We are delighted to announce the first-ever winners of the Vittorio Bertocci Award. We established the Vittorio Bertocci Award to honor its namesake: Vittorio was a giant in the identity community, a passionate standards practitioner, and inspirational educator to many. We are honored that we can support these professionals in their endeavors to advance digital identity standards in his name.
Please join us in celebrating their achievements by meeting our winners at your events this year! Our Track 1 winner will be heading to IIW Fall 2024, and our Track 2 tenured standards practitioners are designing their award plans now. Thank you to all who applied, and we look forward to continuing this tradition of excellence.
Erick Domingues (Track 1)
Erick Domingues is a 28 Years old Brazilian that works as a Program Manager at Raidiam, a company that helps implement secure data sharing ecosystems across the world. At Raidiam, Erick navigates the business and technical fields to help regulators and banks understand the value and requirements to implement a Data Sharing Ecosystem, based on FAPI.
Beyond his role, Erick holds two engineering degrees, one from Unicamp in Brazil, and another from Ecole Centrale Marseille in France. In his free time, he likes learning new languages; he’s currently learning his fifth language, Italian. Additionally, he loves being an active person and is expecting to run his first full marathon this year.
Frederico Schardong (Track 2)
Frederico is a PhD candidate in Computer Science at the Federal University of Santa Catarina in Brazil, specializing in digital identity, self-sovereign identity, digital identity protocols, and digital identity applications.
In addition to his academic endeavors, Frederico leads projects involving the development, implementation, and use of digital identification with industry and government partners in Brazil and Mozambique.
Jen Schreiber (Track 2)
Jen is a software engineer, specializing in digital identity within large-scale production systems. She is energized by contributing to internet standards groups, where she can solve complex technical problems with people from diverse backgrounds. With five years of experience as an Area Director for Women Who Code, she’s had the privilege of building and nurturing supportive communities within the tech industry through organizing educational and networking events. In her free time, you’ll find her in the mountains enjoying the Colorado sunshine or in the pottery studio.