# Co-creator of Open Policy Agent

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Last updated: 2026-09-20
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## Bio

Torin Sandall co-created Open Policy Agent and led its open-source work as VP of open source at Styra, taking the project from the CNCF sandbox in 2018 through to graduation.

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## Where their work shows up

Graduating a CNCF project is a governance achievement as much as a technical one: it means adoption, a contributor base beyond the founding company, and a security process that does not depend on one vendor staying solvent. That matters for authorization specifically, because a policy engine is the kind of dependency an organization cannot casually replace. See the [authorization vendors](https://startwithidentity.com/vendors/authorization/), [implementing ABAC](https://startwithidentity.com/guides/authorization/implementing-abac-guide/), and the [best authorization tools](https://startwithidentity.com/rankings/best-authorization-tools/) ranking.