Franz is a member of a team developing foundational Swift libraries at Apple primarily focused on networking and concurrency. Franz is also a member of the Ecosystem Steering and Server Working Group which are part of the Swift project. Before joining Apple, Franz spent a decade working in the mobile applications space.

Hugh Neale is a senior technology executive and cybersecurity expert with over 15 years’ experience building secure, scalable systems in startups, government, and financial services. He's had several exits and is working on Thand. An Open-source distributed agent for privilege access management (PAM).