Andre Durand

Andre Durand is the Founder and CEO of Ping Identity, where he leads the company’s mission to define identity as the core security and control plane for the modern enterprise. A pioneer in digital identity for over two decades, Durand has shaped the evolution of the category from workforce access to customer identity and now to AI agents and non-human identities. He is the founder of Identiverse, one of the industry’s leading identity conferences, and has guided Ping through multiple phases of growth across venture, public, and private ownership. Today, Ping’s platform is trusted by many of the world’s largest enterprises, securing billions of digital identities globally. Durand is a frequent voice on the future of identity, with a focus on user experience, delegated authority, and runtime control over an AI-driven world.