Janus Friis Nielsen is a highly experienced software engineer and entrepreneur, currently serving as a Staff Software Engineer at Uber since November 2017, where involvement includes the uDeploy project within the Compute Platform team. As the founder of Partisia, initiatives include developing the EnergiAuktion.dk platform for energy trading. Janus co-founded Sepior, which provides flexible encryption and key management solutions for cloud data, and previously held the role of Senior Security Architect at Alexandra Instituttet, focusing on secure applications across various sectors. Academic credentials include a PhD in Computer Science from Aarhus University, where research centered on programming languages and cryptography.