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About us

Building the future of identity and access management

Our values
01

Customer first

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do. Their ideas and feedback guide us and inspire us to push greater boundaries.

02

Integrity

Security, transparency, and trust are our foundation. Guided by our Open Source roots, we stay true to our principles in everything we do.

03

Collaboration

Together, we achieve more. By working closely with ourselves, our customers, partners, and community, we turn shared goals into reality.

04

Determination

We are driven to make a difference. Relentless in our pursuit of progress, we are committed to improvement without compromise.

We operate around the clock
to make sure your IAM runs the
way you need it to — our stats
speak for themselves

Open-source IAMs and CIAMs are more than just technology—they empower organizations with the visibility, flexibility and control to navigate the rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Leadership

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Scales high-growth cybersecurity companies and Zero Trust identity infrastructure, previously as CEO of CloudBolt and SecureAuth and CRO at Yubico.

Jeff Kukowski on LinkedIn
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Aeneas RekkasFounder & CTO

Architect of Ory Hydra and Ory Kratos, championing security-by-design and Zero Trust as a Go developer and speaker.

Aeneas Rekkas on LinkedIn
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Leonie HabermannChief of Operations

Oversees Ory’s strategic growth, with 20+ years in business development, marketing, and operations and an MBA from St. Galler Business School.

Leonie Habermann on LinkedIn
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Justin DollyChief Customer and Security Officer

Leads Ory’s security strategy and customer success, as a Certified CISO (CCISO) with 20+ years building security cultures in global organizations.

Justin Dolly on LinkedIn
Greg VesperChief Product Officer

Focused on securing human and AI agent identities at scale, after work in NASA e-commerce, cloud medical imaging, and as CTO of Smarsh.

Greg Vesper on LinkedIn
Rob MurrayChief Revenue Officer

Scales Ory’s go-to-market across B2B, Customer, and Agent IAM, with leadership roles at Ping Identity, PagerDuty, Anaplan, and HP.

Rob Murray on LinkedIn
Colleen ShannonChief Financial Officer

A seasoned tech startup finance executive, previously CFO at CampusLogic and Lumension, and most recently at equipifi.

Colleen Shannon on LinkedIn
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Andreas BucksteegCloud & Infrastructure Director

Leads technical strategy for Ory’s open-source identity tools, drawing on 25+ years in cloud-native architecture. Co-founded hybris (acquired by SAP).

Andreas Bucksteeg on LinkedIn

Board of directors

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Aeneas RekkasFounder & CTO
Colin HannaPartner at Balderton Capital
Paul WahlIndependent Board Member
George MathewManaging Director at Insight

Years of innovation and growth

Ory & EMA launch global survey on agentic: "Agentic AI Identities – Is Your Organization Prepared?" Agentic survey finds 79% of organizations lack policies to govern agents.Ory achieves PCI DSS complianceOry launches Ory Agent Security and Ory Talos, driving a new wave of Agent IAM innovation