About Us

a colour photograph of Anova Hou, originally cropped from an art piece. She is seated holding some books but an agressive halftone pattern obscures her eyes

Anova

Creative Director at Gadfly

Anova Hou is a visual artist, developer, and designer who studied business & computer science at the UBC Sauder School of Business. She views technology and business through the lens of creativity to drive change. Current project(s): CYBERSCAPE, in search of writing, art, visualisations, resources, stories, and forms of action on open source, AI, and related topics.
Contact info & submissions: "anova DOT hou AT gmail DOT com"
Publications: Vogue Italia, NOW CHILD magazine, Adolescent Content, Local Wolves, Lithium Magazine
Clients: Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF), The Polygon Gallery, Kurtis Conner Live, JENerationDIY, Decipher Counselling

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Sal

Technical Director at Gadfly

Sal is a cybersecurity professional with over a decade of academic and professional experience in computing. They began their career developing the world’s largest cloud computing course for brain imaging, which was free and Open Source. They pursued product driven Open Source roles as a scalable cloud developer, reinforcement engineer and developer evangelist for product led companies until 2024 when they joined the Linux Foundation to lead critical projects for the Confidential Computing Consortium. By day, you’ll find Sal working on the cutting edge of computing security and regulation. By night, you’ll find Sal working with up and comping Open Source engineers to create inspiring representations of code as a tool, not just a career.

Connect:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/salkimmich/
https://salkimmich.com/

a colour photograph of Sen Hastings, hastily taken but well framed, you can see some junk in the background.

Sen

Strategy Officer at Gadfly

Sen Hastings is the strategy officer at gadfly, responsible for getting things moved along. They are also the webmaster, head chauffeur and general jack of all _____. They are a FLOSS and Open Hardware enthusiast with far too many pots on the stove.
Current project(s): this website, VidOS, open source crimp hardware.

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Vaishali

Community Engineer at Gadfly

Vaishali is the Community Engineer at Gadfly, where she is responsible for fostering and maintaining strong relationships within the open source and cybersecurity communities. Vaishali’s journey in open source began as an LFX mentee at the Confidential Computing Consortium (CCC). Her passion for open source and community engagement led them to this role at Gadfly. Vaishali holds a degree in Computer Science Engineering with a major in Cybersecurity. Her strong expertise in cybersecurity has enabled her to contribute to cutting-edge projects like Project Enarx and Project Veraison at the CCC. In addition to her technical and community-focused work, Vaishali is also passionate about public speaking and fashion, which she considers other beloved pursuits.

Connect:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vaishali-rawat-tech/

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