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About Rivitan

Senior identity expertise, without the overhead

One accountable architect, 14+ years of Fortune 500 experience, and a focus on outcomes that hold up under audit.

The story

Why Rivitan exists

Rivitan exists for a simple reason: most enterprises are running identity infrastructure that grew organically over a decade or more — and it shows. Duplicate accounts, over-privileged admins, fragile federation, and access nobody can fully account for.

Over 14+ years working inside Fortune 500 environments, I have seen the same patterns repeat across retail, finance, healthcare, and manufacturing. The good news is that they are solvable with the right architecture, a disciplined approach, and a focus on outcomes that hold up under scrutiny.

I started Rivitan to give organizations access to that senior, hands-on expertise directly — without the overhead, hand-offs, and junior staffing of a large firm. When you engage Rivitan, you work with the architect who does the work.

“When you engage Rivitan, you work with the architect who does the work — not a rotating cast of juniors.”

Certifications

Credentials that back the work

SC-300

Microsoft Identity & Access Administrator

Azure

Microsoft Certified

AWS

Amazon Web Services Certified

SC-100

Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect

Industries

Trusted across regulated industries

Experience spanning the sectors where identity, compliance, and uptime carry the highest stakes.

Financial Services
Healthcare
Retail & E-commerce
Manufacturing
Higher Education
Technology & SaaS
Logistics
Public Sector
Platforms

Microsoft-deep, multi-vendor capable

Microsoft identity is the core specialty — but real environments are rarely single-vendor. Engagements routinely span directories, cloud IAM, governance, and privileged access tools.

Directories & IdPs

  • Microsoft Entra ID
  • Active Directory
  • Okta
  • Ping Identity
  • Google Workspace

Cloud IAM

  • AWS IAM & IAM Identity Center
  • Azure RBAC
  • GCP IAM

Governance (IGA)

  • Entra ID Governance
  • ConductorOne
  • SailPoint
  • Saviynt

Privileged Access (PAM)

  • Entra PIM
  • CyberArk
  • BeyondTrust

Automation & standards

  • Microsoft Graph
  • PowerShell
  • SCIM
  • SAML / OIDC
  • Terraform
How I work

Principles behind every engagement

Outcomes over jargon

Security work only matters if it reduces real risk and survives an audit. Every engagement is measured by outcomes a CISO can defend, not buzzwords.

Leave teams stronger

Good consulting transfers knowledge. Documentation, runbooks, and training mean your team owns the result long after the engagement ends.

Senior, hands-on, accountable

You work directly with the architect doing the work — not a rotating cast of juniors. One accountable point of contact from first call to handoff.

Security without disruption

Phased rollouts, pilot groups, and documented rollback plans mean we improve your posture without breaking what your business depends on.

Experience

14+ years in enterprise identity

2010 – 2014

Active Directory Engineer

Cut teeth running large multi-domain Active Directory environments — replication, Group Policy, and the unglamorous work of keeping the directory healthy at scale.

2014 – 2018

Identity & Security Architect

Led federation and single sign-on programs across Fortune 500 environments, designing ADFS, SAML, and the early hybrid bridges between on-prem and the cloud.

2018 – 2022

Cloud Identity Lead

Owned enterprise Entra ID (Azure AD) adoption: Conditional Access, MFA and passwordless rollouts, and large-scale migrations off legacy federation.

2022 – Present

Founder & Principal Consultant, Rivitan

Independent identity consulting for enterprises that need senior expertise without the overhead of a large firm — hands-on architecture, governance, and automation.

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