About RWOT: Board of Directors

Christopher Allen

RWOT FOUNDER & CHAIRMAN.
Principal Architect, Blockchain Commons.

Christopher is a pioneer of cryptographic security on the Internet: he jointly developed SSL 3.0 and co-edited the IETF TLS 1.0 spec, the heart of secure commerce on the Web. His more recent work on decentralized identity includes the creation of the 10 principles of Self-Sovereign Identity, co-authoring the W3C DID Core 1.0 spec, and being a W3C VC-WG Invited Expert.

Joe Andrieu

RWOT TREASURER & BOARD MEMBER.
DID & VC Use Cases Co-Editor, W3C.
Legendary Requirements, CEO.

Joe leads requirements efforts for the W3C Decentralized Identifiers WG, W3C Credentials CG and RWOT. He is the creator of the DID Method Rubric, and the lead author of Joram 1.0.0, Amira 1.0.0, and the Functional Identity Primer.

Erica Connell

RWOT SECRETARY & BOARD MEMBER.
Director of Media, Legendary Requirements.

Erica is the producer of The Rubric podcast, an ongoing episodic discussion about different DID methods. She develops media telling the human stories highlighting the power and relevance of Decentralized Identity. She is a trained actor, director, and produced playwright.

Shigeya Suzuki

RWOT BOARD MEMBER.
DID Core Test Suite Co-Editor, W3C.
Ph.D., Project Professor, Keio University, Japan.

Shigeya is a distributed system expert with more than 30 years of experience both in the business sector and academia. Lately, active in W3C’s DID and VC WG. He is one of the architects of Trusted Web, an initiative in Japan, and the principal designer of Originator Profile technology.

Zaïda Rivai

RWOT BOARD MEMBER.
Data Scientist, Danube Tech.

Zaïda is a Data Scientist at Danube Tech GmbH, a Vienna based company that makes it easy for developers to work with DIDs. She analyzed global DID data and created a platform which shows the latest trends on DID transactions, DID documents and DID errors.