Lisa Tagliaferri

Lisa Tagliaferri is the Head of Developer Education at Chainguard, where she leads initiatives to make secure software development practices more accessible. With over 45 million global readers, her open access books and tutorials on Python, Kubernetes, and machine learning have significantly impacted the developer community. Tagliaferri's expertise spans both technology and humanities, holding a PhD from the City University of New York and an MSc from the University of London. Her academic background includes postdoctoral positions at MIT and Harvard University's Villa I Tatti, as well as teaching experience in computer sciences and digital humanities at the undergraduate and graduate levels. At Chainguard, she focuses on developing resources to integrate security seamlessly into the software lifecycle. Tagliaferri is also a Visiting Scholar at Rutgers University, where she teaches a graduate seminar on Digital Humanities. Her interdisciplinary approach bridges technical expertise with a deep understanding of learning methodologies, making her a leading voice in developer education and open source technologies.