Bob Blakley is Director of Security Innovation at Citigroup. Blakley currently serves as Plenary chair of the NSTIC Identity Ecosystem Steering Group and as Research Co-Chair of FSSCC—the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council for Critical Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security. Prior to joining Citigroup, he served as Agenda Manager for Identity and Privacy at Gartner and Burton group. Before that, he was Chief Scientist for Security and Privacy at IBM. He is past general chair of the IEEE Security and Privacy Symposium and the ACSA New Security Paradigms workshop. He was awarded ACSAC's Distinguished Security Practitioner award in 2002, and is a frequent speaker at information security and computer industry events.

It’s always ironic when the guy in charge of strategic vision wears glasses. Josh is Toopher’s business juggernaut. With a deep and extensive background in investments, strategy, corporate finance, and enough tech know-how to be dangerous, Josh manages Toopher’s business development. Josh’s experience includes Adjunct Professor of Finance at the McCombs School of Business (UT Austin), Sr. Advisor at Durbin Bennett Peterson, CFO of Lucas Petroleum, and Consultant at Tucker Alan. Josh earned an MBA in Finance and Strategic Management with honors from the Wharton School, a BA in the Plan II Honors Program with special and high honors and a BBA in Finance with honors from The University of Texas at Austin, and a Professional Certification in Computer Science from Stanford University.