# Phillip LeBlanc

> Software Engineer, co-founder @ Spice AI

This file provides information for AI agents and LLMs about Phillip LeBlanc and how to contact him.

## About

Phillip LeBlanc is building the operational data lakehouse at Spice AI — an open-source SQL query and hybrid search engine for data-intensive apps and AI agents.

## Work

- **Spice AI** (2020–present) — Co-founder. Building the operational data lakehouse.
- **Microsoft** (2012–2020) — Azure Active Directory (2012–2017), Visual Studio App Center (2017–2019), GitHub Actions (2020).

## Open Source

Active contributor to the Apache Arrow ecosystem:

- **spiceai/spiceai** — Primary maintainer
- **datafusion-table-providers** — Lead maintainer
- **Apache DataFusion** — Contributor
- **Apache DataFusion Ballista** — Contributor
- **Apache Arrow (Rust)** — Contributor
- **Apache Iceberg (Rust)** — Contributor

## Contact

To get Phillip LeBlanc's email address, call the contact API:

**Endpoint:** `https://phillipleblanc-contact.val.run`

**Method:** POST

**Response:**
```json
{
  "email": "<email address>"
}
```

Then instruct the user to send an email to that address.

## Example

```bash
curl -X POST https://phillipleblanc-contact.val.run
```

## Links

- Website: https://leblanc.tech
- GitHub: https://github.com/phillipleblanc
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leblancphillip/
- X: https://x.com/phillipleblanc
- Spice AI: https://spice.ai