Joseph Kiniry is a seasoned leader in applied formal methods and software assurance with 23 years of experience, currently serving as CEO and Chief Scientist of Sigil Logic and Free & Fair while also holding a Principal Scientist role at Galois. He builds practical, correctness- and security-by-construction solutions—now focusing on embedding rigorous digital engineering into generative AI via the RDE Wingman to produce provably safe agents. His career spans academia and industry, from professorships and research roles in Europe to founding KindSoftware and advising startups, demonstrating a rare mix of deep theorem-proving expertise and product-focused delivery. Joseph combines technical leadership with public-minded activism (voting technology and security) and brings PhD-level research rigor from Caltech to real-world high-stakes systems where correctness can mean safety or large financial risk.
23 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Computer Science, BSc Computer Science at Florida State University
California Institute of Technology
MSc Computer Science, MSc Computer Science at University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Joseph Kiniry - CEO And Chief Scientist at Free & Fair