About Nishant Kaushik
About Nishant Kaushik
Architecting Trust in the Digital Age
Nishant Kaushik is a distinguished technologist and leader with a successful track record of driving technology innovation and business growth in the field of digital identity and security. Over a 25 year career that includes both technology startups and large enterprise software providers, he has demonstrated a unique ability to align technical strategy with business objectives, while solving complex, cross-domain challenges by engaging directly with customers, partners, and industry leaders. As an executive leader, he has a strong track record of setting and executing technical vision and strategy, and leading high-performing teams to deliver scalable, secure solutions.
Nishant is a renowned expert in the field of digital identity, with a career dedicated to pioneering advancements in Identity and Access Management (IAM). Passionate about advancing cybersecurity and digital trust through cutting-edge technology and strategic foresight, he is a recognized industry thought leader and keynote speaker. As a member of the Program Advisory Committee for RSA Conference and Identiverse, two of the pre-eminent industry conferences, he helps guide industry direction and provide a platform for emerging technologies, standards, and voices. As a founding member and active participant in IDPro, the first and only professional association that serves as a resource for practitioners and enterprises in the digital identity and access management industry, he helps grow the maturity of the profession and industry he calls home. His contributions to the field are further evidenced by his co-invention of nine patents in identity and security.
Professional Journey
As an executive leader, Nishant has been instrumental in shaping strategy, driving innovation, and defining product vision in the IAM space. His leadership roles have encompassed overseeing the development of market-leading identity management solutions and ensuring their alignment with emerging security needs and regulatory frameworks.
Most recently, Nishant served as the Chief Technology Officer at Uniken Inc., where he led global product, engineering, and operations teams building Uniken’s identity and security platform that addresses consumer onboarding, fraud prevention, and customer protection challenges for regulated businesses. In this role, he helped grow the company from a niche player into a global solution provider with customers in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
Prior to that he was Chief Architect at Identropy, and later CTO at SCUID Inc. (spin out from Identropy), where he led the architecture, design, and development of their flagship IDaaS offering aimed at cloud-centric enterprises. The led to the acquisition of SCUID Inc. by CA Technologies, where the IDaaS product he helped design became the foundation for the next-gen CA Secure Cloud, a security-as-a-service solution designed to be the control point for modern enterprises.
Before that, Nishant worked in the Identity Management and Security division at Oracle Corporation, ascending to the position of Lead Strategist for Identity Management, a role in which he shaped technical architecture and product strategy, while spearheading innovation across the portfolio of identity management products.
Perhaps what Nishant is most proud of is his time at Thor Technologies, which is how he entered the identity management sector back in 2000. Joining as a software engineer, he rose to become product architect, despite the challenges posed by the September 11 attacks which destroyed the company’s office and infrastructure. Nishant played a crucial role in rebuilding the company and its flagship product from the ashes of 9/11, ultimately establishing Thor Technologies as a market leader in the Identity Provisioning market. This success led to Thor Technologies’ acquisition by Oracle in late 2005.
For a comprehensive view of Nishant’s professional trajectory and contributions, his LinkedIn profile offers detailed insights.
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