Rolf Lindemann
VP Products at FIDO Alliance
San Jose, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRolf Lindemann is a seasoned product and security leader with nearly three decades of experience building products and cloud services that harden the Internet, embedded devices, mobile networks, and smart grids. Now VP Products at OneSpan and a long‑standing FIDO Alliance board member and working‑group co‑chair, he combines product strategy with deep cryptographic and PKI expertise honed at TC TrustCenter, Symantec, Nok Nok Labs and others. He’s both a standards driver and a hands‑on contributor—having edited FIDO UAF specs and refined WebAuthn attestation models to clarify verification semantics. Based in San Jose, he blends engineering rigor (Dr.-Ing. in electrical engineering) with practical product execution, consistently translating complex security requirements into deployable, interoperable solutions. An understated strength is his long track record of bridging industry consortia, product teams, and protocols to move authentication standards from draft to real-world adoption.
9 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Dr.-Ing. Elektrotechnik, Dr.-Ing. Elektrotechnik at Hamburg University of TechnologyDipl.-Ing. Technische Informatik, Dipl.-Ing. Technische Informatik at Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg
German, English
Github Skills (6)
attestation10
webauthn10
cryptography9
api8
security8
apidoc8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
w3c/webauthn
Jul 2016 - Mar 2020
Web Authentication: An API for accessing Public Key Credentials
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:27 reviews, 37 commits, 38 PRs in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Rolf primarily focused on refining the WebAuthn specification, specifically modifying attestation-related components and data structures. Their work involved renaming and restructuring attestation types and models, alongside explanations and added clarifications. They also made adjustments to the attestation verification process, ensuring proper formatting and handling of ECDAA signatures, and signature counter considerations. These changes were crucial for clarifying the technical details within the WebAuthn specification.
apipublic-keywebauthnweb-authenticationauthentication
Linksforyou/webauthn
May 2017 - Jun 2019
Web Authentication: An API for accessing Public Key Credentials
Contributions:66 commits in 2 years
apipublic-keypasskeyweb-authenticationauthentication
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