Device Authority Appoints Former Google and Vodafone Product Manager To Drive Its Product Led Growth Strategy

Device Authority, an award-winning and recognized global leader in Identity and Access Management (IAM) for Enterprise IoT ecosystems has appointed Richard Seward as Vice President of Product Management to drive forward the company’s growing portfolio of innovative products under its KeyScaler platform.

Seward has over 15 years’ experience in the field, from Product Manager for the Mobile Device Management program at Vodafone through to Product Manager in Search at Google as well as being VP Engineering at IOT platform EVRYTHNG which was acquired by Digimarc.

Seward has over 15 years’ experience in the field, from Product Manager for the Mobile Device Management program at Vodafone through to Product Manager in Search at Google, and platform Product Manager at Meta. Outside of this area, Seward has founded and led his own start-up and served as VP Engineering at IOT platform EVRYTHNG which was acquired by Digimarc.

His role at Device Authority will see him working with the company’s innovative KeyScaler Central, KeyScaler Edge and KeyScaler AI products, ensuring they evolve as safe, relevant and market leading products that satisfy real customer needs and are in demand . He will work closely with customers and strategic partners as well as with the company’s established Engineering and Product Marketing teams to define and deliver a product roadmap that continues to lead the industry in meeting market requirements.

Commenting on his appointment, Device Authority CEO Darron Antill said, “We have achieved great success with our existing product portfolio and they continue to be recognised by analysts, partners and customers alike as leading the way in tackling the emerging problems that are facing organizations wanting to capitalise on the benefits of connected devices and operations. As we continue to innovate, it is vital that our roadmap remains aligned to the market and our customers and having someone with such significant experience as Richard to take lead this strategy will be a significant benefit to our business.

“His role will work closely with almost every team in the business in order to ensure our products are the best that they can be and we are excited to welcome him to the team.”

Speaking about his new role, Richard added “Device Authority is at an incredibly exciting point in its growth journey with innovative, breakthrough technology that is supporting a host of global enterprises to optimise their connected operations. I am looking forward to helping to grow and evolve their existing products as well as plan and develop new innovations to continue to stay at the cutting-edge of IoT security.”