Alex Scheel (“cipherboy”) is the Head of OpenBao Development at ControlPlane, a member of the OpenBao Technical Steering Committee, and Chair of the OpenBao Development Working Group. He has built a career on open source contributions, previously working at GitLab with OpenBao, at Keyfactor on Bouncy Castle, at HashiCorp on Vault, and at Canonical and Red Hat. He continues to participate in and give back to the Minnesota arts community and serves as a board member for the Artaria String Quartet.