# Corporate VP, Identity Product Management

Source: https://startwithidentity.com/experts/alex-simons/
Last updated: 2026-08-29
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## Bio

Alex Simons leads product management for Microsoft's identity platform, [Microsoft Entra](https://startwithidentity.com/vendors/iam/microsoft-entra/). He has been a public face of the platform's evolution from Azure Active Directory into the Entra family, and a consistent advocate for [passwordless](https://startwithidentity.com/guides/fundamentals/what-is-passwordless/) authentication and verifiable credentials at scale, given Microsoft's enormous identity footprint.

Profile built from public Microsoft and conference records.

## Where their work shows up

The platform he leads is the default identity provider for most organizations that buy Microsoft 365, which makes decisions about [conditional access](https://startwithidentity.com/glossary/conditional-access/) defaults and [passkey](https://startwithidentity.com/glossary/passkey/) support consequential far beyond one vendor. See [Okta vs Microsoft Entra](https://startwithidentity.com/compare/okta-vs-microsoft-entra/) and [Microsoft Entra vs Ping Identity](https://startwithidentity.com/compare/microsoft-entra-vs-ping-identity/).