# Wayne Chang

> Wayne Chang is the co-founder and CEO of SpruceID, developing open-source digital identity infrastructure for governments and enterprises. His work spans California's mobile driver's license wallet, credential standards, privacy engineering, and identity and authorization for AI agents.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at SpruceID
- **Organizations:** SpruceID, ConsenSys, W3C Credentials Community Group, Decentralized Identity Foundation
- **Education:** B.S.; Chang says he studied electrical engineering, Rutgers University, Y Combinator
- **Known for:** Co-founded SpruceID and led its open-source digital credential infrastructure work., SpruceID partnered with California DMV on its mobile driver's license wallet., Former co-chair of the W3C Credentials Community Group.

## Career timeline

- **2019** — His ConsenSys team won NYC BigApps for digital identity work addressing real-estate management.
- **2020** — Spruce launched; Chang served as founder and CEO.
- **2021** — Announced the open-source release of DIDKit in January.
- **2022** — Spruce announced a $34 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz.
- **2023** — SpruceID detailed its partnership with California DMV on the mobile driver's license wallet.
- **2024** — Presented Provably Forgotten Signatures at NIST's privacy-enhancing cryptography workshop.
- **2025** — Participated in the SEC Roundtable on Financial Surveillance and Privacy.
- **2026** — Spoke at Stanford's Multi-Agent Ecosystems Workshop on AI-agent identity and authorization.

## Achievements

- Co-founded SpruceID and led its open-source digital credential infrastructure work.
- SpruceID partnered with California DMV on its mobile driver's license wallet.
- Former co-chair of the W3C Credentials Community Group.
- Former co-chair of the Decentralized Identity Foundation Claims and Credentials Working Group.
- Contributed to the 2024 personhood credentials research proposal.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — NASCIO named Utah Chief Privacy Officer Christopher Bramwell a State Technology Innovator Award recipient; Chang submitted his nomination.
- **2026-08** — SpruceID published an essay adapted from Chang's Stanford workshop talk about identity, delegation and authorization for AI agents.
- **2026-03** — Published an analysis of Utah's SB 275 State-Endorsed Digital Identity program.

## Links

- Website: https://wycd.net
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/waynebuilds/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/wycdd
- GitHub: https://github.com/wyc

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Last updated: 2026-10-25