Ken Odegard is a Software Engineer at Anaconda, where he works on the open-source conda project to improve environment and package management for the Python ecosystem and beyond. Before joining Anaconda, he worked in high-performance computing for the oil and gas industry, where he helped roll out conda and Python support to users working in Fortran and C, enabling a new generation of scientists and researchers to access modern tools and workflows. Outside of work, Ken enjoys the outdoors and channels his Norwegian roots through a love of exploration, traveling between Nordic fjords and Polynesian paradise.