William Curtis Barker

William Curtis Barker, Senior Advisor to Aspen Digital, is a Senior Executive serving as Associate Director and Cybersecurity Advisor for the Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) cybersecurity program. Barker has over 20 years of experience at NIST, and previously headed its personal identity verification program. Before joining NIST, Barker spent 19 years in business holding a number of IT security and management jobs. Earlier in his career, he spent 11 years at the National Security Agency in a number of roles, including IT security analyst. Barker earned his bachelor degree from the University of Texas, Pan American, and master degree from Johns Hopkins University.