Nat Sakimura and Iku Mohamed Joins Authlete’s Outside Directors
Authlete will continue to provide the best solution and accelerate its expansion in the global identity/API market by leveraging Nat’s industry leadership & Iku's business expertise
Authlete Inc., a technology leader in API authorization, today announced that Nat Sakimura and Iku Mohamed have been joined to Authlete’s outside directors.
Nat Sakimura is a well-known identity and privacy standardization architect. Besides being an author/editor of such widely used standards as OpenID Connect, Financial-grade API (FAPI), JWT (RFC7519), JWS (RFC7515), OAuth PKCE (RFC7636) ISO/IEC 29184, ISO/IEC 29100 Amd.1, he helps communities to organize themselves to realize the ideas around identity and privacy.
Iku Mohamed is a global-scale and well experienced professional, he has founded several Japanese domestic companies, and also holds several advisory positions in domestic/international companies including startups to provide consultations as well as professional services. His key areas are strategic alliance, increasing corporate value, and M&A.
The Authlete solution has been globally deployed within a variety of industries, such as banks, securities firms, insurance, healthcare, education, and entertainment to provide their APIs quickly and securely. With combination of Nat’s in-depth knowledge of identity and privacy as well as Iku’s expertise across the global financial and business development field, Authlete will continue to provide the best authorization service and also accelerate its expansion in the global digital identity and API market.
About Nat Sakimura
Nat Sakimura is the representative partner of NAT Consulting. Besides being an author/editor of such widely used standards as OpenID Connect, FAPI, JWT (RFC7519), JWS (RFC7515), OAuth PKCE (RFC7636) ISO/IEC 29184, ISO/IEC 29100 Amd.1, he helps communities to organize themselves to realize the ideas around identity and privacy. As the chairman of the board of the OpenID Foundation, he streamlined the process, bolstered the IPR management, and greatly expanded the breadth of the Foundation spanning over 10 working groups whose members include large internet services, mobile operators, financial institutions, governments, etc. He is also active in public policy space. He has been serving in various committees in the Japanese government including Study Group on the Platform Services of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and Study Group on the competition in Digital Market of the Fair Trade Commission of Japan.
About Iku Mohamed
Iku Mohamed is Chairman and CEO of Diginex Japan. Iku founded Japan Digital Entertainment, Inc. in 1997, produced TV Animation series Bubu ChaCha and globally distributed in 1999. Iku also founded Jolt Co., Ltd., in 2004, a mobile application development company which provided services for 11 major Japanese mobile handset manufacturers and mobile operators. Iku received his BA in International Business and Economics from Sophia University (Tokyo).
About Authlete
Authlete, Inc., based in Tokyo and London, comprises a team of experts, with a wealth of experience specialized in API authorization related to security and identity management, who are actively involved in providing open standard specifications, including Financial-grade API. The Authlete OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect solution enables organizations to build and manage secure APIs more easily and quickly. Relying on Authlete to provide critical security functions, enterprises can focus on building more compelling services and delivering them to markets faster. For more information, visit https://www.authlete.com/.