Michael Jones
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Jones is a principal consultant based in Redmond, Washington, who leads efforts to build the Internet’s missing identity layer through standards, interoperability, certification, and ecosystem development at Self-Issued Consulting. A long-time standards architect and author, he has edited and authored widely used IETF specifications for OAuth 2.0, JOSE, COSE, ACE and SecEvent and serves on the OpenID Foundation board. At Microsoft he drove identity partnerships and standards work across WebAuthn, FIDO2, DIDs and Verifiable Credentials, blending product thinking with protocol design. He also contributes to open-source standards work—most recently improving clarity and accuracy in the W3C WebAuthn specification as a technical writer and proofreader. Holding a Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon, he pairs academic rigor with decades of practical experience in digital identity. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex cryptographic and protocol detail into interoperable, auditable implementations.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering at University of WashingtonThe University of Maryland, College Park
Github Skills (3)
technical-writing10
documentation10
documentations10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
w3c/webauthn
May 2016 - Aug 2020
Web Authentication: An API for accessing Public Key Credentials
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:60 reviews, 71 commits, 143 PRs in 4 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to the project by proofreading and correcting the specification documents, focusing on improving spelling, grammar, and overall syntax. They addressed various documentation issues, including fixing section references, adding and modifying definitions, and improving the clarity of the text. Their work enhanced the quality and readability of the specification.
apipublic-keywebauthnweb-authenticationauthentication
erwah/ietf
Dec 2015 - Mar 2018
Contributions:43 PRs, 52 pushes, 66 comments in 2 years 3 months
tokenweb-tokencbor
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