Dr. Charles Herder

Dr. Charles Herder, Co-Founder of Badge Inc., is a recognized and published subject matter expert and thought leader in cryptography, systems security, AI, and quantum computing, and has been an invited speaker and author at USSTRATCOM, Business Intelligence Group, the Advanced Cyber Security Center, and MIT, among others. He is at the forefront of industry leadership around agentic AI and the cryptographic foundations of trust in the AI era. Dr. Herder holds four degrees from MIT including his Ph.D. in cryptography and computer science, and he holds 35+ patents.

Dr. Herder has worked on embedded systems security at Texas Instruments, launched a cybersecurity company that was acquired by a public company leader in network assurance, and most recently is the Co-Founder of Badge Inc., the award-winning privacy and AI company enabling Identity without Secrets™.

Dr. Herder is also Chair of Badge’s CISO Council, dedicated to modernizing traditional cybersecurity approaches, alongside industry experts advancing privacy-preserving security. Badge’s CISO Council brings together the top minds from the field to advance the industry toward better security, better privacy, and better user experience, without compromising in any category. Dr. Herder’s expertise in developing stronger, more resilient IT infrastructure was recently featured in Dark Reading, offering a “wake up call” for the industry.