Trent Adams

About Trent Adams

J. Trent Adams is a technologist, strategist, and futurist focused on online identity, privacy, and security. His strengths are his breadth of experience and ability to effectively communicate as easily with engineers as heads of state. He built one of the first 500 web sites, was an advisor to the OECD on identity technologies, and helped develop the acronym soup of technologies such as OpenID, OAuth, CSP, DMARC, FIDO, and ARC. Meanwhile, he was in \"Star Wars: The Force Awakens\", was a producer of the independent film \"Norman\", and earned three Super Bowl rings as the Chief Innovator for the New England Patriots. He\'s also the Executive Producer for the space exploration media company Cosmic Perspective, and is on the boards of the Analog Astronaut Foundation and the Western States Cancer Research NCORP.Currently the Director of Ecosystem Security for Proofpoint, he builds upon his work at PayPal where he developed, fostered, and advocated for secure Internet standards. Previously, he worked on Online Trust & Identity for the global non-profit Internet Society (ISOC). In general, he builds relationships between technologists, developers, and regulators to help them collaborate on trusted online communications.Prior to working for ISOC, Adams founded MatchMine, a personal preference tracking company, filing 3 patents on the technology. The system he designed was a uniquely portable, personalized, privacy-respecting recommendation system. He incubated the idea as Chief Innovator for the Kraft Group Sports Properties.At KGSP, Adams was in charge of the websites, e-commerce, and media production for the New England Patriots, Revolution, and Gillette Stadium. He designed and managed a comprehensive online strategy, unifying the various KGSP properties. By 2005 he was executive producer of over 74 hours of live and scheduled programming a week. He also designed and deployed a unique semantic web model for the Patriots online store that significantly increased add-on sales.Adams has also been an Information Architect and a digital effects designer for television & advertising. He worked as an EMT while earning his degree in astronomy, with a related focus in physics & applied computer science from Vassar College in New York.

Experience

1. Executive Producer

   Cosmic Perspective

   Aug 2021 — Present

   I joined Cosmic Perspective to help their incredibly talented team produce \"Road to Mars\", the series chronicling the development of Starship at Starbase in Boca Chica, TX. My role then expanded to support their various activities as they strive to share their passion for space exploration. I became the executive producer of the \"Humanity in the Stars\" show developed for AlUla Habitas which was later performed at the Analog Astronaut Conference at Biosphere 2. The show has since been performed at multiple events around the world and we are currently developing a touring version of the show.I also produce the livestreams in collaboration with Cosmic Perspective and Everyday Astronaut. Our coverage of the second test flight of Starship (IFT-2) livestream had the largest collective audience on YouTube while live, and on-demand during the following three days.

Education

• Vassar College

  BA, Astronomy, Physics, Computer Science, Film

  1990 — 1994

Skills

• Online Privacy
• Online Identity
• Digital Media
• Community Outreach
• Community Development
• Information Architecture
• Web 2.0
• User Experience Design
• Email Security
• User Experience
• Security
• Media Production
• Start-Ups
• E-Commerce
• Email Marketing
• Program Management
• Computer Security