the language executives and boards already use: revenue, growth, cost, risk, and time. Metrics that show health rather than activity, and what a green dashboard can hide.
Starting Where You Are
A hands-on session with owners and practitioners. Map one system with the Identity System Catalog, name real owners, and leave with a first wave sized to your risk and change appetite.
Ownership and Decision Rights
Work through the Ownership Map and the Decision-Rights Matrix together, so accountability is said out loud and written down before the next incident or audit asks for it.
Get in touch
Let’s talk about your program
Conferences, internal leadership days, and team workshops. Reach out and tell me what your team is wrestling with.