August 4, 2026 – Raj Ananthanpillai and Employ Partners Sue Mathieson

Raj Ananthanpillai – Founder & CEO of Trua and Author of The Trust Crisis: How Big Tech Stole Your Identity—and the New Model That Takes It Back AI has exacerbated and amplified the situation. Because you have no idea who is a real human being anymore. Raj Ananthanpillai is a serial entrepreneur, inventor, investor, and recognized authority on digital trust, identity verification, cybersecurity, and data privacy. He is the founder and CEO of Trua, a technology company developing reusable, privacy focused digital trust credentials. Trua’s technology enables individuals to verify their identities, backgrounds, and qualifications while maintaining greater control over their personal information, helping organizations establish trust without repeatedly collecting and storing sensitive data. Throughout his career, Raj has founded and scaled several technology companies serving federal agencies, Fortune 500 businesses, and global organizations. He previously founded Endera, now a subsidiary of Trua, and spent 13 years leading InfoZen, a risk management and digital credential solutions company acquired by ManTech International in 2017. Under his leadership, InfoZen supported major government identity and security initiatives, including work connected to the trusted traveler program that became TSA PreCheck and risk assessment systems for transportation workers. Earlier in his career, he founded NetBalance, which was acquired in 2000. Raj is the author of The Trust Crisis: How Big Tech Stole Your Identity and the New Model That Takes It Back, published by Forbes Books. In the book, he examines how widespread data collection, identity theft, data breaches, and artificial intelligence are weakening trust in the digital economy. He proposes a new approach based on reusable, consumer controlled trust credentials that allow people to prove who they are without unnecessarily surrendering their personal information. Raj holds master’s degrees in Engineering Physics and Electrical Engineering, is named on multiple U.S. patents, and serves organizations supporting the arts, engineering education, American history, and civic education. Sue Mathieson – Founder of Employ Partners and Author of I Said Yes Don’t allow yourself to be constrained by your own feeling of inadequacy or coming up with reasons why you shouldn’t do something. Sue Mathieson is an executive advisor, transformation leader, board director, and Chair of the Northcote Baptist Church Council. With more than 30 years of experience, she has helped complex organizations strengthen leadership, governance, and operational performance across the healthcare, public sector, education, manufacturing, mining, and nonprofit sectors. Her work focuses on aligning strategy, culture, people, and systems to help organizations navigate growth, change, and large scale transformation while delivering sustainable results. Throughout her career, Sue has led major organizational improvement initiatives involving governance, financial sustainability, service redesign, leadership development, workforce capability, and system integration. Most recently, she played a key leadership role in transition planning and system integration for the $1.5 billion New Footscray Hospital project at Western Health in Australia. She is also a certified Integrity Game® coach and certified mBIT coach, integrating systems thinking, neuroscience informed leadership, and executive coaching to help leaders make better decisions, strengthen alignment, and build high performing organizations. Sue is the author of I Said Yes, a book that explores the power of faith, courage, and embracing life’s unexpected challenges. She is passionate about helping leaders grow personally and professionally, believing that meaningful leadership begins with integrity, self awareness, and a commitment to serving others. Whether advising boards, coaching executives, or speaking to audiences, Sue’s mission is to help individuals and organizations create lasting impact through purposeful leadership and authentic transformation.