Learn how Blake Hall, founder and CEO of ID.me, credits the Army to help him build a successful business.

Blake Hall is the Founder and CEO of ID.me, a digital ID card designed to make online interactions more trusted and secure. ID.me was selected by the United States Department of Commerce as one of the top five digital identity products in America in 2013 and awarded a $2.8M grant; chosen by the Wall Street Journal as a Finalist for Startup of the Year; and, most recently, ID.me was named one of Entrepreneur Magazine’s 100 Brilliant Companies in their June 2014 issue. A veteran of the Iraq war, Blake led a platoon of scouts and snipers in Iraq for fifteen months during 2006 – 2007. He was awarded the Bronze Star with Valor for leading his men during a firefight against insurgents in an action senior commanders credited with saving twenty American lives. Blake has written for The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, Forbes, The Huffington Post and DC Magazine. Blake is a frequent contributor to programs hosted by Public Radio International and syndicated on NPR and the BBC. Thanks to The Economist, he is also the first Google result for the phrase “muscly entrepreneur.” Blake attained a Bachelor of Science magna cum laude from Vanderbilt University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.