Steven McCown is a Chief Architect at Anonyome Labs where he conducts R&D for security and privacy technologies. He serves in leadership positions at the Decentralized Identity Foundation, Trust Over IP, and is a Commissioner on the Utah Privacy Commission. During his career, McCown has invented several patented mobile payment and security technologies. While at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL; U.S. Dept. of Energy), he performed security vulnerability discovery for computers and mobile devices. He also created a method for common cellphones to detect ionizing radiation (from ‘dirty bombs’) and ‘phone home’ to alert first responders.  While serving as a U.S. Air Force officer, he led virtual reality research and built post-mission analysis systems for the AWACS aircraft.  McCown holds B.S. & M.S. degrees in Computer Science from Brigham Young University, holds current Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) and Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE) certifications, and is an inventor on 34 patents.