Nick Vidal
Founder at Open Source Initiative (OSI)
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Top SchoolNick Vidal is a founder and open source community leader with nine years of professional experience focused on open source governance, supply chain security, and community-driven projects. Based in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, he leads initiatives at the Open Source Initiative and runs maintaine.rs, a curated collection celebrating the human stories behind widely relied-upon projects. He has chaired outreach efforts for ClearlyDefined and the Confidential Computing Consortium, coordinating large budgets, events, mentorship programs, and cross-industry partnerships to advance SBOMs and confidential computing adoption. Nick’s background combines technical education in computer engineering with hands-on program development—publishing multi-language WebAssembly guides and authoring content that scaled communities from zero to thousands. He’s known for building infrastructure that connects developers, nonprofits, and enterprises while protecting open source values, and for valuing relationships grounded in mutual trust and shared principles. Reach out if you’re working on open source AI, supply chain compliance, or community-first projects.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering at Federal University of Rio Grande do SulHigh School, High School at West Lafayette Jr./Sr. High SchoolExchange Student (CAPES Scholarship), Exchange Student (CAPES Scholarship) at Grenoble INP - UGA
English, Portuguese, Spanish, French
Github Skills (126)
confidential-computing10
sgx10
tee10
chat10
encryption10
webassembly10
confidential10
javascript9
aggregates9
collaboration9
supply-chain-security9
osi9
trusted-execution-environment9
newsletter9
vulnerability9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
enarx/website
May 2022 - Jan 2023
Enarx Website
Contributions:19 reviews, 63 commits, 135 PRs in 7 months
enarx
enarx/try.enarx.dev
Jul 2022 - Feb 2023
Try Enarx
Contributions:5 reviews, 43 PRs, 24 pushes in 7 months
enarx
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