Nathan is a Research Senior Director Analyst for Identity & Access Management in Gartner for IT Leaders. He provides actionable research and practical advice for Gartner clients related to multiple capabilities in the Identity & Access Management domain.
Nathan has invested much of his career in leading IAM solution selection, design, development and implementation in large and very large enterprises including Kaiser Permanente, Wells Fargo and CVS Health (Aetna). He has held various management and senior technical staff roles up to Technology Executive and Principal Architect roles, but prefers architecture, engineering and advisory roles to management roles.
CVS Health & Aetna, Senior Director - IAM Engineering, Principal Architect - IAM, 6 years
Kaiser Permanente, Various senior technical leadership roles mostly in Identity & Access Management, 16 years
Wells Fargo, Technology Executive - IAM Engineering, Principal Engineer - IAM Technology, 2 years
Identity and Access Management
IAM Program (leadership, strategy, architecture, effectiveness, Agile/DevOps in IAM)
Identity Governance and Administration (IGA)
Authorization and Access Policy Management models/approaches including RBAC, ABAC, PBAC
Data & Analytics including Data Management, AI/GenerativeAI for IAM use cases
Access Management/SSO for both workforce and customer (CIAM)