At SPIRL our mission is to simplify production security

We achieve this by

Offering the simplest workload identity management solution that’s easy to deploy and manage across any cloud.

Providing the fastest path to meeting industry best practices for non-human identity management.

Ensuring seamless integration with your existing systems and platforms.

Transforming workload identity management into a powerful tool for risk management and compliance.

Our Story

SPIRL, founded in 2022, leads the shift toward modern workload identity and zero-trust design. With decades of expertise from veterans of ByteDance, Stripe, VMware, Google, Amazon, and more, we help customers embrace these innovations.

Our culture thrives on technical excellence, kindness, and a focus on securing production environments.

Evan Gilman

Co-founder & CEO

Evan has over 15 years of experience at the intersection of computer networking, security, and reliability engineering. As the author of “Zero Trust Networks”, (O'Reilly 2017) and the creator of the first workload identity standard (SPIFFE, a CNCF Graduated project), Evan brings a unique understanding of these complex challenges—and how to solve them.

Eli Nesterov

Co-founder & CTO

Eli is a globally recognized security expert with nearly 20 years of experience designing and operating systems at companies like Facebook, Shape Security, and F5 Networks. Known for simplifying complex systems, he makes cybersecurity more accessible and efficient. Eli co-authored “Solving the Bottom Turtle” and architected one of the world’s largest SPIFFE deployments, scaling to over 1 million nodes.

Danny Oliveri

Co-founder & COO

With over two decades of leadership experience in cybersecurity and enterprise software, Danny brings deep expertise in scaling operations and driving strategic growth for technology companies. His proven track record includes leading multiple organizations through successful acquisitions by industry giants, while consistently building high-performing teams and exceeding revenue targets.

Meet some of the team

Nadin El-Yabroudi

Software Engineer

Menghan Li

Founding Engineer

Michael Coates

CISO at Coinlist - Previously, CISO at Twitter

Andrew Harding

Founding Engineer

Marcel Levy

Community Engineer

Pieter Kasselman

Director Of Product Engineering

April Underwood

Managing Director at Adverb Capital - Previously, CPO at Slack

Joe Beda

Co-author of Kubernetes - Previously, CTO at Heptio

Ryan Hurst

Advisor