Praveen Raj has been actively involved in the open-source community for the past seven years, primarily contributing through Intel® Security Libraries. His journey in the world of open source has been characterized by a dedicated commitment to the development and enhancement of security-related technologies, and he has contributed to the container runtime community focussed on security such as containerd, ocicrypt, ocicrypt-rs and katacontainers. Currently is working for Intel® Trust Authority. He has completed his master's from the Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering, Bangalore, and his Bachelor’s of Engineering from PES Institute of Technology Bangalore. 

Prashanth Raghu is an open source enthusiast who believes in the transformational capability of Open source software in one’s learning journey and enabling him to make solid decisions during architectural designs. He believes in writing books that can be considered documentation of large code bases to enable and accelerate one’s learning. He is currently on a startup to create products for children and provide solutions to startups. He is a Carnatic flutist by passion and is actively mentored by Guru Vid Sri S Venkatesh and Karnataka Kalashree Vid Sri HS Venugopal. He has completed his master's from the National University of Singapore and his Bachelor’s of Engineering from PES Institute of Technology, Bengaluru.