Andrew Shikiar is Executive Director and CEO at the FIDO Alliance, a global consortium working to create open standards and an interoperable ecosystem for simpler, stronger user authentication. He has over 20 years of experience in digital identity and leading multi-stakeholder organizations, having previously driven market development efforts for Tizen Association, LiMo Foundation, and Liberty Alliance Project.
Andrew has deep experience in multi-stakeholder organizations and has served in executive and managerial roles, driving a variety of emerging initiatives at leading technology companies. His work at Sun Microsystems included PR and marketing leadership for the company's Java and identity management initiatives near their inception. Andrew was also a founding executive at RadicalMail, an early entrant in the email analytics market (later sold to IBM). Most recently, he served as VP of Marketing & Business Development for machine learning pioneer BigML.
Andrew is also a frequent speaker at industry events and has been quoted extensively in leading print, broadcast and online media outlets.
