About Know Your Developer™
At Know Your Developer™ (KYD™), we believe developers—like operators in any critical domain—deserve a way to clearly demonstrate capabilities and professional trustworthiness.
Founded in May 2025, KYD™ was built by developers who understand the stakes. We created it to give our peers the tools to surface verifiable trust signals, consolidate fragmented reputational data, and take control of how their expertise is understood—across platforms, contracts, and time.
In high-risk environments, trust isn’t assumed—it’s earned, signaled, and verified. KYD™ helps developers navigate this reality by creating a portable, structured way to demonstrate credibility in fields where it matters most: infrastructure, national security, regulated industries, and advanced AI.
Headquartered in Virginia—a region defined by national service and mission-driven technology—KYD™ uses proprietary, patent-pending AI to extract clarity from open data, support responsible AI usage, and bring intelligence-grade discipline to how we understand and represent software talent.
The Missing Layer of Trust in Modern Systems
Developers build the systems that power national infrastructure, global finance, transportation, healthcare, and critical AI—yet most still move through these environments without portable identity, attribution, or verified credibility. KYD (Know Your Developer™) exists to change that. It provides developers with a structured, verifiable way to surface trust signals across contracts, platforms, and employers—functioning like a security clearance for the private sector. Just as KYC introduced standardized trust into financial systems, KYD brings an identity and credibility layer to modern software ecosystems—built for the people who create the system, not just use it.
From the Founder
“I founded Know Your Developer™ (KYD) to address a problem I’ve lived: developers are often judged by static resumes and credentials, while the real story of our impact is scattered across code, communities, and contributions. KYD aggregates trust signals from across the web to help developers tell a cohesive, credible story about who we are and the value we create.”
Harrison Oliver, Founder
Michael Horn, Advisor
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhorn/
Milanie Cleere, Co-Founder, Advisor
https://www.linkedin.com/in/milanie/