Education
The University of British Columbia
, 1981-01-01 - 1986-01-01Work Experience
Hellō
Current
Hellō
IETF
2016-10-01 - 2023-06-01
IETF
Splunk
2020-03-01 - 2021-04-01
Splunk
Amazon
2017-02-01 - 2018-12-01
Amazon
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
2015-08-01 - 2017-02-01
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
HARDTWARE
2015-05-01 - 2016-12-01
HARDTWARE
Bubbler
2011-01-01 - 2015-08-01
Bubbler
Kera Software Inc.
2013-07-01 - 2013-11-01
Kera Software Inc.
BC Provincial Government
2011-06-01 - 2013-02-01
BC Provincial Government
IETF
2010-01-01 - 2012-12-01
IETF
Skills
Summary
The technology of digital identity will define personal power and opportunity in the information era. Hellō founder Dick Hardt is a veteran builder of identity technology. With 30+ years of open source and digital identity development experience as a pivotal contributor to the Perl and Python languages, as well as in launching the OpenID Foundation and OAuth Specification, Hardt has a uniquely practical perspective on the challenges facing society in the 2020s. Hardt career was on the west coast of North America, but has now moved to the other west coast and lives in Lisbon, Portugal with his wife, Jennifer, and their dog.