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Abbie Barbir Rapporteur, Study Group 17 ITU, Q10/17 Abbie Barbir serves as a Senior Security Advisor in the areas of identity management, mobile devices and authentication. Abbie has extensive experience in identity and access management. Abbie is the co-founder of ADI Association (https://adiassociation.org/ ). He has worked with many standard organizations on developing next generation authentication technologies and is member of the FIDO Board of Directors. Barbir holds a Ph.D. in computer engineering from Louisiana State University. In his more than 25 years in the software and security industry, he has been a Professor of Computer Science, an Application Developer, Data Compression and Encryption Inventor, Systems Architect, Security Architect, Engineering Manager, Consultant, Author and Inventor of numerous security algorithms and articles.
Rolf Lindemann VP Products, NokNok Labs Dr. Rolf Lindemann works for Nok Nok Labs, Inc. as VP Products and brings more than 20 years of experience in product management, R&D and operations from the IT security industry. He is a contributing editor to the W3C WebAuthentication and FIDO specifications and has been a frequent speaker at industry events on topics like FIDO, IT Security, IoT, and Blockchain. Prior to Nok Nok Labs Rolf Lindemann worked as Senior Director Product Management in the user authentication group at Symantec where he was responsible for research and product strategy on device authentication in smart grids and mobile networks. Before Symantec's acquisition of TC TrustCenter, he was Executive Director Product Strategy at TC TrustCenter GmbH.
Alain Martin Head of Consulting & Industry Relations, Banking & Payment Services, Thales Alain Martin is in charge of consulting services for payment systems at Thales Banking and Payment Services. He also represents Thales at the board of the FIDO Alliance and of the Smart Payment Association. He currently serves as secretary of the FIDO Alliance and chairs the FIDO Europe Working Group. Prior to this, he was in charge of strategic partnerships, liaising in particular with Visa and Mastercard. He was responsible for the portfolio of mobile financial services products, addressing the mobile payment needs of banks, mobile operators and transport operators. He was for eight years regional managing director for Gemalto’s POS terminal division in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Overall, Mr Martin has 30+ years of experience in the payment industry, 4 of which spent in the USA. He holds a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering from Institut National des Sciences Appliquées in Lyon, France.

Abbie Barbir
Rapporteur, Study Group 17 ITU, Q10/17

Abbie Barbir serves as a Senior Security Advisor in the areas of identity management, mobile devices and authentication. Abbie has extensive experience in identity and access management. Abbie is the co-founder of ADI Association (https://adiassociation.org/ ). He has worked with many standard organizations on developing next generation authentication technologies and is member of the FIDO Board of Directors. Barbir holds a Ph.D. in computer engineering from Louisiana State University. In his more than 25 years in the software and security industry, he has been a Professor of Computer Science, an Application Developer, Data Compression and Encryption Inventor, Systems Architect, Security Architect, Engineering Manager, Consultant, Author and Inventor of numerous security algorithms and articles.

Rolf Lindemann
VP Products, NokNok Labs

Dr. Rolf Lindemann works for Nok Nok Labs, Inc. as VP Products and brings more than 20 years of experience in product management, R&D and operations from the IT security industry. He is a contributing editor to the W3C WebAuthentication and FIDO specifications and has been a frequent speaker at industry events on topics like FIDO, IT Security, IoT, and Blockchain. Prior to Nok Nok Labs Rolf Lindemann worked as Senior Director Product Management in the user authentication group at Symantec where he was responsible for research and product strategy on device authentication in smart grids and mobile networks. Before Symantec's acquisition of TC TrustCenter, he was Executive Director Product Strategy at TC TrustCenter GmbH.

Alain Martin

Head of Consulting & Industry Relations, Banking & Payment Services, Thales

Alain Martin is in charge of consulting services for payment systems at Thales Banking and Payment Services. He also represents Thales at the board of the FIDO Alliance and of the Smart Payment Association. He currently serves as secretary of the FIDO Alliance and chairs the FIDO Europe Working Group. Prior to this, he was in charge of strategic partnerships, liaising in particular with Visa and Mastercard. He was responsible for the portfolio of mobile financial services products, addressing the mobile payment needs of banks, mobile operators and transport operators. He was for eight years regional managing director for Gemalto’s POS terminal division in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Overall, Mr Martin has 30+ years of experience in the payment industry, 4 of which spent in the USA. He holds a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering from Institut National des Sciences Appliquées in Lyon, France.