# Project lead and chairman, Apereo CAS

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Last updated: 2026-09-20
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## Bio

Misagh Moayyed has worked on Apereo CAS since 2009 and is its project lead and chairman, handling technical direction alongside the unglamorous parts: release engineering, build infrastructure, mailing lists, and vulnerability disclosure. He is an Apereo Fellow and a pac4j committer.

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## Where their work shows up

CAS predates most of the modern identity stack and still authenticates users at universities across the world, which means it has had to absorb [SAML](https://startwithidentity.com/standards/saml-2-0/), [OpenID Connect](https://startwithidentity.com/standards/openid-connect/), and [multi-factor authentication](https://startwithidentity.com/guides/fundamentals/what-is-passwordless/) without breaking deployments that have run for fifteen years. Sustaining that, largely through foundation governance rather than a vendor, is a different discipline from building something new. See the [open-source identity vendors](https://startwithidentity.com/vendors/open-source/) and the [standards deep-dives](https://startwithidentity.com/standards/).