#414 - Sponsor Spotlight - Evolveum

#414 - Sponsor Spotlight - Evolveum

From Identity at the Center by Identity at the Center

April 8, 2026 · 40 min · Episode 414

About this episode

Pavol Mederly discusses the challenges of IGA projects and how Evolveum's midPoint platform addresses them.

This sponsored episode is made possible by Evolveum, the company behind midPoint, an open source IGA platform made and owned in the EU that is in use worldwide. Jeff Steadman and Jim McDonald welcome Pavol Mederly, interim CPO at Evolveum. Pavol shares how IAM found him in 1991 while building an identity solution at a university before the term even existed. The conversation covers two core reasons IGA projects fail: data quality and slow application onboarding. Pavol explains how midPoint addresses these challenges with built-in simulations for testing and improving data quality, and midPilot, an AI assistant for faster application onboarding. MidPilot is supported in part by the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). Jim and Jeff explore midPoint's architecture, the real benefits of open source including transparency and no vendor lock-in, and advantages of being part of midPoint’s global community. Connect with Pavol: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pavol-mederly/ More about Evolveum: https://evolveum.com/idac Connect with us on LinkedIn: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/ Visit the show on the web…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jeff Steadman, Jim McDonald

Guest: Pavol Mederly

Topics covered

  • identity management
  • open source
  • IGA
  • data quality
  • application onboarding

Keywords

  • midPoint
  • midPilot
  • EU Recovery and Resilience Facility

Sponsors

Evolveum

Mentioned in this episode

Products: midPoint, midPilot, Java, Kubernetes

Places: EU, Prague

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