I’ve been spending time honing my personal knowledge management skills. These skills have helped me be more effective and efficient in serving my clients and students, competing for my doctorate (almost done, ya!!!), writing articles and books, developing courses, and doing my research.I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Jorge Arango in a […]
Michael Becker
Michael Becker is an intentionally recognized identity & personal information management solutions strategic advisor, speaker, entrepreneur, and academic. He advises companies on personal information economy business strategy, product development, business development, and sales & marketing strategies. He also represents them at leading trade groups, including the Mobile Ecosystem Forum. Michael is an advisor to Assurant, Predii, Privowny, and Phoji. He is the co-author of Mobile Marketing for Dummies and a number of other books and articles related to mobile marketing, identity, and personal information management. He is on the faculty of marketing of the Association of National Advertisers and National University. A serial entrepreneur, Michael founded Identity Praxis, co-founded mCordis and The Connected Marketer Institute, was a founding member of the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), and was on the MMA board of directors for ten years and was MMA’s North American Managing Director for three years. In 2004, Michael co-founded iLoop Mobile, a leading messaging solutions provider. In 2014, Michael was awarded the 2014 Marketing EDGE Edward Mayer Education Leadership Award for his commitment to marketing education.
MEF Market Review: Personal Data and Identity Meeting of the Waters
The Mobile Ecosystem Forum released a report today—MEF Market Review: Personal Data and Identity Meeting of the Waters—that I’ve been working on for a while. You can download it for FREE here. The report explains the current state of the personal data and identity market. Take a look. Let’s collaborate. The world is responding to […]
Call for Insights & White Paper Contributors: Is it rude to ask your age? Actually no. It is a legal requirement
Note: I co-authored this piece with Iain Corby, Director at Age Verification Providers Association (AVPA). Get ready; new and evolving personal data and identity management methods are causing a tsunami of change. In particular, two crucial areas driving change are the proper administration of the sale of age-restricted products and services and what businesses must do […]
How Mobile Authentication Can Protect The Youth
I sat down with Breno Pilar at IPification, a mobile authentication solutions provider, to discuss his views on how mobile authentication can be used to protect vulnerable populations, especially children, as they use the Internet and Internet-powered services. Properly implemented, Breno asserts that mobile authentication can improve security, protect privacy, streamline the user experience (i.e., […]
Identity management is key to increasing security, reducing fraud and developing a seamless customer experience
I enjoyed participating in the Mobile Ecosystem Forum (MEF) Enterprise webinar on December 9, 2021. MEF explores its recent Personal Data and Identity Management Enterprise Survey – supported by Boku – in a webinar on 9th December 2021. MEF Programme Director, Andrew Parkin-White, is joined by Michael Becker, CEO of Identity Praxis and MEF Advisor and […]
Personal Data & Identity Market Assessment
Have you noticed? The world is awash in conversations about personal data and identity. Start talking about personal data and identity with someone, especially if they’re in the industry, and all kinds of buzzwords and triggers pop into the conversation. You’ll hear terms like these. There are so many terms out there; it is […]
The Identity Imperative: Risk Management, Value Creation, and Balance of Power Shifts
Article published by the Mobile Ecosystem Forum, 12/10/2021. Article published by the Mobile Ecosystem Forum, 12/10/2021. “We know now that technology and business models are accelerating at a faster pace than ever before in human history. In 10 years time, who knows what kind of conversations we’re going to be having, but the one thing we […]
FTC’s Shot Across the Bow: Purpose and Use Restrictions Could Frame The Future of Personal Data Management
I just read a wonderful piece from Joseph Duball,1 who reported on the U.S. Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter’s keynote at the IAPP’s “Privacy. Security. Risk 2021” event. According to Duball, Slaughter suggests that we need to change “the way people view, prioritize, and conceptualize their data.” “Too many services are about leveraging consumer […]
A call for New PD&I Exchange Models, The Trust Chain, and A Connected Individual Identity Scoring Scheme: An Interview with Virginie Debris of GMS
Art- A call for New Industry Data Exchange Models, The Trust Chain, and A Connected Individual Transaction And Identity Scoring Scheme: An Interview with Virginie Debris of GMS I recently sat down with Virginie Debris, the Chief Product Officer for Global Messaging Service (GMS) and Board Member of the Mobile Ecosystem Forum, to talk about […]
Mobile Marketing in a Privacy-First World – Mobile Marketing Expert, Michael Becker
I thoroughly enjoyed my interview with Nishant Garg with WhatMarketWants. Here’s the abstract for the interview: “What’s your company’s approach to Mobile Marketing in a Privacy-First World? Mobile Marketing Expert Michael Becker talks about what’s mobile marketing, the potential of mobile marketing, mobile responsive content, mobile-optimized website, marketing in a privacy-centric world, the future of […]