Matt Thompson

Matthew Thompson joined the U.S. Army on his 17th birthday and subsequently served four combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan as a member of the elite Army Rangers and the 101st Airborne Division.  After eleven years of military service, Captain Thompson attended Harvard Business School to obtain an MBA.  His civilian experience includes employment with McKinsey & Company, Goldman Sachs, and his current role as COO of ID.me, the first digital identity network that allows consumers to prove who they are online while controlling how their information is shared with brands.  Matt is on the Board of the Identity Ecosystem Steering Group representing more than sixty identity and attribute providers.

 

ID.me is the first digital identity network that allows consumers to prove who they are online while controlling how their information is shared with brands.  For participating organizations, ID.me acts as a trusted intermediary, capable of verifying consumer identity and group affiliations in real-time. This allows brands to ensure a consistent customer experience across offline and online channels while reducing costs associated with manual verification.  ID.me was a finalist for WSJ Startup of the Year, named one of Entrepreneur Magazine's "100 Brilliant Companies," and selected as one of five companies to participate in the President's National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace.  The company has raised more than $16M and was awarded a $2.8M Federal grant from the Department of Commerce.