Imran Siddique
CPO, Opaque Systems | Agent Governance & Confidential Computing | Creator, Agent Governance Toolkit | ex-Microsoft Azure
Bellevue, Washington, United States
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CPO at Opaque Systems. Creator of microsoft/agent-governance-toolkit (4,100+ GitHub stars, 100+ contributors). Founder of agentrust-io — author of the TRACE specification, cMCP gateway, and Agent Manifest. Contributing to agent governance standards at AAIF and Linux Foundation. Previously 18 years at Microsoft. Specializes in agent identity, policy enforcement, and TEE attestation for production AI systems.
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MCP Release Party, Seattle
Talk: "Policy Enforcement and Tamper-Evident Audit Chains". Enforcing policy at the MCP tool-call boundary and producing an audit chain a third party can check, rather than a log the operator writes about itself. Recording published on the AAIF Live channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynodEQABIJk
OPAQUE AI Confidential Webinar
Online. Presenter: "From Trust to Proof: The Next Generation of AI Agent Governance". The gap between software-based AI governance and verifiable, hardware-enforced agent control, and the four open projects that close it: Agent Manifest, Confidential MCP, Confidential A2A and TRACE. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz4absejhHc
Cloud Native Seattle Meetup
Meetup talk on agent governance and verifiable enforcement for a cloud native audience. Recording published on the Cloud Native Seattle channel, segment begins around 32 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbZf6OyuSy0&t=1929s
Confidential Computing Summit 2026
Breakout session: "Governing AI Agents at the Hardware Boundary". Bridging agent governance policy and verifiable hardware enforcement. Recording published by The Linux Foundation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAeR7xAffQ0
Open Source Friday (GitHub)
Online. Guest on GitHub's Open Source Friday livestream: "Governance for AI Agents", on governing AI agents with open-source tooling. Recording published on the GitHub channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIioEmT2KEM
Ubuntu Summit 26.04
Session, 25 minutes: "Governing AI Agents at Runtime: Open Source Zero-Trust with AGT". Zero-trust principles applied to AI agent systems at runtime using the open-source Agent Governance Toolkit. Broadcast from London. Recording published by Canonical Ubuntu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtjjoPTN0U8
GenAI Gurus
Online. Community talk: "Building Governed AI Agents with the Microsoft Agent Governance Toolkit". Enterprise AI governance in practice, defining agent policy and enforcing it with AGT. Recording published on the GenAI Gurus channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDQBqp9Om5s. Returning as a speaker on 15 September 2026.
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