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ProofID, a pioneering identity security specialist and Midships, a pioneering Customer Identity & Access Management (CIAM) and Fraud Prevention consultancy announced that they have formed a strategic collaboration to provide best in class Ping Identity Services worldwide. The collaboration brings together two of the pioneering Ping Identity partners, enabling comprehensive identity solutions spanning the Ping Identity stack - from architecture and deployment to ongoing managed services. Advanced tooling and automation This collaboration is set to accelerate the integration of Ping Identity and ForgeRock software solutions, following Ping Identity's recent acquisition of ForgeRock. By combining deep product and delivery expertise, ProofID and Midships are developing advanced tooling and automation to streamline migrations from software to SaaS (S2S) and to enhance the deployment process. PingFederate MFA Accelerator The collaboration will further support its strategic objectives by supporting seamless solution The two companies recently cooperated to develop the PingFederate MFA Accelerator, a joint solution that automates the deployment and integration of Ping Identity and ForgeRock components, offering a previously unavailable on-premise Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) solution for existing PingFederate customers. As Ping Identity continues to focus on delivering powerful solutions across its ecosystem, this collaboration will further support its strategic objectives by supporting seamless solution delivery for global clients. Ping Identity service partners "I am hugely excited about this collaboration between the two pioneering specialist Ping Identity service partners. Following the acquisition of ForgeRock by Ping Identity, our global customers need specialist integrators with expertise across the entire combined software suite, and this collaboration enables us to provide that immediately," stated Tom Eggleston, CEO of ProofID. "Our strategic collaboration allows both companies to cooperate to best serve our customers and to support Ping Identity as it continues to lead the enterprise IAM and CIAM markets." ForgeRock accelerators "Midships is thrilled to collaborate with ProofID. This partnership enables us to make our ForgeRock accelerators and expertise available globally, beyond our existing markets of Asia, ANZ, and UK," stated Ajit Gupta, CEO of Midships. "We are also excited to bring ProofID's unparalleled Ping expertise to our customers in these regions. Through our joint collaboration, we hope to bring new and exciting offerings to customers that leverage the best of what Ping and ForgeRock have."

DigiCert, a major global provider of digital trust announced new additions to its executive leadership team with the appointments of Jugnu Bhatia as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Dave Packer as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Leadership experience “DigiCert just closed its largest quarterly bookings in the company history, and I am thrilled to have such exceptional pioneers joining our executive team at an important stage in our growth,” said Amit Sinha, CEO of DigiCert. He adds, “Jugnu and Dave bring deep operational and leadership experience at scale. With our continued digital trust innovation and go-to-market execution, these pioneers will play a critical role as we drive to $1 billion and beyond in annual recurring revenue.” Jugnu Bhatia Bhatia joins DigiCert from Zscaler, Inc., where he most recently served as SVP, Finance, and Chief Accounting Officer With extensive experience in pioneering corporate and operational finance for both private and publicly traded companies, Bhatia joins DigiCert from Zscaler, Inc., where he most recently served as SVP, Finance, and Chief Accounting Officer. During his eight-year tenure, Zscaler grew from a private company to a NASDAQ-100 company, scaling from $100 million in ARR to more than $2 billion in ARR. Before Zscaler, Bhatia spent nearly 20 years in finance, strategy, and operational roles with organisations such as Oracle and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where he also served industry-pioneering clients like Cisco, Agilent, and Sony. Data is currency and security “At a time when data is currency and security is paramount, cultivating trust becomes the bedrock upon which relationships and innovation thrive, unlocking avenues for growth,” said Jugnu Bhatia. He adds, “I am looking forward to realising this massive opportunity as part of DigiCert‘s executive leadership team.” Dave Packer Dave Packer brings to DigiCert more than 30 years of tech industry experienceDave Packer brings to DigiCert more than 30 years of tech industry experience spanning leadership roles in sales, field operations, alliances, professional services, customer success, and support. Drawing from his diverse background in ERP, security, and data management, he will head DigiCert’s go-to-market expansion efforts to capitalise on the massive market opportunity in digital trust. Before DigiCert, Packer led Worldwide Field Operations at Matillion, as well as Ping Identity and E2open, both of which had successful IPOs. Digital trust “Digital trust is not just a foundation, it’s the cornerstone of a tremendous market opportunity that I see for DigiCert,” said Dave Packer. He adds, “The need for digital trust is only going to keep growing as the tectonic shifts from quantum computing and GenAI continue to impact every part of work and life, and DigiCert is in the prime position to address these growing needs.”

Transmit Security, a pioneering provider of customer identity and access management (CIAM) SaaS solutions, announces the appointment of Chris Curcio as Senior Director of Strategic Alliances and Partners for North America and Kaltrina Ademi as Director for Channel and Alliances in EMEA. Prior roles of Curcio Curcio has over 25 years of experience in various positions within the IT industry and joins Transmit after almost four years as GSI Alliances Director at Forgerock during which he grew the GSI business by over 200%. Curcio began his career as a Senior Software Engineer, building firmware for embedded processors automating IoT systems. He then moved to Oracle as an Identity Management/Security Sales Consultant and over his 12 years at the company, progressed to become a Sales Consulting Director, focusing on Digital Experience. Prior roles of Ademi Ademi has more than 10 years of experience in the Security and Digital Identity space Ademi has more than 10 years of experience in the Security and Digital Identity space. She joins us from PlainID, where she served as Head of Partnerships, building their initial Channel Model and pioneering the EMEA Channel Strategy for the past two years. Ademi also served as the Channel lead in Central Europe at Ping Identity for more than four years, where she was awarded as the highest-performing Channel Manager, based on Partner generated Revenue. Transmit’s solutions Curcio chose Transmit because of their long-term commitment to making a partner programme work and the possibilities of Transmit’s solutions within that partner programme.  Curcio chose Transmit because of their long-term commitment to making a partner programme work He said, “I’ve been in the identity space for a long time - and Transmit’s technology is really interesting to me. Having the fraud and risk capabilities coupled with identity verification and a robust orchestration engine - puts us in a unique place. We have more entry points into customers than traditional CIAM vendors and can meet many needs of customers even if they have deployed a legacy CIAM vendor.” Digital identity and cybersecurity Ademi said, "The digital identity landscape is in a constant state of evolution, and Transmit Security's solutions offer a distinctive approach." “They prioritise not only enhancing user experiences but also effectively countering cyber threats and preventing identity theft. This unique approach facilitates the convergence of Digital Identity and Cybersecurity teams, bridging two previously separate domains that are inherently interconnected."