Ian Glazer

Ian Glazer is a prominent figure in the digital identity industry, currently serving as the founder and president of Weave Identity, an advisory services firm.12 He is the founder and Board Emeritus of IDPro®, a professional association for digital identity management that he conceived, built, and nurtured to grow to over 1000 individual members and numerous member companies.13

Throughout his career, Glazer has held several key positions:

1. Senior Vice President of Identity Product Management at Salesforce (February 2021 - May 2023)4
2. Research Vice President and Agenda Manager at Gartner, leading the Identity and Privacy Strategies team14
3. Vice-Chair of the Identity Ecosystem Steering Group (IDESG)14

Glazer is recognized as an accomplished IT Thought Leader and Product Management Executive with extensive experience in identity management, privacy, compliance, and access governance.1 He has contributed significantly to the industry by:

• Co-authoring a patent on federated user provisioning2
• Contributing to user provisioning specifications2
• Serving as a Board Member of the OpenID Foundation1
• Founding the Digital Identity Advancement Foundation1

As a noted blogger, speaker, and industry expert, Glazer has been frequently cited by major news outlets and has delivered keynote speeches at major industry events such as Identiverse and RSA Conference.13 He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania and has studied Artificial Intelligence and Scottish Literature at the University of Edinburgh.3