Sal Kimmich
Escher Cloud Director of Open Source, AI/ML DevSecOps
Sal is passionate about helping engineers, ethical hackers and digital enthusiasts understand the complexity of modern software development. With over a decade of experience as building cloud-native machine learning pipelines in the healthcare and tech for good sectors, their work is now focused on filling the cracks in the open source software supply chain to build a better digital future for all of us. By day, you’ll find Sal working with site reliability engineers, DevOps and cybersecurity specialists to implement best tools and practices to remove toil from developer workflows. By night, you’ll find Sal mentoring the next generation of engineers in cloud computing from around the globe, and acting as technical advisor for data sovereignty to OurWorlds: Current and Historical Experiences in Extended Reality, Native American lead SXSW Start Up of the Year 2022.