The Identity Heroes
Strata Identity's video podcast of practitioner stories, "because no one goes to school for IAM". Eight episodes from 2025, none since October.
- Hosts
- Aldo Pietropaolo, Gerry Gebel, Mark Callahan
- Publisher
- Strata Identity · Vendor
- Pillar
- Workforce Identity, Access, Authorization & Network
- Level
- Practitioner
- Format
- Interview (video and audio)
- Cadence
- Monthly, paused since October 2025, 35 to 50 min
- Status
- Dormant, last episode 2025-10-23
- Since
- 2025
- Episodes
- 8
What it is
The Identity Heroes is a video podcast from Strata Identity, launched in May 2025 and hosted by three Strata staff: Field CTO Aldo Pietropaolo, VP of Product and Standards Gerry Gebel, and Mark Callahan. Its tagline, "Because no one goes to school for IAM", sets the tone: career stories and lessons from architects, CISOs, and practitioners. Guests have included Eve Maler, Heather Flanagan, and identity leaders from Navy Federal, MassMutual, and PNC.
Who it suits
People building a career in identity, and leaders interested in how others run identity teams.
Editor note
Good guests and a human angle, with episodes on AI agents and on what library science teaches identity standards. The run is short: eight episodes, the last on October 23, 2025, and no end announced, so we list it as dormant. It is vendor-produced, though the conversations are rarely about Strata's products.
Last verified 2026-09-30 against the show's feed, recent episode notes, and the publisher's own pages. Status and last-episode date update weekly from the feed.
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