Phil Hunt
Founder at Independent Identity
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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SeniorPhil Hunt is a seasoned identity and Internet security expert with over two decades of experience shaping how organizations build and benefit from secure identity systems. As founder of Independent Identity and a major contributor at OctetString (pioneers of Virtual Directory technology acquired by Oracle), he blends entrepreneurial leadership with hands-on technical stewardship. At Oracle and in the standards community he has driven strategic work across SCIM, OAuth2, FIDO, SAML, and Security Events, influencing IETF, OASIS, W3C and Kantara efforts. He moves fluidly between project management, development leadership, and individual contribution, favoring projects that fundamentally change identity architectures. Based in Vancouver, he combines product-focused thinking with deep standards engagement—an uncommon mix that accelerates practical, interoperable security deployments.
14 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (91)
risc10
json10
authorization10
reactive9
ietf9
sse9
exchange9
identity9
terraform9
security9
rego9
specification9
cloud-native9
compliance9
java9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
hexa-org/policy-opa
Jan 2023 - Feb 2025
Supports integration of Hexa IDQL Policy into OPA environments
Contributions:3 releases, 10 PRs, 76 pushes in 2 years 1 month
i2-open/i2scim
Jun 2020 - Jan 2022
Implementation of SCIM
Contributions:2 releases, 188 commits, 22 PRs in 1 year 7 months
scim
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