Matt Graves

About Matt Graves

Enterprise Identity & Security Strategist with 30+ years across consulting, vendor-side product strategy, and enterprise leadership, including CISO roles. Proven leader in building and executing IAM market strategies that drive revenue, expand market share, and align product innovation with field execution. Deep expertise across Identity Governance, Access Management, PAM, Zero Trust, and data-centric security. Trusted advisor to sales, product, and executive teams—translating market signals into actionable GTM plans, reference architectures, and customer outcomes. Recognized for influencing industry direction, building strategic partnerships, and representing organizations at global events to accelerate growth.CORE CAPABILITIES AND COMPETENCIES• Security Architecture & Reference Models: Least Privilege, Zero Trust, NIST CSF/800-53, MITRE ATT & CK; enterprise patterns & guardrails• Identity & Access Management: identity fabrics, governance & admin (IGA), policy and purpose-based access control, privileged access, Access Management, Single Sign-on, Mult-Factor Authentication, Passwordless• Data-Centric Security: format-preserving encryption, tokenization, DLP, key management, secrets governance• Application Security: secure SDLC, threat modeling, API security, secrets & key rotation, DevSecOps enablement• Cyber Risk & Governance: program maturity (FFIEC CAT, ISO 27001, CMMC), third-party risk, risk and control frameworks, policy & standards• AI/ML in Cybersecurity: risk-aware identity & access decisions, transparency & privacy guardrails (GDPR/CCPA)• Security Operations & Resilience: detection & response alignment to business risk, playbooks, metrics & reporting• Stakeholder Engagement: C-suite advisory, board-ready narratives, investment cases, change leadership & mentoring

Experience

1. Principal Cybersecurity Architect

   OpenText

   Feb 2023 — Present · Charlotte, NC, US

   Serve as a trusted advisor to CISO/CIO/CTO/CFO stakeholders; translate complex cybersecurity architectures into compelling business value and risk-reduction outcomes.• Partner with global sales leadership to shape enterprise IAM strategies that accelerate pipeline, enable account expansion, and position OpenText as a strategic platform partner.• Develop GTM narratives and regional playbooks that align identity, data, and application security with business outcomes for Fortune enterprises.• Analyze market and competitive dynamics to inform product positioning, field enablement, and executive briefings.• Engage directly with strategic customers and partners to validate roadmap direction and create lighthouse wins.• Represent the company at industry events and analyst briefings, strengthening brand authority in IAM and Zero Trust.• Lead and co-author enterprise reference architectures (Zero Trust, NIST, MITRE) spanning identity, application, and data security; and establish reusable patterns and roadmaps.• Develop cross-domain guardrails that operationalize identity fabrics, least-privilege, and data-centric controls across hybrid cloud environments.• Elevate industry presence through speaking, publishing, and alliance participation (e.g, OWASP, ISACA, FIDO) to align product and field strategies with emerging threats.

Skills

• Identity Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Software Documentation
• Sdlc
• Analysis
• Program Management
• Access Control Management
• Web Commerce
• Security
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Novell Access Manager
• Start-Ups
• Governance
• Business Process Improvement
• Sun Access Manager
• Tivoli Identity Manager
• Private Cloud
• Capital Budgeting
• Vendor Management
• Project Planning
• Tivoli Access Manager
• Business Development
• Strategy
• Oracle Access Manager
• Risk Management
• Ibm Websphere Commerce
• Project Management
• Siteminder
• Online Retail
• Disaster Recovery
• Ca Clarity
• Oracle Identity Manager
• IT Service Management
• Integration
• Sterling Commerce
• Project Portfolio Management
• IT Infrastructure Management
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Business Process