Identity and Data Community Meeting #9: Identity Verification

Blair Cohen is the Founder and President of AuthenticID, a disruptive and transformational AI-driven identity proofing and fraud prevention company. Its technology quickly and securely verifies identities with 99% + accuracy in seconds. The outcome for companies is a reduction in fraud costs, elevated security, and a friction-free customer experience.

As a dynamic technology entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience, Blair is future-focused and can anticipate industry needs, identify pain points, and then build systems to help organizations improve their bottom line. Prior to turning his focus to solving the biggest challenge on earth, identity, Blair launched several other groundbreaking enterprises and pioneering technology products. Named by One World Identity (OWI) as one of the 100 Most Influential Identity Experts globally, his articles can be found in publications like Fast Company. He frequently speaks at industry conferences focused on identity, risk management, and information security.

Iain Maxwell, also known as Max, is Product Manager for UL’s Mobile Tools portfolio at UL Solutions Identity Management & Security Division. With over 20 years of experience in the smart card industry focusing on the testing of GSMA Subscription Manager servers, handsets, UICCs/eUICCs and Mobile Payment solutions, he is also an experienced trainer on telecommunication, identity and payments specifications and UL products.

Iain has extensive experience testing GSMA M2M and Consumer eSIM technologies, NFC, GlobalPlatform, CAT, TCP-BIP, CAT-TP, SWP/HCI and other 3GPP/3GPP2/ETSI handset and UICC products, in addition to a range of different Mobile Payment solutions.

He now specializes in Mobile Driving License (mDL) technologies based on ISO18013-5. In addition to these activities he also manages UL’s Mobile Tools portfolio delivering testing, validation and qualification tools for GSMA Subscription Manager servers, handsets/LPAds, UICC/eUICCs, mDL Applications and mDL Reader Applications to the market. Iain is also responsible for the management and development of several consultancy projects for key network operators and payment providers.

Iain holds a Bachelor Degree in Information Management & Technology from Napier University.

Helene Vigue is Identity and Data Director at the GSMA. Since 2014 she has assisted mobile operators worldwide with their mobile identity initiatives. Her purpose is to connect the mobile identity ecosystem and facilitate collaboration. Before joining the GSMA, Helene held multiple technology and business roles at Orange. This included mobile handset launches, global strategy and digital services delivery.