Ping Identity^®, The Cloud Identity Security Leader™, today announced that John Bradley has joined the company’s Office of the CTO as senior technical architect. In this role, he will continue to develop and evangelize the next generation of identity standards include OpenID Connect and OAuth.

“An active and well-respected member of the Identity community, John brings an in-depth understanding of interoperability and open standards to our team,” said Patrick Harding, CTO of Ping Identity. “This expertise directly aligns with Ping Identity’s standards-based approach to solving complex identity management challenges and makes him a natural fit for our expanding team.”

Bradley brings more than 15 years of identity management and information technology expertise to his role at Ping Identity. He is treasurer of the openID Foundation and chair of the Federation Interoperability work group at Kantara, an IT consortium focused on interoperable digital identity systems. Bradley is also an advisory board member of the Open Identity Exchange (OIX) and an active contributor to SAML and other OASIS specifications at the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS), a consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of open standards for the global information society. Additionally, Bradley is one of the leaders of the Open Source Identity System (OSIS) initiative. Prior to joining Ping Identity, Bradley served as an advisor to government agencies and commercial organizations on the policy and technical requirements of identity management, federated identity, PKI and smart card solutions.

“Adding John Bradley to Ping Identity's highly respected CTO team demonstrates the company's deep commitment to advancing identity security standards," said Don Thibeau, executive director of the OpenIDFoundation. "John is a valuable asset to the OpenID Foundation. We believe his work with Ping Identity will accelerate the adoption of OpenID technologies."

Led by Ping Identity CTO Patrick Harding, Ping Identity’s Office of the CTO is responsible for Ping Identity Labs, emerging technologies, architectures and standards, and developing Ping Identity’s technology strategy. Bradley joins a respected team of industry experts that includes Pamela Dingle, a senior technical architect with a long history in Identity Management who serves on the board of directors of the OpenID Foundation; Paul Madsen, a senior technical architect who has participated in various design, chairing, editing and education roles for a number of identity standards including OASIS SAML, the Simple Cloud Identity Management (SCIM), OAuth 2.0, and TV Everywhere; and Travis Spencer, a senior technical architect with more than a decade of application development experience which includes the design of large-scale service-oriented and federated systems.

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