Raj Ananthanpillai is a serial entrepreneur, investor, inventor, and leading authority on digital trust, identity, and privacy. He is the founder and CEO of Trua, where he is building privacy-first digital trust credentials that allow organizations to verify identity without losing control of their personal data. With decades of experience designing large-scale identity and risk systems, Raj has founded and scaled multiple technology companies serving federal agencies and global enterprises. He holds two master’s degrees in engineering and physics and is the inventor on several U.S. patents focused on trust, security, and privacy-preserving systems. He is also the author of two previous books. In The Trust Crisis, Raj outlines a new model for restoring digital trust and data ownership. He is also an in-demand expert speaker and advisor on digital identity, privacy, and the future of trust.