Though OpenText Senior Strategist Chris Barngrover began his career in multimedia and custom application development as a software architect, he has focused on information security since 2002. Prior to re-joining NetIQ in September 2018, he spent time as a security consultant, as well as working at security software vendors like Novell, Oracle, NetIQ, and Saviynt in various pre-sales, strategic, and leadership roles. Chris also spent 2.5 years as the principal Identity and Access Management architect for the Office of the CISO at ACS/Xerox.