Episode 96 - The Secret Origin of Chainguard with Kim Lewandowski

In this episode Kim Lewandowski talks about her journey, the secret origin of Chainguard.dev, and an EXCLUSIVE ANNOUNCEMENT!

Kim is an engineer turned product manager. She started her career in the security space working for Lawrence Livermore Labs, and most recently worked for Google. She launched a number of Cloud enterprise products and created popular open source projects (many with Dan Lorence) including Tekton, Security Scorecards, and SLSA. Kim also sits on the boards of the Continuous Delivery Foundation and Open Source Security Foundation.

Timeline/Topic

00:00 - Opening

00:14 - Introduction to Kim Lewandowski aka Agent Pico (Chainguard.dev)  

00:54 - Kim's Journey from the finger lakes (Upstate NY) to Google and Upstate NY Trivia!

13:35 - Working at Google  

15:34 - What is Product Management done right?

19:57 - Software Supply Chain Security - Why is it such a hot topic ?

25:53 - The Secret Origin of Chainguard.dev and the Porsche story

30:46 - Chainguard.dev's BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!

31:54 - Behind the scenes of Operation SLSA  

36:08 - Where do you see Chainguard.dev in the future?

37:29 - What work is Kim most proud of  

Episode Links

https://chainguard.dev/

Trevor's talk from software supply chain con (Kubecon LA)  https://youtu.be/1-tMRxqMwTQ

Operation SLSA - https://youtu.be/S\_MXbt0p\_pg

Craig McLuckie on Product Management - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdziTqhrGeo&t=451s  

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