#33 Sal Kimmich

Sal Kimmich is a cybersecurity expert, open source engineer, and advocate for ethical technology, specializing in the intersection of digital sovereignty, AI governance, and secure infrastructure. With over a decade of experience in building cloud-native machine learning pipelines across healthcare and tech-for-good sectors, Sal now focuses on fortifying the open source software supply chain to create a more secure and equitable digital future. As the creator of the Digital Sovereignty Dispatch newsletter and author of the forthcoming book Geopolitical Code: How Digital Sovereignty Shapes Nations, Sal explores how cultural values and regulatory frameworks are encoded into digital infrastructure. Their research spans global perspectives, examining how privacy, data rights, and emerging policies influence national and international digital landscapes. Sal has been recognized among the Top 100 Women in AI Ethics™ for 2025 and was named the Most Innovative Business Leader in the UK in 2023. They are a sought-after keynote speaker at major conferences, including the Open Source Summit and Open Source Day, where they discuss topics like confidential computing, zero-knowledge proofs, and the ethical implications of AI. Sal's links are here: https://www.salkimmich.com/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/salkimmich https://github.com/salkimmich