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Tracy Miranda

Head of Open Source at Chainguard

Professional Background

Tracy Miranda is a distinguished leader in the software delivery landscape, recognized for her profound commitment to enhancing the world’s ability to deliver software with both speed and security. Currently, Tracy serves as the Head of Open Source at Chainguard, Inc., where she continues to innovate within the open-source community, focusing on secure software supply chains. Previously, she held the prestigious role of Executive Director at the Continuous Delivery Foundation, where she spearheaded initiatives aimed at improving continuous delivery processes for organizations worldwide.

Tracy's extensive experience in the open-source realm is underscored by her tenure as the Director of Open Source Community at CloudBees, where she contributed significantly to the growth and engagement of the open-source community. Her foundational expertise in software architecture and engineering management stems from her early roles, including Software Architect at Imperas and Engineering Manager at Altera. As a veteran of the Eclipse open-source community and an advocate for collaboration and innovation, she has been instrumental in shaping best practices within Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD).

With a deep background in Integrated Development Environments (IDEs), Event-Driven Architecture (EDA), and semiconductors, Tracy combines technical knowledge with visionary leadership to drive forward-thinking solutions in the tech industry. She is a respected blogger and speaker, sharing insights and expertise at various industry conferences and events, making her a notable voice in the tech community.

Education and Achievements

Tracy Miranda pursued her undergraduate education at the University of Bedfordshire, where she earned a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Electronics System Design. Her academic background equipped her with a solid foundation in electronics and system design, which has immensely contributed to her success in software engineering and open-source leadership.

Throughout her career, Tracy has received accolades for her contributions to the open-source community and the broader software development landscape. Notably, she was a founding member of Kichwa Coders Ltd, where she led numerous innovative projects. Her role as Chair of the Governing Board at the Continuous Delivery Foundation further highlights her commitment to advancing continuous delivery practices and fostering collaboration within the software development ecosystem.

Achievements

  • Head of Open Source at Chainguard, Inc.: Taking on the leadership role to reinforce secure software supply chains and enhance collaborative development within the open-source community.
  • Executive Director at the Continuous Delivery Foundation: Instrumental in global initiatives to transform software delivery practices, ensuring organizations can deploy their products safely and efficiently.
  • Chair of the Governing Board at Continuous Delivery Foundation: Leadership role that emphasizes her influence on governing policies and strategic direction within the foundation.
  • Director of Open Source Community at CloudBees: Engaging and supporting the community to leverage best practices in CI/CD and open-source contributions.
  • Founder & CEO at Kichwa Coders Ltd: Established a firm that focuses on innovative software solutions, showcasing her entrepreneurial spirit and dedication to technology advancement.
  • Veteran of Eclipse Open Source Community: Contributed to various initiatives that have shaped the development of open-source technologies and tools.
  • Blogger & Speaker: Regularly shares insights and knowledge through speaking engagements and written content focused on CI/CD, open-source strategies, and software architecture.

Highlights

Jul 20 · linkedin

The CrowdStrike incident is a cautionary tale on the importance of developers, sysadmins, IT folks, etc.

Organizations, especially those in highly regulated industries have been trained, even forced, to underinvest in IT and blindly trust 3rd party vendors (think of the compliance!). That's why an update can be pushed through directly through production systems without anyone in the bank/hospital/airline testing it out first. The mix of tech monopoly, regulatory capture and some broken code resulted in the perfect storm taking out global infrastructure.

Like most of the tech industry, CrowdStrike themselves have had layoffs, people leaving due to RTO policies and a heavy refocus on AI. Did this come at the expense of good sound software delivery practices? We don't yet know the root causes that led to the incident, but it is a bad process failure - which typically need to be fixed with good ol' DevOps principles: people working in a good blame-free culture with the right process and tools.

As an industry this is the height of embarrassment, and we should be asking ourselves a lot of questions about how we got here. I do know that how we get out of here is going to be through investing in good developers, admins and IT folks across the board.

Apr 25 · linkedin

Could there be a route to Terraform and Open Tofu becoming one again?

Fintan Ryan shares his take in this great in-depth analysis on IBM+Hashicorp

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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada