Steve Tout
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Steve is obsessed with helping transform business by building trust, reducing operational risk and improving user experiences with modern identity & access management. Founder & President of Forte Advisory, he has been a member of the IAM community for 18+ years with a focus on program management, enterprise architecture, and operational excellence for the world’s largest companies in telecommunications, financial services, high tech and Big 4 consulting.
Steve was formerly CEO of VeriClouds and a Director of Cybersecurity & Privacy at PwC. Prior to PwC, he was the head of IAM at VMware (one of the four largest enterprise software companies) where he designed and managed customer and partner facing systems. Prior to joining VMware, Steve was a consultant at Oracle where he led deployments for strategic accounts in the manufacturing and high tech sectors.
As an advisory board member, Steve has helped founders with the development of strategic relationships, business development, market and capital strategy, product design channel and sales strategies. Startups he has helped include Seattle based VeriClouds, and Palerra, the leading cloud access security broker and pioneer of the API-based CASB solution. (Palerra was acquired by Oracle in October, 2016.)
Steve is available for strategic consulting and private workshops at his clients offices throughout the US and Canada. You can reach Steve by clicking the envelope icon above.
The opinions expressed in this blog are those of Steve Tout and do not necessarily represent those of IDG Communications, Inc., its parent, subsidiary or affiliated companies.
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