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Phil Windley, PhD, Principal Consulting Analyst

Phillip J. Windley, Ph.D. is an Enterprise Architect in the Office of the CIO at Brigham Young University.

Dr. Windley is a frequent author and speaker on the digital identity, decentralization, blockchains and ledgers, microservice architectures, domain driven design, internet of things, and event-driven systems. He is the co-founder and organizer of the Internet Identity Workshop. Dr. Windley is the author of the books “The Live Web” published by Course Technology in 2011 and “Digital Identity” published by O’Reilly Media in 2005. Dr. Windley is also an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at Brigham Young University.

Dr. Windley has been a professor of Computer Science at Brigham Young University (twice) and the University of Idaho. He was also the Founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Kynetx, the company behind the open-source connected-car product, Fuse. Windley served from 2001-2002 as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the State of Utah, serving on Governor Mike Leavitt’s Cabinet and as a member of his Senior Staff. In this capacity he was responsible for effective use of all IT resources in the state and advised the Governor on technology issues. During his tenure, the State was repeatedly recognized by many national groups for its excellence in the areas of IT and eGovernment.

Prior to his appointment as CIO, Dr. Windley served as Vice President for Product Development and Operations at Excite@Home. Dr. Windley was also Founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of iMall, Inc., an early leader in ecommerce tools. He was part of the team that sold iMall to Excite@Home for $450 million.

Windley received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of California, Davis in 1990.

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Expertise:

Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Internet of Things (IoT)
Information security organizational strategies
Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC)
Information security

Recently Published Research

Blockchain Level Set

Blockchain is one of the most hyped new technologies we’ve seen in a long time. Thousands of start-ups are leveraging Blockchain, most established vendors are investigating it and enterprise IT is trying to understand its applicability to their business needs. This seminal report is the first of a series of Blockchain-related research reports and it sets the foundation for organizations to get the basics of Blockchain right. At it’s core, Blockchain is a decentralized method of recording and verifying transactions while ensuring that the record’s authenticity. It may be thought of as an anonymous ledger that cannot be erased. As many IT people know, Blockchain is best known as the technology behind Bitcoin and it can be used as a decentralized means of verifying and recording financial transactions. As discussed in this report, Blockchain can be applied to many other enterprise use cases beyond Bitcoin. This report will separate the hype from reality as it provides the basics of Blockchain and assesses the impact on organizations, consumers and technology infrastructure. This report covers: