Kirsten leads the OpenShift core and security product management teams. These teams drive the delivery of security capabilities in OpenShift, OpenStack and delivery of core Kubernetes functionality for Red Hat’s hybrid platform offerings. Her team is responsible for key initiatives including AI Workloads for OpenShift, Workload Identity and OpenShift Confidential Computing. Kirsten has a background in Kubernetes and container security and works closely with Red Hat’s many security professionals across the Red Hat portfolio of enterprise-ready open source offerings. Kirsten is a diversified software management professional with 20+ years of experience in security, application development and infrastructure solutions. Kirsten has worked as a system admin, quality engineer, release engineer, partner manager and product manager. Prior to joining Red Hat, Kirsten provided strategic direction for Black Duck’s open source security and governance solutions.