Summary
Joel Leo is a seasoned identity and security architect and founder with over two decades of hands-on experience designing, securing, and integrating identity, infrastructure, and application ecosystems for global enterprises across retail, financial, and government sectors. As Founder and President of LiveWire, Inc. and former Senior Staff Architect at Gap Inc., he has led large-scale Active Directory, Azure AD/Entra, and hybrid identity consolidations while shaping defensive engineering, endpoint, and secrets management programs. Joel pairs deep technical certifications (CISSP, MCSE, Azure/OCI architect credentials) with a pragmatic focus on risk management, policy definition, and clear communication to stakeholders across organizations. He is a regular speaker at security conferences and a noted expert in Active Directory/Entra engineering, mentoring teams and building tooling to simplify complex identity estates. Based in Honolulu, Joel combines entrepreneurial grit with enterprise-grade operational rigor and a long track record of turning security and identity complexity into auditable, business-enabling solutions.
8 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Kapi‘olani Community College
Hawaii Pacific University
SANS
English