Joshua McKenty
executive and Researcher in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Joshua McKenty is the founder and CEO of Polyguard, a cybersecurity company delivering real-time identity verification to stop AI-driven fraud. A veteran technology entrepreneur and executive, he is best known as the co-founder of OpenStack and former Chief Cloud Architect at NASA. He also co-founded Piston (acquired by Cisco) and served as a senior executive at Pivotal Software. Earlier in his career, Joshua contributed to the development of the Netscape Browser, helping shape the early web. With deep expertise in cloud infrastructure, security, and digital trust, Joshua is a frequent advisor, investor, and speaker on the future of authentication and privacy.