The KNOW Identity Awards recognize the most compelling startups, individuals and identity innovations of the year. The awards will be presented on Tuesday, March 27th in Washington, D.C. at the KNOW Identity Conference 2018 happy hour.


Individual Finalists

/CEO of the Year

Caryn Seidman-Becker
Clear

Reed Taussig
ThreatMetrix

James Stickland
Veridium

Marco Piovesan
InfoMart

Jim Greenwell
Danal


/Government Leader of the Year

Margaret Weichert
OMB

Anne Wallwork
Treasury

Beverly Dicks
ServiceBC (Canada)

LaChelle Levan
GSA

COL Tom Clancy
DoD CIO


/Industry Leader of the Year

Tammy Cohen
InfoMart

Stephen Ufford
Trulioo

Vinny Lingham
Civic

Kathleen Peters
Experian

Steve Polsky
Juvo


/Trust Leader of the Year

Rimma Perelmuter
Mobile Ecosystem Forum

Drummond Reed
Evernym

Phil Windley
Chair at Sovrin Foundation

George Avetisov
HYPR

Jason Tan
Sift Science


/Investor of the Year

David Fields
PTB Ventures

Brad Svrluga
Primary Venture Partners

Hank Thomas
Strategic Cyber Ventures

Harshul Sanghi
American Express Ventures

Tricia Kemp
Oak HC/FT


/Rising Innovator

Dakota Gruener
ID2020

Kaarel Kotkas
Veriff

Vyjayanti Desai
World Bank Group ID4D

Toby Norman
Simsprints

Tommy Nicholas
Alloy


Organizational Finalists

/Best New Startup


/Greatest Social Impact Through Identity


/Greatest Social Impact Through Identity: Non-Profit


/Greatest Impact on Trust


/Trailblazer


INNOVATION
How innovative was the nominee’s contribution?
IMPACT
How impactful was the nominee’s contribution to the identity industry?
SECURITY
Did the nominee’s contribution impact identity privacy and security concerns?
SUSTAINABILITY
Did the nominee’s contribution demonstrate potential for long-term success?
REACH
What was the scope of the nominee’s contribution?

Judges


Travis Jarae
CEO, One World Identity

Pete Joukov
COO, One World Identity

Jennie Berry
SVP of Client Services, One World Identity

Kaelyn Lowmaster
Principal Analyst, One World Identity

Filip Verley
Senior Advisor, One World Identity