July Trend Sharing Session

Frank Abagnale is one of the world’s most respected authorities on forgery, embezzlement, secure documents, cybercrime, and scams. For over 47 years he has worked with, advised, and consulted with hundreds of financial institutions, corporations, and government agencies around the world.

Mr. Abagnale has been associated with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for over four decades. He lectures at the FBI Academy and for the FBI field offices. He is a former faculty member at the National Advocacy Center (NAC) which is operated by the Department of Justice, Executive Office for United States Attorneys. More than 14,000 financial institutions, corporations, and law enforcement agencies use his fraud prevention programs. He has also written numerous articles and books.

Mr. Abagnale refuses to accept payment for any of his government work. Today, most of his work is derived from consulting with major corporate clients and his renowned seminar presentations on cyber security, identity theft, and scams. Mr. Abagnale works as an advisor for several print and technology companies around the world. Today, Mr. Abagnale is an advisor to Trusona in developing the world’s first and only insured authentication platform eliminating the use of passwords and allowing for the use of passkey technology.

As Chief Experience Officer at Trusona, Kevin facilitates collaboration amongst people who specialize in human factors, technology, marketing, and aesthetics to help solve one of the most wicked problems of our digital society: passwords.

Prior to Trusona, Kevin founded the user experience (UX) consulting firm, 29^th Drive. He grew its book of business, culture, and reputation, which led to its acquisition in 2014.

With FIDO Executive Director & CMO Andrew Shikiar, Kevin originated the FIDO UX Task Force in 2020.

In addition to other entrepreneurial ventures, Kevin developed the curriculum and taught Arizona State University’s first UX course in 2017 for Master’s students in design.

Megan Shamas is the senior director of marketing for the FIDO Alliance, the multi-stakeholder organization standardizing simpler, stronger authentication to reduce global password usage. In this role, she leads all global communications and market education initiatives around FIDO Authentication and passkey.

Megan has deep expertise in and passion for introducing and gaining broad adoption of new standards and technologies, having spent the last 20 years leading PR, marketing, and branding for several global multi-stakeholder organizations.

Chris co-founded the LSA in 2016 to help the Loyalty Industry prevent fraud and policy abuse. He also serves as the Managing Partner of Airline Information, one of the premier organizers of events for the global Airline & Travel Industry. Previously Chris worked held various positions with the International Air Transport Association, Amtrak, the Department of Transportation, and ATPCO, gaining extensive experience in Pricing, Revenue Management, Travel Distribution, and Airline Industry Affairs.