--- title: People layout: single published: false --- - [Mike Jones’ Blog](https://self-issued.info/) - [Nat Sakimura’s Blog](https://nat.sakimura.org/) - [John Bradley’s Blog](https://www.thread-safe.com/) ![](https://i.imgur.com/jN2CaDz.png) Eventually there will be a section with individual pages for the various influential and\or prominent members of the DID\SSI community. But I wasn't sure where to start... I decided to start by featuring Women in Identity first, and expand from there. * [**T**](https://womeninidentity.org/" />WomenInIdentity.org [](https://twitter.com/IdentityWoman) * [identitywoman.net/about-kaliya/bio/](https://identitywoman.net/about-kaliya/bio/) > Kaliya Young (formerly Hamlin) is an expert in self-sovereign identity and identity on the blockchain. She is the co-author of a Comprehensive guide to Self-Sovereign Identity and is widely known as Identity Woman (its also the name of her blog and her twitter handle). She is committed her life to the development of an open standards based layer of the internet that empowers people. * [twitter.com/IdentityWoman](https://twitter.com/IdentityWoman) * Co-Founder [Internet Identity Workshop](http://www.internetidentityworkshop.com/)(IIW)[[**T**](https://twitter.com/idworkshop)] to discuss "architectural and governance proposals for Internet-wide identity services and their underlying philosophies." -[Announcing IIW 2005](https://identitywoman.net/announcing-the-internet-identity-workshop-iiw2005/) * [identitywoman.net](https://identitywoman.net/) - Independent Advocate for the Rights and Dignity of our Digital Selves. * [Exciting SSI announcement was not well received by some](https://identitywoman.net/exciting-ssi-announcement-was-not-well-received-by-some/) > The Microsoft-Mastercard SSI alliance is great news, but some thought it was a bad thing.\ * [The Domains of Identity & Self-Sovereign Identity -- Presentation from Kaliya Young](https://youtu.be/U8bZ4GYFwKY) [](https://youtu.be/U8bZ4GYFwKY) >The Future of Property Rights a program at New America just published a new report [The Nail Finds a Hammer: Self-Sovereign Identity, Design Principles and Property Rights in the Developing World.](https://www.newamerica.org/future-property-rights/reports/nail-finds-hammer/) I commented extensively on the paper before publication and they included the Domains of Identity within the report. It turns out that many of the Domains of Identity include registries. This whole perspective that registries as the root of many of our systems is very eye opening. Just like when one finds identity one sees it everywhere, it turns our registries are everywhere too. * [ssiscoop.com - Your Guide to Self Sovereign Identity](https://ssiscoop.com/) >A comprehensive analysis of the technology, standards, projects, and companies that use blockchain for identity. ## Kimberly Hamilton Duffey * []() * []() ## Natalie Smolenski * [Natalie Smolenski - Author, Speaker](https://www.nataliesmolenski.com/) > Natalie Smolenski is an anthropologist leading business development for blockchain technology firm Learning Machine. She writes and speaks about identity, tech, and government. * [Natalie Smolenski - University of Michigan - Academia.edu](http://umich.academia.edu/NatalieSmolenski) > Natalie Smolenski, University of Michigan, Anthropology and History Department, Graduate Student. Studies Phenomenological Psychology, Self psychology, and Anthropology of Religion. Natalie Smolenski is a psychological anthropologist and historian ## Ann Cavoukian, Ph.D. * twitter.com/AnnCavoukian * [Global Privacy and Security By Design](https://gpsbydesign.org/) > Myth: We need to give up our personal privacy for public safety.\ > Reality: We can have both. We don't need to choose.\ > SECURITY + PRIVACY = FREEDOM, INNOVATION AND PROSPERITY * linkedin: >Distinguished Expert-in-Residence - Privacy by Design Centre of Excellence at Ryerson University * [www.ipc.on.ca](https://www.ipc.on.ca/) >The role of the Information and Privacy Commissioner is set out in three privacy and access laws: the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA), the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA) and the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA). The IPC acts independently of government to uphold and promote open government and the protection of personal privacy.a * itbusiness.ca/author/ann-cavoukian * [Operationalizing Privacy by Design -From Rhetoric to Reality](https://www.itbusiness.ca/blog/operationalizing-privacy-by-design-from-rhetoric-to-reality/20860) Notes: * Pamela Dingle (now head of ID standards at MSFT) * Mary Ruddy * Elizabeth Reneirus * Kimberly Little (Sutherland) * Marta, formerly blockstream, now with Hyperledger * Katryna Dow - Meeco ... ## kim-cameron * [Kaliya-Identity Woman (@IdentityWoman)](https://twitter.com/identitywoman/status/1135367999903473664?s=12) > Hanging with @kim_cameron in Toronto before @IdentityNorth ![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D8GjKszX4AAg36e?format=jpg&name=small) * [Kim Cameron - Identity Laws](https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/scobleizer/Kim-Cameron-Identity-Laws) - video > Kim Cameron has caused quite a stir with his Identity Blog. He came out with a whitepaper called "the Laws of Identity" which has caused quite a bit of conversation. * [https://identityblog.com/](https://identityblog.com/) ## doc-searls * [Doc Searls (@dsearls)](https://twitter.com/dsearls) > Free-range journalist; wrote [The Intention Economy](https://www.amazon.com/Intention-Economy-When-Customers-Charge/dp/1422158527), co-wrote @Cluetrain; blogs at [doc.searls.com](http://doc.searls.com/), [doc.blog](http://doc.blog/); runs @VRM; fellow, @ucsbcits * [The Intention Economy: When Customers Take Charge](https://cyber.harvard.edu/events/2012/05/searls) > Whether your interest is in preserving Internet freedom and opportunity, changing the economic power structure, new challenges for cyberlaw, or just turning the tables on privacy-violating business models and practices, there will be plenty to hear and discuss at Doc Searls' ... ## mary-ruddy * [maryruddy (@maryruddy)](https://twitter.com/maryruddy/status/8000292905?s=20) > Re @identiywoman to @davemcclure, I'm @maryruddy working on the adoption and implementation of open identity standards. * [Mary Ruddy - Gartner](https://www.gartner.com/analyst/44158/Mary-Ruddy) View Mary Ruddy's Gartner analyst profile. Gartner is the world's leading information technology research and advisory company. * [Mary Ruddy Archives - Identity Woman](https://identitywoman.net/tag/mary-ruddy/) ## phil-windley * [Phil Windley's Technometria](http://windley.com/) Building the Internet of My Things * [The Live Web](http://web.archive.org/web/20130120050943/http:/theliveweb.org/) - web.archive.org > Putting Cloud Computing to Work for People | A Book by Phillip J. Windley * [http://www.windley.com/tags/identity.shtml](http://www.windley.com/tags/identity.shtml) ## kaliya-identitywoman-young * [TEDxConstitutionDrive 2012 - Kaliya Hamlin - "The Need for Limited Liability Personas"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lazg31TN8FE) > Our 2012 theme was "Identity" This year we explored Identity in a way that went beyond the standard gender/race/age lines. We see Identity as the non-genetic... * [The Domains of Identity & Self-Sovereign Identity](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8bZ4GYFwKY) - 2018 Kaliya Young (“The Identity Woman”) explains 16 domains of identity --variously related to government, civil society, commerce, employment, and the data brok... ![https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/619682299134345229/622965172843184128/unknown.png](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/619682299134345229/622965172843184128/unknown.png) * [Tykn.tech (@Tykn_tech)](https://twitter.com/tykn_tech/status/1187387536185942016?s=12) > "Right now the questions need to be about what do the customers who will be early adopters of this technology really need. How do we really make this stuff interoperable?" - @IdentityWoman * [Interview with Kaliya Young (co-founder of the Internet Identity Workshop and author of the Domains of Identity)](https://tykn.tech/interview-with-kaliya-young/) ## natalie-smolenski * [Natalie Smolenski - Author, Speaker](https://www.nataliesmolenski.com/) > Natalie Smolenski is an anthropologist leading business development for blockchain technology firm Learning Machine. She writes and speaks about identity, tech, and government. * [Natalie Smolenski - University of Michigan - Academia.edu](http://umich.academia.edu/NatalieSmolenski) > Natalie Smolenski, University of Michigan, Anthropology and History Department, Graduate Student. Studies Phenomenological Psychology, Self psychology, and Anthropology of Religion. Natalie Smolenski is a psychological anthropologist and historian * [Truth of Your Life - About](https://www.truthofyourlife.com/about.html) > I am a counselor specializing in individual adult psychoanalysis. My practice is currently conducted only through online correspondence. In other words, my patients and I write to each other. This... * [Identity and Digital Self-Sovereignty](https://medium.com/learning-machine-blog/identity-and-digital-self-sovereignty-1f3faab7d9e3) A New Paradigm for Sovereignty on the High Seas ## elizabeth-renieris * [https://hackylawyer.com/about](https://hackylawyer.com/about) > Elizabeth M. Renieris (@hackylawyER) is the founder of the hackylawyER consultancy focused on law and policy engineering. She is also an incoming fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard. An entrepreneurial attorney, policy advisor, and strategic consultant who is passionate about the impact of emerging technologies on privacy, identity, civil society, and collective consciousness, Elizabeth frequently advises on the same. Her core areas of expertise include cross-border data protection and privacy (CIPP/E, CIPP/US), digital and self-sovereign identity, blockchain and distributed ledger technologies, and artificial intelligence and machine learning systems. * [MIT Legal Forum Elizabeth Renieris Preview of Data Protection Session](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UDZR_V6_vE) ## marta-piekarska * [Meet Hyperledger’s New Director of Ecosystem Development – Hyp...](https://www.hyperledger.org/blog/2017/05/18/meet-hyperledgers-new-director-of-ecosystems) > We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve recently hired Marta Piekarska as our Director of Ecosystems. Please join us in welcoming her to the team. Previously, Marta worked for Blockstream as... * [Blockchain Workshop Position Statement - Marta Piekarska](https://www.w3.org/2016/04/blockchain-workshop/interest/geater-piekarska.html) > I am a Bachelor of Electrical and Computer Engineering from Warsaw University of Technology and a double Master from Computer Science and Informatics at Technical University of Berlin and Warsaw University of Technology. I did my thesis on Voice Encryption on Android Platform and GPU-aided Payload Delivery on Linux Kernel. Currently finishing my PhD thesis on User-Centric Privacy on Mobile Devices, while working for one of the hottest Silicon Valley startups, Blockstream as their Security Architect. Previously, I was the Lead Architect at Deutsche Telekom on the Future of Mobile Privacy, a collaboration with Mozilla and Deutsche Telekom improving Firefox OS. * [Marta Piekarska (@mpiekarska8)](https://twitter.com/mpiekarska8) Blockchain enthusiasts, Hyperledger evangelist, Security and Privacy gal. * [marta piekarska - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=marta+piekarska) ## manu-sporny * [https://www.sbir.gov/sbirsearch/detail/1241085](https://www.sbir.gov/sbirsearch/detail/1241085) * [http://manu.sporny.org/](http://manu.sporny.org/) * [https://digitalbazaar.com](https://digitalbazaar.com/) * [Manu Sporny (@manusporny)](https://twitter.com/manusporny) > Founder/CEO Digital Bazaar; payments, identity & blockchain. Kickstarted Web Payments, Verifiable Credentials, Decentralized Identifiers, and JSON-LD at W3C. ## katryna-dow * [Katryna Dow - About](https://katrynadow.me/about/) > Katryna Dow is the CEO and founder of Meeco, the global tech company that launched a world leading data independence platform for people. Meeco guarantees individuals choice and data sovereignty ri… * [Katryna Dow (@katrynadow)](https://twitter.com/katrynadow) > Founder+CEO @meeco_me #APIofMe #Data #Privacy #SharedValue #Distributed #Blockchain #DigitalRights #Identity #SSID #HODL #Coffee What's next? * [http://www.linkedin.com/in/katrynadow](http://www.linkedin.com/in/katrynadow) ## pamela-dingle * [Pamela Dingle (@pamelarosiedee)](https://twitter.com/pamelarosiedee) > All your $5 wrenches are belong to me. Director of Identity Standards @ MSFT. Paranoid Optimist. (she/)Her opinions. See #ViewFromtheWindowSeat * [Eternally Optimistic](http://eternallyoptimistic.com/) Adventures of an Eternal Optimist * [Pamela Dingle - Identiverse 2019](https://identiverse.com/speaker/pamela-dingle/) * [Pamela Dingle](https://www.kuppingercole.com/speakers/587) - Kuppinger Cole > Pamela Dingle has 15 years of experience in implementation and architecture of identity standards for web access management, provisioning, and federation. As Director of Identity Standards at Microsoft, Pamela leads a team of experts dedicated to collaboration within the indu... ## Katryna Dow * [FinTech Insider on Tour @ Money20/20 Europe 2018: Katryna Dow, CEO Meeco](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3yzXgesKJY) > Sam sits down with Katryna Dow from Meeco to discuss data and taking control. * [Katryna Dow - FemTech Leaders](http://web.archive.org/web/20151122105350/http:/www.femtechleaders.com/oceania/katryna-dow-2/) - 2015 The Voices & View from FemTech Leaders ## Drummond Reed * [XRD Begins](http://www.equalsdrummond.name/?p=172) - Drummond Reed > For most people, watching the evolution of technical specifications is like watching a glacier move. To those of us living the process, though, there can be a great deal of drama to it — in f… * [Drummond Reed (@drummondreed)](https://twitter.com/drummondreed) ## Christopher Allen ![](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/620045023496503299/620045043255869451/unknown.png) * [The Four Kinds of Privacy](http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2015/04/the-four-kinds-of-privacy.html) - April 20 2015 * [The Path to Self Sovereign Identity](http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2016/04/the-path-to-self-soverereign-identity.html) * [ChristopherA/info](https://christophera.info/) > Simple Identity Website for Christopher Allen. ## Heather Dahl [Ep. 74 – Self Sovereign Identity – insights from Sovrin](https://www.insureblocks.com/ep-74-self-sovereign-identity-insights-from-sovrin/) [Heather Dahl](https://www.linkedin.com/in/heathercdahl/) is the CEO of Sovrin, one of the leading self-sovereign identity solutions. In this podcast we discuss how identity has evolved from the offline world, to the limitations of it being online in the internet and finally to the opportunities it brings in a blockchain world.