Thomas Austad

Thomas Austad is currently the Identity Governance and Administration Architect at Velera, a role they have held since 2024. Prior to this position, they worked as a Senior Identity Access Management Analyst and an Identity Access Management Analyst at the same company from 2021 to 2024. Thomas also has experience as a Conference Associate for Black Hat in 2019 and has held various technical roles, including System Administrator and US Client Software Support. They earned multiple Bachelor's degrees in Network Engineering, Technology Forensics, and Network Security from the University of Advancing Technology, following an Associate of Science in Network and System Administration from Mesa Community College.