Abhigna is a junior at the University of Washington Bothell pursuing Computer Science and Data Science. She is passionate about developing software for real-world impact, and is currently researching cybersecurity risks that generative AI poses to open source software with Dr. Kaylea Champion. Her interests span IP law, generative AI, and user-centered applications. She enjoys teaching coding and exploring the broader implications of AI on technology - from its impact on CVE databases to how it can support developers without compromising software quality and integrity.

I've been in infosec for about 15 years doing work from binary exploitation, to finding 0-days in webapps, cryptography, design flaws, and other fun stuff. Before that I was a software developer, so I'm well aware of that perspective as well. I'm also an avid self-hoster who runs pretty much exclusively open source software, and contributes back to the community by publishing Ansible roles to make self-hosting more accessible and easier to manage.

Adrian is passionate about helping people be empowered by computers through custom software development work. It’s not enough for Adrian to create something that works - he must know why it works!
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Adrian graduated from Victoria University of Wellington in 2017 with a degree in Computer Science. His education in computing began long before that, having learned his first programming language at age 10.

Whilst he was studying at Victoria University, Adrian interned at Catalyst IT for an extended time where he worked on the KELP log file analytics/debugging project and Samba Windows-compatible file sharing project.

Hello! My name is Morgan M and Ive been a web dev since 2016, I love the web platform and love making websites. I am passionate about volunteering on many causes and do technical work including accessibility. I am also an American and New Zealand citizen, and passionate about that too. I am excited to potentially present at SeaGL!

Alex is a Youth Services Librarian with the Pierce County System around Tacoma, Washington. When not showcasing the wonders of finding something good to experience or making information appear from the morass of the Internet, they're usually thinking about solving puzzles, playing games, whether or not their Home Assistant setup is truly complete, and scheduling time to write things and make sure all their computers are properly updated.

Catch them on Mastodon at TheyOfHIShirts@glammr.us

Physics and Applied Computing student passionate about making software more understandable.

Autumn is a Software Engineer at Microsoft Azure specializing in Linux security. In her previous role at AWS as a software engineer, she focused on the development and release of Amazon Corretto (Java) while actively engaging in the OpenJDK community; before that, she worked as an AWS NoSQL Database Solutions Architect and created educational content in Python and Java.
Autumn co-hosts the exciting new "Fork Around and Find Out" podcast, sharing stories on tech lessons learned, with her previous co-host of the popular "Ship It!" podcast. A proud mom and "Rewriting the Code" alumni, Autumn serves as the Board Chair of Education at MilSpouse Coders.

Brady Dibble is Director of Product at CIQ, where he works on enterprise Linux, security, compliance, and HPC/AI infrastructure. He enjoys tinkering with his homelab and has set up a self-hosted inference cluster, stitched together from an increasingly eclectic mixture of hardware. He tests most things himself before he believes them, which often enough is justified.

Bri Hatch is an adamant Open Source advocate and security buff, author of Hacking Linux Exposed, Building Linux VPNs, and numerous online articles on the topics of Linux, security, and coding. He has been securing and breaking into systems since before he traded in his Apple II+ for his first Unix system. He does not know how to use a mouse.

Chris Beckman is a Principal Security Engineer, and the founder of Painted Wolf and creator of Painted Wolf Code. When not working, he enjoys photography, local bakeries, and making weird stuff with Raspberry Pi’s. He lives in Seattle with his spouse and their dog Toast.

Deb Nicholson is a free software policy expert and a passionate community advocate. She is the Executive Director at the Python Software Foundation which serves as the non-profit steward of the Python programming language. She has previously served the open source ecosystem through her work at the Open Source Initiative, Software Freedom Conservancy, and the Open Invention Network. She lives with her husband and her lucky black cat in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Delib typically speaks on topics of democracy and organizing. She has been a computer user and digital DIY hacker since the Nineteen Eighties.

I'm a Software Engineer at Mercury, where I build infrastructure and backend systems for fintech products. My background includes distributed systems and backend development in Java and Python, and I've recently been diving deep into Haskell and functional programming. I'm passionate about making functional programming approachable and helping developers discover ideas that improve how they write software in any language.

Dr. Edward Ly is a software engineer based in Portland, Oregon. In 2024, he obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Aizu in Japan, where he conducted research on machine learning in digital audio signal processing applications and published his work as free software. Since then, he has joined Nextcloud as part of a team that develops ethical AI solutions and other 3rd-party integrations for seamless collaboration and productivity. He has also spoken at various open source events including FOSDEM, LinuxFest Northwest, SeaGL, FOSSY, and more.

I've been developing software for GNU/Linux systems and managing production networks since 1997. I've worked in small businesses and very large scale networks like Google. After the XZ Utils attack, I wrote a debugger that analyzed a running process to look for signs of namespace tampering, and Fedora uses that tool to protect some of its critical packages. Security is an important factor in my work. I work on Fedora and occasionally contribute to the package management infrastructure itself: dnf, rpm, PackageKit.

Russian immigrant who skipped across Europe, eventually ending up in America. Currently working towards a Computer Engineering degree, hoping eventually to become a NASA engineer.

Living Cartoon Company, created by James Sundquist, offers original theatre performances (Expeditious Intent, MINGALABA, Aeon), and also produces the Linux Prepper podcast. "Scan My Brainrot" is an original performance created expressly for Linuxfest Northwest and SeaGL attendees.

Jocelyn Graf is an Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of California Riverside and advises small businesses remotely from Seattle through the Los Angeles Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs). Jocelyn's expertise includes helping tech startup founders refine business ideas and explore whether they are viable. She also helps founders integrate people, planet, and profit. Jocelyn is an avid cyclist and advocate for Big Tech alternatives.

Jonathan Haack is a Math and CS educator with 20 years experience, blending educational and technology leadership. He serves on the board of directors for the NM Partnership for Math and Science Education and operates Haack's Networking, a Free Software-driven business specializing in networking and security.

A problem-solver at heart, Jonathan has tackled projects ranging from constructing a 150ft retaining wall to forming a $20,000 endowment for the Partnership. Leading through informal authority, Jonathan hosts GNU/Linux community spaces like Mastodon, Matrix, and Peertube, freely available to the public. Jonathan is a proud father of two children, ages 12 and 14.

I'm Joni! I'm a computer programmer from Seattle. For work, I do Embedded Linux things for robotic tractors and other farm equipment. I'm a SCUBA diver, Wilderness First Responder, banjo player, and open source aficionado.

Kasanwa-Solane "KaSo" Aster-Hope is an ace autistic panromantic polyamorous tonsi with a background in tech.
Originally from Miami, FL, KaSo are happy to have moved to Seattle approximately 28 months ago, in June 2024 (relative timestamp is relative to conference date).
It are the sole admin of the OctoFriends.Garden set of services, which operates from its apartment.

Dr. Kaylea Champion studies how people cooperate to build groovy public goods like GNU/Linux and Wikipedia, including what gets maintained and the risks we face. She is an Assistant Professor in Computing and Software Systems at the University of Washington Bothell, where she teaches about open source, technical management, and software engineering with an emphasis on cybersecurity, evidence, and freedom. Dr. Champion is eager to build connections with communities, including talks at FOSSY, Norwescon, WorldCon, PyConUS, the OpenJS Summit, Wikimania, MozFest, Women in Data Science, PuPPY, DebConf, and SeaGL. A Linux user since 1994, she enjoys tromping through the woods, smashing goblins, conjuring data, and cooking for a crowd.

Kevin is a Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat with more than 15 years of industry experience. Based in Raleigh, NC, he helps drive technical direction for Red Hat OpenShift AI.

Kshitij Gupta is a Senior Engineer at AWS Lambda, where he has spent the past eight years building and scaling the VM data plane that supports millions of invocations. During his more than 10 years at AWS, he has focused on building and operating highly scalable systems. He has helped build Lambda's data plane from the ground up, delivering features such as SnapStart. He holds multiple patents in the serverless space and is currently focused on scalable multitenant networking data planes with eBPF.

Bats right. Throws right. Most recently the former Distro of the Week columnist for FOSS Force, and currently writing Distro of the Week on diatrooftheweek.com. Have never met a Linux distro I didn't like, but met a few I couldn't install.

Liz Kellebrew-Davies is a senior technical writer and editor with more than a decade of experience in the tech industry. She's passionate about equipping people with tools and knowledge, keeping information free, and harnessing the power of the written word.

As a volunteer der.hans endeavors to help build community through FLOSS
conference and user group leadership.

Hans has co-chaired Open Source Career Day (OSCD) at Southern California
Linux Expo (SCaLE) and the Finance and Partnership committees for
SeaGL.

Hans presents and gives career counseling sessions at community-led
conferences (SCaLE, SeaGL, Tux-Tage, Kielux, GeekBeacon Fest, FOSSASIA,
LCA, LFNW, Tübix, OLF ) and many local groups. Hans is chairperson of
the Phoenix Linux User Group (PLUG) and founder of the Free Software
Stammtisch.

To stave off insolvency Hans manages a team of 24/7 database support engineers.

Fediverse/Mastodon - https://floss.social/@FLOX_advocate

Maho Pacheco
Senior Software Engineer, Microsoft
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mastodon

With 20+ years of code, open-source passion since 1999, and a commitment to community-powered tech, I build and mentor systems that scale and empower. CTO at SOMOS.tech, where I help bring technology to underserved communities.

I specialize in open-source engineering, architecture design and community-driven innovation. My background spans cloud/edge, data processing and systems thinking, but at heart I work on technology can be owned, shared and driven by community, collaborative code, and meaningful recognition.

Mariatta is a Python Core Developer, open source maintainer, and community leader with over 15 years of experience in software development. She is passionate about workflow improvements and automation, as well as building inclusive developer communities.

As a serial conference organizer, Mariatta has helped kickstarted the PyCascades and PyLadiesCon conference.

For her contributions to the Python open source community, she has received the Python Software Foundation Community Service award, Google Open Source Peer Bonus award, and is a Microsoft MVP in 2026. She also appears in the official Python Documentary.

I've been a fan and user of GNU/Linux since the mid 90s. In my professional career I've been a programmer, systems administrator, and DBA. Now retired, I enjoy learning ancient languages, recreational programming, and all things Emacs.

Mike Kelly is the CTO, Developer and Co-Founder of a SaaS company called MemberVault. He is not only a big Linux fan for personal uses, but uses Linux exclusively to develop and host the platform.

Mike is based in Olympia, WA where him and his wife run MemberVault, while raising 3 kids and a golden doodle.

they/them
software engineer, open source contributor, and tech organizer

nc krantz-abfajer is a recent graduate of the University of Washington. They've been touching (GNU/)Linux systems since grade school. Dubiously, though.

Neal Gompa is a developer for – and contributor to – Fedora, AlmaLinux, CentOS, and openSUSE. Neal focuses primarily on the base Linux system components, such as package and software management, and desktop Linux. He believes in “upstream first,” which has led him all over the open source world. In addition to open source work as a consultant through Velocity Limitless, he is also a co-host on the Sudo Show podcast where he talks about "the business of Linux."

Neeraj Pathak is an SDE intern in Deloitte working on Open-source technologies and ML models. Alongside he's a Software Developer & core-maintainer of Stdlib, a JS library for numerical and scientific computing. He has also worked on a Research & ML Open source project at Google Deepmind namely at JAX-Privacy, and received a Letter of Recommendation from Research scientist at Google. In the past he has hosted multiple talks for the local dev-community based out in India with monthly meet-ups being organised. Neeraj was previously invited by Y Combinator to attend their first startup school talk in India.

Principal Engineer specializing in distributed systems and serverless networking at AWS Lambda. Over 9 years of experience designing and delivering large-scale infrastructure solutions that power billions of invocations.
Core expertise: Software-defined networking, data plane architecture, network virtualization, and serverless compute platforms. Strong track record of solving complex technical problems in distributed systems while driving significant business impact

I enjoy open-source development, especially lightweight and minimalist software. A few of my achievements include making my own Linux distribution, dabbling in kernel work, and writing web applications without large frameworks. I also enjoy writing C and being an Alpine Linux evangelist.

Hi, I'm the Internet's beloved Princess Grace. I'm the best open source conference speaker you've ever heard and you better come listen. I made some really good websites and you're gonna love hearing them.

Pushkar Gopalakrishna is a Staff Software Engineer with over a decade of experience building large-scale cloud infrastructure and distributed systems. Throughout his career, he has worked on some of the industry's most demanding production platforms, helping teams design and operate reliable, scalable, and fault-tolerant services. His work spans cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, platform engineering, service-oriented architectures, CI/CD systems, observability platforms, and infrastructure automation.

Free software advocate who enjoys programming language design, working on compilers, and exploring system architecture. If given the opportunity and interest, they will bless an interested listener with a treasure trove of obscure Lisp history.

Romeo is a sysadmin and conference speaker. He does cool stuff with the computer. You can find his website with links to talk recordings and long-winded writeups of occasionally technical topics at https://punkto.org.

Lead Developer, Kalpa Desktop
openSUSE Board Member
LXQt Maintainer, Fedora and openSUSE

Shivendra Srivastava is a Senior Engineering Leader at AWS Lambda where he owns the serverless compute primitives for Lambda, Athena, Glue, Bedrock and AuroraDSQL. Prior to AWS he worked at Microsoft, Wayfair, and Walgreens. He has a Masters in CS with specialization in Machine Learning from Georgia Tech. He has filed 6 patents in the serverless compute space.

Tim "vulptronix" Knox is an aspiring software engineer new to the Seattle area. Their passion for computers and software development started from a young age, but making the switch to a small Linux distro in 2017 and figuring out how to manually get to an X session from a pitch black screen was the turning point in their life, as it led to them ultimately becoming a UNIX systems enthusiast. They have a knack for finding modern-day practical production-ready use for obscure, underrated or "old but gold" technology.

Toby Betts has been breaking and, when possible, fixing computers since childhood. He has worked as a system administrator, a service engineer, a site reliability engineer, an incident response engineer, a security analyst, and a free and open source software consultant for mid- to large-sized businesses for over 25 years. His main interests are system security, free cryptography, and fun file systems.

Trevor Johnson is a builder and problem-solver whose résumé refuses to summarize: heavy-vehicle mechanic and recovery specialist, wind-turbine technician, agricultural service manager, small business owner, technical systems builder, and student of poetry. He builds open-source software and hardware under the Johnson Farms name, and publishes open, reproducible research with the Idea Fields Institute. Failures get posted along with the successes, across an eclectic catalog of topics, on the theory that complex problems don't care what industry they're in. He speaks enough French to be courteous and enough Spanish to get into trouble.

Vagrant strives to make Reproducible Builds a best practices reality for everyone. Vagrant discovered free software late last millennium and has been contributing to free software since the beginning of this millennium. A long-time Debian Developer and contributor to Guix, tinkering with ARM and RISC-V systems, Vagrant contrasts spending too much time on computers with aikido, bicycle commuting and a DIY solar hobby.

vanta rainbow black!!!!! :3