{"id":3042,"date":"2025-04-12T17:47:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T16:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discovery.cevolution.co.uk\/ciam\/?page_id=3042"},"modified":"2026-01-20T16:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T16:28:10","slug":"authors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/discovery.cevolution.co.uk\/ciam\/authors\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Authors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull ciamsticky is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-accent-5-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-5ec195d42a06e7b6e80074735a8c8919 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ff6a5ba3 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" 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https:\/\/discovery-bucket-ha60ib.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/04\/12174524\/create-a-highly-detailed-sharp-focused-featured-image-of-a-seasoned-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/discovery-bucket-ha60ib.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/04\/12174524\/create-a-highly-detailed-sharp-focused-featured-image-of-a-seasoned-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-a2503c34 wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3f932ad8 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"min-height:780px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7a44d0fb2c3699b75e95da89a4fec92f has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fb58b26a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Meet the Authors<\/h1><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d28328dc wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized is-style-rounded\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-left:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/discovery-bucket-ha60ib.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/19202412\/peterfernandez.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--deep);width:125px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hi \ud83d\udc4b  I&#8217;m Peter Fernandez \ud83d\ude0e <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As an Innovator, Architect, Advocate, Consultant, Engineer and CIAM specialist, I have over 30 years of experience designing and developing secure and robust software solutions, and when I&#8217;m not helping folks with the complexities of Customer Identity, you can usually find me working behind the scenes, acting in or directing a show at my local theatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Something of a veteran of the identity and access management space, over the last two decades, I&#8217;ve worked with companies like the now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oneidentity.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Quest One Identity<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.okta.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Auth0 by Okta<\/a> \u2014 helping developers integrate and navigate the intricacies of identity and access management in its many forms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve also written various articles and spoken at numerous events and conferences, and now I&#8217;m helping to bring rich and informative content to Discover CIAM! <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fb81a370 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-text-display is-style-text-display--3 wp-block-paragraph\" 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