David’s goal of bringing high-trust identity into the control of every citizen started in 2013 with two US Government grants that proved that privacy and trust can be created online - and ignited the “selfie” identity verification craze. It expands today into the deployment of Mobile Identity (mDL & mID). David is a Certified Information Privacy Technologist, SOA Architect, Product Leader, and Identity go-to-market Srategist. He has 20 years in Identity, Biometrics, ID Proofing, Physical and Mobile ID Documents and a long background in software engineering and architecture.
David is an IAPP Certified Information Privacy Technologist with 20+ years in identity systems.
Identity & Payments Summit '25: "Challenges in IDV", "Future Wallets"
GSA Federal mDL Day, July 2025: "mDL Myth Busting" panel; video
Identity Week Europe '25, June 2025: "Building mDL Ecosystem, US Lessons"
FedID Forum, June 2024: ‘Leveraging mDL in Government Transactions’
STA Identity & Payment Summit, Feb 2024: ‘mDL on the Frontlines - State Panel’ link to agenda & intro PPT
Intl. Cryptography Conference Sept 2021: ‘Cryptographic Proof of ID Enables the Future’ link to agenda
IdentityNORTH Virtual Summit 2021: ‘Global Interoperability of mDL’
mDLConnection.com Secure Tech Alliance 2019: ‘The mDL Ecosystem’
Dock Labs, "Digital ID Wallets Transform Payments" Podcast by Nick Lambert, Dock Labs
GovTechNews, "Where are mDLs Taking Off?" Video Interview by Nikki Davidson
Identerati Office Hours with Mike@Gluu, April 2024, ‘Why the US Needs a Trust Framework’
Demystify Biometrics, Feb 2025: "Mobile Driver License Conversation"
The Future of Identity with Riley Hughes, Nov 2024: "Evolution of Mobile IDs"
Identity Podcast by DockIO, Feb 2024: ‘The New Digital mDL’ link to video
mDLConnection.com Secure Tech Alliance 2019: ‘Webinar Series: mDL’ webinar series
* US House of Representatives, Testimony Jul 2021: ‘mDL Privacy in the Digital Age’ link to written testimony, link to C-Span video
Compare & Contrast Identity Proofing and Onboarding/KYC solutions
Measure & Assess identity proofing and user verification
Apply Biometrics including on mobile devices and for IDV
Design Citizen-managed Mobile ID - information models, UX design, privacy
GTM, Feature/Benefits of Mobile Driver’s License (mDL) and ID
Building an mDL Ecosystem, defining use cases and rolling out to RPs
Educate & Define trust frameworks, technical rules, ops & legal requirements
Re-envision use cases, assess workflow changes accepting digital/mobile
Privacy engineering, privacy assessment of software design and architecture
Assessments: AAMVA mDL Guidelines, TSA Acceptance Requirements