Mark Dixon currently serves as Solution Strategist in Sun's Americas Software Practice. He joined Sun in 2004 as Practice Lead in Sun's Identity Management Practice and subsequently served as Systems Engineering Manager for the Telecommunications Market Area in Sun's US Software Practice. He was formerly CEO of two software startups and senior practice director with Oracle Telecommunications Consulting Services.

Mark has delivered enterprise software products and custom solutions to the telecommunications, information security, digital image management, aerospace manufacturing and consumer goods manufacturing markets.

Mark was a founding officer of the Arizona Software Association, now the Arizona Technology Council. A graduate of Brigham Young University, Mark and his wife have six children and six grandchildren.

Blog: “Discovering Identity”: http://blogs.sun.com/identity

Email: mark.g.dixon@sun.com