Malini Bhandaru leads open source ML efforts at VMware's Open Source Technology Centre and has worked on IoT/Edge, Cloud Computing, faster cryptography implementations, designing processor power and performance features, and early eCommerce. She is currently involved with Kubeflow, has served as security co-chair of EdgeX Foundry, and worked on OpenStack. Malini has over 20 patents granted and/or applied and a Ph.D. in Machine Learning from the University of Massachusetts. She is a STEM coach, child advocacy volunteer, mentor, and a gardener at heart.