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Heather Flanagan
Spherical Cow Consulting
Principal
Heather Flanagan, Principal at Spherical Cow Consulting and acting Executive Director and Principal Editor for IDPro, comes from a position that the Internet is led by people, powered by words, and inspired by technology. She has been involved in leadership roles with some of the most technical, volunteer-driven organizations on the Internet, including the OpenID Foundation as Lead Editor, IETF, the IAB, and the IRTF as RFC Series Editor, ICANN as Technical Writer, and REFEDS as Coordinator, just to name a few. If there is work going on to develop new Internet standards, or discussions around the future of digital identity, she is interested in engaging in that work.