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Socure, the leading AI-first identity and risk decisioning platform, has promoted Matthew Thompson to the newly created role of President and Chief Commercial Officer. Thompson will partner directly with Founder and CEO Johnny Ayers to accelerate global growth, public sector expansion, workforce scaling, and the company’s mission to become the identity industry’s first decacorn.
Thompson, a digital identity pioneer and combat veteran, has driven exceptional results since joining Socure. As Chief Revenue Officer he delivered six consecutive quarters of outperformance, sustained profitability, and record-setting net dollar retention while overseeing the successful integrations of Effectiv and Qlarifi into the RiskOS platform.
The appointment comes as Socure transitions from identity verification provider to the comprehensive AI-powered risk decisioning platform of choice for banking, fintech, gaming, Big Tech, prediction markets, and government entities worldwide. Thompson previously built Socure’s public sector business from zero to serving over 100 federal, state, and local agencies.
“Matt is a true pioneer and a disciplined, effective leader shaping the future of identity innovation,” said Johnny Ayers, Founder and CEO of Socure. “He brings a clear and compelling vision for how identity has become the cornerstone of the digital economy, and he has consistently exceeded every expectation and stretch goal we’ve set in scaling Socure. From launching our public sector business to driving extraordinary growth as our Chief Revenue Officer, Matt has delivered outsized impact both financially and culturally at every turn. Over the years, Matt has become my trusted partner in shaping and leading the company, someone who pushes my thinking, elevates our speed and quality of execution, and strengthens from a leadership and development perspective every part of our organization. Matt is the right person to stand with me as we guide Socure into a new era of AI innovation, global expansion, and category leadership.”
With machine identities now outnumbering human identities 80:1 and threats from deepfakes and synthetic identities escalating, enterprises require platforms that deliver accuracy at scale. Thompson’s promotion positions Socure to meet this moment by advancing RiskOS as the trusted infrastructure layer for identity, compliance, and fraud decisions across the internet.
“We are at a defining moment for the future of digital identity in the age of AI,” said Thompson. “Identity has become the foundational infrastructure that powers trust across the modern digital economy, and the world needs cutting-edge platforms and solutions for how it is built and protected. Partnering with Johnny and the entire Socure team to advance this vital mission is an extraordinary opportunity, the culmination of nearly two decades of work in this space. Together, we will build this new category, scale our impact globally, and solve our customers’ most complex challenges as we deliver the next generation of identity and risk-decisioning infrastructure everywhere trust matters on the Internet and around the world.”
For nearly two decades, Thompson has worked tirelessly to transform digital identity. He holds three patents spanning mobile biometric liveness detection and tiered and third-party authentication. In the commercial sector, he co-founded and served as president of ID.me; led IDEMIA’s Identity and Security North America business as senior vice president and general manager; and held a senior leadership role on Capital One’s identity services team, which became the first U.S. bank to externalize and commercialize identity solutions for enterprise customers. Earlier in his career, he held positions at McKinsey & Company and Goldman Sachs.
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