Identity Advisor
Humana
Skills
I'm a practical identity visionary who's several times taken leading edge identity projects to sustainable deployment. I don't believe existing vendor IAM platforms will work well in what's coming at an enterprise. Why?
* Plethora of IoT devices, nano and micro bots, large physical bots, virtual bots of all sorts and AI systems, with no legal identity framework for these types of entities
* AI/AR/VR metaverse type environments where today, there is no legal identity framework to determine human from bot, and if a smart digital identity is tied to the underlying human physical legal identity
* A crappy underling physical legal identity system, on top of which is being built digital identies
Result? Massively increasign risk for enterprises from criminal attacks, hacking databases and fruad.
I've spend the last six years working my way through all the above. I've created a new legal identity architecture for both humans and AI systems/bots. Meanwhile, I've also developed a new enterprise identity framework. Call me if you'd like some VERY EXPERIENCED CONSULTING and not run of the mill IAM vendor speak.
* Plethora of IoT devices, nano and micro bots, large physical bots, virtual bots of all sorts and AI systems, with no legal identity framework for these types of entities
* AI/AR/VR metaverse type environments where today, there is no legal identity framework to determine human from bot, and if a smart digital identity is tied to the underlying human physical legal identity
* A crappy underling physical legal identity system, on top of which is being built digital identies
Result? Massively increasign risk for enterprises from criminal attacks, hacking databases and fruad.
I've spend the last six years working my way through all the above. I've created a new legal identity architecture for both humans and AI systems/bots. Meanwhile, I've also developed a new enterprise identity framework. Call me if you'd like some VERY EXPERIENCED CONSULTING and not run of the mill IAM vendor speak.
Project history
09/2010
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02/2022
* This was a short engagement asking Mr. Huntington to come in to review their
existing Novell identity deployment. They were blaming the product.
* In order to determine their business drivers, he interviewed many different
departments across the enterprise and determined that they didn't have an
enterprise view of identity and that the product wasn't to blame.
* He quickly gathered identity requirements from various Humana silo'd
departments
* He reviewed extremely complex identity data stores
* He made many recommendations on changing their identity strategy which
included a roadmap suggested architecture and suggestions on how they could
change their business processes to make their customers happier.
* He made his final recommendations in a written report as well as a presentation
to the senior VP in charge.
* Met with IBM Tivoli vendor
* Reviewed privacy requirements
* Worked with all different IT departments to assess their existing implementation
* Environment: Novell identity suite, AD, Aires, Oracle HR, Lotus Notes, NT, ACF2,
DB2, RACF, firewall products, MS Project
existing Novell identity deployment. They were blaming the product.
* In order to determine their business drivers, he interviewed many different
departments across the enterprise and determined that they didn't have an
enterprise view of identity and that the product wasn't to blame.
* He quickly gathered identity requirements from various Humana silo'd
departments
* He reviewed extremely complex identity data stores
* He made many recommendations on changing their identity strategy which
included a roadmap suggested architecture and suggestions on how they could
change their business processes to make their customers happier.
* He made his final recommendations in a written report as well as a presentation
to the senior VP in charge.
* Met with IBM Tivoli vendor
* Reviewed privacy requirements
* Worked with all different IT departments to assess their existing implementation
* Environment: Novell identity suite, AD, Aires, Oracle HR, Lotus Notes, NT, ACF2,
DB2, RACF, firewall products, MS Project
01/2002
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02/2022
Identity and Access Management (IAM) SME
Boeing
* Boeing's Single Sign On (SSO) project
* At Boeing, he successfully reorganized a team of 20, to refine their project scope,
and to manage a multi-million dollar budget for a global implementation.
* Boeing's identity and security architect worked with Guy to pioneer single sign
on to integrate over 1,500 applications across 14 different business units, each
with their own infrastructure and CIO's along with several different
authentication mechanisms.
* Mr. Huntington was brought in to develop a complete understanding of key
business and technology drivers across the numerous business units, supporting
changes to the project budget whilst reorganizing the identity team.
* He re-arranged the team into small groups tasked with specific challenges, in
support of creating a "SSO Factory Model".
* The Boeing architect and Mr. Huntington facilitated numerous meetings with the
different business units ,made presentations in support of the business units
buying into the proposed process and technology model.
* Mr. Huntington oversaw training Boeing personnel to act as the analysts and
implementers to integrate the 1,500 apps.
* Guy also worked closely with Boeing's identity vendor, Oblix.
* At the end of his engagement he turned the project back to Boeing management
to successfully run with future integrations.
* At Boeing, he successfully reorganized a team of 20, to refine their project scope,
and to manage a multi-million dollar budget for a global implementation.
* Boeing's identity and security architect worked with Guy to pioneer single sign
on to integrate over 1,500 applications across 14 different business units, each
with their own infrastructure and CIO's along with several different
authentication mechanisms.
* Mr. Huntington was brought in to develop a complete understanding of key
business and technology drivers across the numerous business units, supporting
changes to the project budget whilst reorganizing the identity team.
* He re-arranged the team into small groups tasked with specific challenges, in
support of creating a "SSO Factory Model".
* The Boeing architect and Mr. Huntington facilitated numerous meetings with the
different business units ,made presentations in support of the business units
buying into the proposed process and technology model.
* Mr. Huntington oversaw training Boeing personnel to act as the analysts and
implementers to integrate the 1,500 apps.
* Guy also worked closely with Boeing's identity vendor, Oblix.
* At the end of his engagement he turned the project back to Boeing management
to successfully run with future integrations.
04/2017
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08/2017
Federation Identity Architect
Alberta Blue Cross
* Lead a federation integration team creating risk and attack vector spreadsheets,
legal briefing documents, business processes, target architecture and a
federation "cookbook" to rapidly integrate new federation partners
legal briefing documents, business processes, target architecture and a
federation "cookbook" to rapidly integrate new federation partners
10/2012
-
02/2015
Identity Architect
Government of Alberta
* Lead the team in successfully implementing a ForgeRock identity management
solution, creating use cases, test cases, data standards, relying party
implementation guides, high availability infrastructure, etc.
solution, creating use cases, test cases, data standards, relying party
implementation guides, high availability infrastructure, etc.
08/2011
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11/2011
Trusted Identity Advisor
WestJet
WestJet's Identity Management Program
Trusted Identity Advisor, Contract
* At WestJet acted as their interim identity program manager and was their
trusted identity advisor.
* Wrote job requirements for support personnel, assisted on architecture
definition and successfully managed the completion of their pilot proof of
concept identity project tightly integrated with web services.
* He acted as both a subject matter expert (SME), architect and program manager.
* Assisted the WestJet architect and the senior management team to complete a
successful proof of concept with IBM Tivoli web services.
* Worked with management team to restructure outsource support contracts in
support of the identity project objectives.
* Worked with WestJet identity architect gathering implementation requirements
* Worked on defining a new directory architecture for the project
* In parallel, he worked with the architect defining the high availability
architecture and together they determined how to implement it.
* Guy and the identity architect worked with the different business units to
identify the long term needs for the identity management system.
* Analysed existing business requirements and translated these into a technical
architecture . Educated business team regarding best practices supporting
identity governance.
* Delivered presentations to the IT departments for requirements to operate a 24
x 7 identity infrastructure.
* Mr. Huntington was working with the architect and the head of IT security to
develop a shared enterprise business model that would leverage SOA.
* Mr. Huntington oversaw the creation of the WestJet project plan.
* He worked extensively with the system testing department.
* Environment: Tivoli identity suite v5.1 (TIM, TAM, Role Manager, Federation and
WebSeal), AD, Service Now suite, Oracle RAC , Sun Directory, IBM DataPower,
Web Broker and MQ, Kronos, Oracle Webogic, firewall products, Sharepoint
Trusted Identity Advisor, Contract
* At WestJet acted as their interim identity program manager and was their
trusted identity advisor.
* Wrote job requirements for support personnel, assisted on architecture
definition and successfully managed the completion of their pilot proof of
concept identity project tightly integrated with web services.
* He acted as both a subject matter expert (SME), architect and program manager.
* Assisted the WestJet architect and the senior management team to complete a
successful proof of concept with IBM Tivoli web services.
* Worked with management team to restructure outsource support contracts in
support of the identity project objectives.
* Worked with WestJet identity architect gathering implementation requirements
* Worked on defining a new directory architecture for the project
* In parallel, he worked with the architect defining the high availability
architecture and together they determined how to implement it.
* Guy and the identity architect worked with the different business units to
identify the long term needs for the identity management system.
* Analysed existing business requirements and translated these into a technical
architecture . Educated business team regarding best practices supporting
identity governance.
* Delivered presentations to the IT departments for requirements to operate a 24
x 7 identity infrastructure.
* Mr. Huntington was working with the architect and the head of IT security to
develop a shared enterprise business model that would leverage SOA.
* Mr. Huntington oversaw the creation of the WestJet project plan.
* He worked extensively with the system testing department.
* Environment: Tivoli identity suite v5.1 (TIM, TAM, Role Manager, Federation and
WebSeal), AD, Service Now suite, Oracle RAC , Sun Directory, IBM DataPower,
Web Broker and MQ, Kronos, Oracle Webogic, firewall products, Sharepoint
09/2009
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03/2010
Architect- Smart Grid
Toronto Hydro
* Facilitated meetings for discovery of business unit identity requirements.
* Prepared a business use cases as well as a plan for going forward.
* Created a requirements document and architecture that then became the
underpinning of three RFP's he produced (one for product, one for
implementation and the other for customized work). He then led the RFP review
team and selected vendors.
* In parallel to these efforts Guy mapped out existing business flows and then
created proposed business flows.
* Identified detailed requirements for a centralized identity data repository.
* He prepared an extensive project plan that included testing and data migration
* Mr. Huntington oversaw the creation of a communication strategy for identity
management.
* Hydro was the first utility in North America to deploy smart meters to all its
customers. Guy convinced the management team to hire two groups of
consultants to come in and do penetration tests on the smart meters, SCADA
and corporate IT infrastructure to ensure customer and corporate security.
* Mr. Huntington worked closely with the executive team designing the security
architecture that was in sync with their business architecture and their strategic
enterprise goals. He also made numerous executive presentations.
* Subsequently Guy was contracted to work with the Director of Infrastructure in
parallel to create a business case to reduce total operating costs for the different
type of servers. They then went on to virtualize about 80% of their servers.
* Mr. Huntington was contracted back a third time by the CIO to prepare the
architecture for "smart grid".
* Guy prepared a series of detailed use cases and added to it cases for electric
vehicles operating under different situations.
* Then he prepared a conceptual architecture for this identifying each type of
service that would be required.
* Guy created supporting workflows for each step in the use cases and then traced
out the interactions between the different architectural pieces.
* Mr. Huntington prepared several white papers for senior management to
communicate the complexity of implementing smart grid. He also prepared a
business case that included cost estimates as well as a suggested roadmap.
* Environment: Oracle identity suite 11g, AD, SQL, Oracle RAC, Remedy,
Homegrown HRMS, Firewall products, Telvent, Elster, Sharepoint, Gridpoint,
Ellipse, Banner, Novell eDirectory, Oracle CRM, MS Project, COBIT, ITIL
* Prepared a business use cases as well as a plan for going forward.
* Created a requirements document and architecture that then became the
underpinning of three RFP's he produced (one for product, one for
implementation and the other for customized work). He then led the RFP review
team and selected vendors.
* In parallel to these efforts Guy mapped out existing business flows and then
created proposed business flows.
* Identified detailed requirements for a centralized identity data repository.
* He prepared an extensive project plan that included testing and data migration
* Mr. Huntington oversaw the creation of a communication strategy for identity
management.
* Hydro was the first utility in North America to deploy smart meters to all its
customers. Guy convinced the management team to hire two groups of
consultants to come in and do penetration tests on the smart meters, SCADA
and corporate IT infrastructure to ensure customer and corporate security.
* Mr. Huntington worked closely with the executive team designing the security
architecture that was in sync with their business architecture and their strategic
enterprise goals. He also made numerous executive presentations.
* Subsequently Guy was contracted to work with the Director of Infrastructure in
parallel to create a business case to reduce total operating costs for the different
type of servers. They then went on to virtualize about 80% of their servers.
* Mr. Huntington was contracted back a third time by the CIO to prepare the
architecture for "smart grid".
* Guy prepared a series of detailed use cases and added to it cases for electric
vehicles operating under different situations.
* Then he prepared a conceptual architecture for this identifying each type of
service that would be required.
* Guy created supporting workflows for each step in the use cases and then traced
out the interactions between the different architectural pieces.
* Mr. Huntington prepared several white papers for senior management to
communicate the complexity of implementing smart grid. He also prepared a
business case that included cost estimates as well as a suggested roadmap.
* Environment: Oracle identity suite 11g, AD, SQL, Oracle RAC, Remedy,
Homegrown HRMS, Firewall products, Telvent, Elster, Sharepoint, Gridpoint,
Ellipse, Banner, Novell eDirectory, Oracle CRM, MS Project, COBIT, ITIL
07/2006
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08/2006
Identity and Access Management (IAM) SME
Potash Corporation
* Reviewed their existing identity requirements
* Reviewed existing data stores for identities as well as suggested new data
models for some identity types
* Prepared a business case for identity
* Met with identity vendors
* Reviewed privacy requirements
* Worked with all Potash's IT departments
* Made recommendations including an identity roadmap, budget and personnel
requirements
* Reviewed existing data stores for identities as well as suggested new data
models for some identity types
* Prepared a business case for identity
* Met with identity vendors
* Reviewed privacy requirements
* Worked with all Potash's IT departments
* Made recommendations including an identity roadmap, budget and personnel
requirements
04/2006
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06/2006
Identity and Access Management (IAM) SME
Kaiser Permanente
* Reviewed Kaiser Permanente's identity program, which at the time had two
different identity vendors and produced a 100 page report on how to scale and
maintain their infrastructure.
* He facilitated meetings and interviewed different parts of the enterprise to
understand their business drivers and define their requirements.
* His assessment identified for them that hey had no ability to scale their existing
infrastructure to add hundreds applications nor support high availability,
messaging, monitoring nor change management.
* Guy mapped out key business processes using Visio for use by the identity
deployment analysts and team.
* Mr. Huntington was working with the CSO and other different executives and
other different business departments and was in constant communication with
them.
different identity vendors and produced a 100 page report on how to scale and
maintain their infrastructure.
* He facilitated meetings and interviewed different parts of the enterprise to
understand their business drivers and define their requirements.
* His assessment identified for them that hey had no ability to scale their existing
infrastructure to add hundreds applications nor support high availability,
messaging, monitoring nor change management.
* Guy mapped out key business processes using Visio for use by the identity
deployment analysts and team.
* Mr. Huntington was working with the CSO and other different executives and
other different business departments and was in constant communication with
them.
07/2003
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04/2004
Identity and Access Management (IAM) SME
Capital One
* Guy arrived to create their identity architecture and then was assigned to work
with the management team to save their single sign on project that had been
unsuccessful up until that time.
* He facilitated many different meetings to interview various business
departments to determine their business drivers and to determine their business
and technical requirements.
* He defined their enterprise identity architecture and also restored their second
attempt at SSO/HR portal program to a successful footing.
* He worked with the team to map out the internal business processes for
identities that spanned several business units.
* He prepared a new project plan that brought together all interested parties and
oversaw the coordination of tasks associated with the plan for the identity
components.
* Mr. Huntington worked closely with their HR department senior and line
managers levels to change company policy to incorporate contractors into their
HRMS for provisioning to the identity system.
* His work included architecture, roadmaps and business use cases, requirements
documents as well as implementing a limited reusable access management
business process.
* He worked on several different data models for different identity types
* He ensured that there was substantial testing done at all levels (user,
acceptance, performance, etc).
* Mr. Huntington then prepared technical requirements for the enterprise
regarding their SSO deployment.
with the management team to save their single sign on project that had been
unsuccessful up until that time.
* He facilitated many different meetings to interview various business
departments to determine their business drivers and to determine their business
and technical requirements.
* He defined their enterprise identity architecture and also restored their second
attempt at SSO/HR portal program to a successful footing.
* He worked with the team to map out the internal business processes for
identities that spanned several business units.
* He prepared a new project plan that brought together all interested parties and
oversaw the coordination of tasks associated with the plan for the identity
components.
* Mr. Huntington worked closely with their HR department senior and line
managers levels to change company policy to incorporate contractors into their
HRMS for provisioning to the identity system.
* His work included architecture, roadmaps and business use cases, requirements
documents as well as implementing a limited reusable access management
business process.
* He worked on several different data models for different identity types
* He ensured that there was substantial testing done at all levels (user,
acceptance, performance, etc).
* Mr. Huntington then prepared technical requirements for the enterprise
regarding their SSO deployment.
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