Bio

Neville Pattinson is the Head of Federal Government Sales at Thales Group's DIS Identity & Biometric Solutions team based in Austin, TX. Neville is a leading expert and thought leader on digital identity solutions such as smart cards, electronic passports, various biometric technologies and mobile digital identity to keep identity credentials secure, private and trusted. Heavily involved in leading the policy, planning and implementing a number of federal government identity programs wich include introducing the first DOD Common Access Cards (CAC); Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 (HSPD-12), Federal Identity Processing Standard 201 and the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Federal Employee credentialing program. He also led the effort to ensure the best security and privacy protections were implemented in the US e-Passport from its introduction in 2006. Recently he and his team have been involved in standing up US Exit biometric facial recognition pilots at US airports after a successful result in the DHS S&T 2018 &2019 biometric Rallies. Neville and his team are committed to provide new convenient automated traveler experiences supporting CBP’s mission when crossing US borders, improving airport passenger efficiencies by introducing facial recognition enabled airport experiences. Neville was consulted as part of the White House formation of the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) and has served for five years on the Management Board of NSTIC’s Identity Ecosystem Steering Group (IDESG). In his capacity as a well-known privacy and security advocate, Neville was privileged to serve a five-year term (2006-2011) appointed by Secretary Chertoff, as a Special Government Employee to the Department of Homeland Security’s “Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee” (DPIAC) reporting to the DHS’ Chief Privacy Officer.