Topher is the CTO and Co-Founder of JumpCloud. Previously he spent five years at Symplified as its lead engineer holding a variety of titles including Architect and Development Manager. The bulk of his time was spent wrestling with the concepts and mechanisms of provable identity – SAML, IWA/Kerberos, PKI, OAuth, OpenID, and multi-factor authentication to name a few. He also had ample opportunity to get his hands dirty with protocol level internet communication and to use his skills in the area of cloud security. Prior to Symplified, Topher was a senior engineer at Ping Identity where he was first baptized into the world of Internet security, with particular emphasis on Identity and Access Management. He has also had stints at Spatial, MatchLogic, and Lucent Technologies. Topher holds Bachelor and Master of Science degrees from the Colorado School of Mines in the area of Math with emphasis in Computer Science. He also spent several subsequent years at that university as a part-time professor for both computer science and pure math courses.