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Keynote speaker, workshop facilitator, and podcast guest — bringing 30 years of pre-sales and digital identity expertise to your audience.

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Mark Perry has spent thirty years in the room where technical expertise meets commercial outcome — as a pre-sales practitioner, solutions architect, and customer-facing leader across Netscape, IBM, Oracle, Ping Identity, and Biza.io. That career — including his first C-level role as Chief Growth Officer at Biza.io, and current advisory work in Verifiable Credentials — is the foundation of Architecting Influence.

He is also one of the Asia-Pacific region's most experienced voices on digital identity and open data — a former member of the Australian Government's advisory committee for the Consumer Data Right (2018–2020) and a long-standing identity industry contributor. His commentary is grounded in real-world policy, enterprise implementation, and the evolving needs of consumers in a data-driven world.

Speaking Topics

Three areas of deep expertise

Architecting Influence in Pre-Sales

The four-stage framework — Ground, Orient, Elevate, Anchor — that turns technical experts into trusted advisors. Based on the book and course at architectinginfluence.com.

From Expert to Trusted Advisor

Why technical knowledge is only the price of admission — and what it takes to become the person clients call first. Discovery, empathy, storytelling, and long-term relationship strategy.

Digital Identity

From workforce identity architecture to consumer identity, covering the full stack of modern identity systems — including federation, SSO, passwordless authentication, and open data frameworks.

Formats

How I can contribute to your event

Keynote

Engaging, researched keynotes on technical pre-sales, digital identity, and cybersecurity — framed for broad audiences and tailored to your event theme, sector, and goals.

30–60 minutes

Workshop

Interactive half-day or full-day workshops based on the Architecting Influence framework — for pre-sales teams, solutions architects, and sales-adjacent technical professionals.

Half or full day

Panel Discussion

Experienced panelist comfortable with structured and free-flowing debate. Brings practitioner insight and thought leadership to any panel format.

Any format

Podcast / Interview

In-person and remote podcast guest, long-form interview subject, and media commentary — across technical, business, and consumer-focused programmes.

Flexible
International Stages

Appearances on the world stage

Invited speaker at the world's leading identity and cybersecurity conferences — spanning a decade, across the USA, Asia-Pacific, and online.

2016

Cloud Identity Summit

New Orleans, USA

2017

RSA APJ

Singapore

2018

Identiverse

Boston, USA

2019

Identiverse

Washington DC, USA

2020

Identiverse

Virtual

2021

Identiverse

Virtual

2025

Identiverse

Las Vegas, USA

Past Engagements

Stages and programmes

Beyond international conferences, Mark is a regular contributor to APAC identity, security, and financial services forums — as speaker, panelist, moderator, and advisor.

On Stage & On Air

Watch and listen

A selection of recorded presentations, podcast interviews, and media appearances.

Presentation 2019

Open Banking Around the World — Where Are We and What Have We Learned?

Identiverse 2019

Watch
Panel 2021

Opening Up Banking

World Fintech Festival

Watch
Interview 2021

The Consumer Data Right and Australia's Open Banking Future

Kalkine Media

Watch
Podcast 2020

Open Banking and the User Experience of Digital Identity

Identity At The Center #54

Listen
Podcast 2017

ID and Access Management: The Role of Standards

DataBreach Today / ISMG

Listen

Diversity & Inclusion Commitment

I am committed to participating only in events and panels that reflect the full breadth of talent in our industry. I actively decline invitations where panels do not include adequate representation of women and underrepresented professionals in technology. If you share this commitment, I'd be glad to hear about your event.

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