Strata Identity is a Boulder, Colorado cybersecurity company that pioneered the category of Identity Orchestration. Its Maverics platform lets enterprises connect any application to any identity provider - on-premises or cloud - without rewriting code, so they can migrate off legacy systems, survive identity outages, and govern access for both humans and AI agents. Founded in 2019 by SAML co-author Eric Olden and two fellow identity veterans, Strata raised more than $40 million and was acquired by data-security firm Rubrik in June 2026.
Eric Olden is the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Strata Identity, the Boulder-based company behind the Maverics identity orchestration platform. With more than 25 years in the identity field, he co-authored the SAML federation standard, built the first web single sign-on product and the first Identity-as-a-Service company, and led Oracle's global identity and security division before launching Strata. He has been called the father of modern identity management and holds 13 US patents.
VIA (VIA Science, Inc.) is a Somerville, Massachusetts Web3 company building a decentralized, quantum-resistant, passwordless platform that lets governments and enterprises share and analyze sensitive data without exposing it. Backed by 18 issued patents, VIA is the first blockchain application to earn U.S. Department of Defense-wide cybersecurity accreditation, and its tools protect data and identities for the DoD, Fortune 100 firms, and energy utilities worldwide.
Geoffrey Mattson is the CEO of SecureAuth, an AI-driven identity and access management company based in Irvine, California. A globally recognized cybersecurity and AI engineer, Mattson brings a career spanning Bell Labs, Nortel, Huawei, Juniper Networks, Bay Networks, and multiple security startups. He co-founded MistNet.ai, an AI-driven threat detection platform acquired by LogRhythm in 2021, then led Xage Security to 420% revenue growth as CEO before joining SecureAuth in December 2025. He holds multiple patents in AI, cybersecurity, and networking, and is focused on securing the emerging frontier of human, machine, and AI-agent identities.
Karim Toubba is the CEO of LastPass, the world's leading password manager with over 100,000 business customers and millions of consumers. A 25-year cybersecurity veteran, he previously led Kenna Security to a successful Cisco acquisition in 2021 and has held executive roles at Juniper Networks and Digital Island. He joined LastPass in April 2022, just months before a major security breach, and has since led a comprehensive transformation of the company's security posture, infrastructure, and culture - turning crisis into opportunity.