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Tim Bird is a longtime Linux kernel developer, with over 25 years experience with the Linux kernel and open source community. He is a principal software engineer and general Open Source technologist at Sony Corporation. Over the last 2 decades he has been involved with many projects in the Linux Foundation and other trade associations to enhance Linux for use in embedded and consumer electronics products. Tim is the founder of the Embedded Linux Conference and the elinux wiki. He recently served on the Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board, and was previously the CTO of Lineo, an early embedded Linux company.

Kimberly Craven is the head of the Open Source Program Office at Red Hat, where she leads a team of open source experts focused on guiding the company, its customers and partners, and communities in which they’re engaged on open source strategy, processes, and best practices. Kimberly is a believer in the power of open source to drive positive change and is passionate about helping others get involved in the community. In her spare time, you can find her skiing and hiking with her family in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

Melissa E. Evers is vice president in the Intel Architecture, Graphics, and Software group and general manager of Software Business Strategy at Intel Corporation. Her responsibilities span guiding the strategy and defining software strategies across Intel collaborating with teams and business units. Her team builds tools, insights, systems and processes to ensure our software initiatives drive maximum impact to Intel’s business. Based in Portland, Oregon, Evers leads Intel’s open source software coordination, strategy and engagement in our associated communities. Outside of Intel, she is a member of the Linux Foundation board and serves as governing board chair of LF Edge, an umbrella project within the Linux Foundation.

Before assuming her current Intel role in 2019, Evers worked across the system software stack in open source communities, from device to edge to cloud. She has led development in a breadth of open source development areas, including Android, Chrome, graphics, media, OpenStack, Cloud Native Computing and StarlingX. In 2017, her contributions to Chrome OS earned her an Intel Achievement Award, the company’s highest recognition. Since joining Intel in 2004, Evers has worked across engineering, finance  and product management functions. Before joining Intel, she worked at Dell Inc. and Exxon Mobil Corp.

Evers holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. She also earned an MBA degree from the university’s McCombs School of Business. An active champion of diversity and inclusion, as well as a certified coach, Evers frequently coaches leaders internally and externally. She is also a frequent keynote speaker at industry events.

Frank Fanzilli is a seasoned software veteran and advisor to early- and late-stage software companies. Previously, he held the post of Global Chief Information Officer and Managing Director at Credit Suisse First Boston, where he grew the technology business into a $2 billion division with operations in all major financial centers.

In addition to his board seat at The Linux Foundation, Frank has served on the boards of numerous technology companies. He was a founder of nLayers, Inc., a software company acquired by EMC in 2006, and a director of PeopleSoft prior to its acquisition by Oracle.

Frank holds an M.B.A in finance from New York University and a B.S. in management from Fairfield University.

Yoshitake Kobayashi is an Assistant General Manager at Toshiba Corporation, where he oversees the company's comprehensive Linux and open-source initiatives. He drives OSS strategy across a global leader known for energy, social infrastructure, and electronic devices. With nearly two decades of experience in the Linux ecosystem, he specializes in integrating embedded Linux into critical infrastructure like power plants and railway systems. A prominent open-source leader, he has chaired the Core Embedded Linux Project since 2015 and is a founding member and Technical Steering Committee (TSC) Chair of the Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP). He is a passionate advocate for InnerSource and industrial-grade open source, dedicated to ensuring a sustainable global OSS ecosystem.

Ken Komiyama is a Manager in the Linux development division at Fujitsu. He has more than 10 years of experience working as a Linux engineer and supports the customers’ mission critical systems. He’s now leading a Linux technical support team which supports tens of thousands of Linux servers around the global, and his technical support team contributes to customers’ business growth and success.

David Marr is Vice President, Legal Counsel at Qualcomm Technologies, where he leads the open source practice and policy team. He has been practicing in the open source legal field since 1998, delivering strategic advice to organizations and providing guidance on community licensing practices. Dave writes and speaks regularly on FOSS-related issues, their interaction with standard-setting, technology transfer best practices, licensing business models, and other subjects at the intersection of law and high technology.

Prior to Qualcomm Technologies, Dave worked at Sun Microsystems, at various times supporting Java, OpenSPARC, and Solaris, as well as at Juniper Networks.

Ben is a software engineer at Meta focusing on privacy and security. He joined Meta in 2010 as a member of the infrastructure team where he played a key role in driving the performance and reliability of Meta’s products. Over the course of his time at the company, Ben has worked on several technologies that Meta has open sourced, including jemalloc, Folly, Thrift, and HHVM. He has also built deep partnerships with the open source community such as bringing Restartable Sequences to the Linux kernel and building a team within Meta dedicated to contributing to open source web browsers. Ben is one of the co-creators of the Diem blockchain and led Meta’s technical contributions to the project.

Ben also worked at the White House in 2014 as part of the U.S. Digital Service where he improved the communication tools used by the President and his staff.

Yuichi Nakamura, Ph.D is a Director at Hitachi, Ltd., leading Open Source engineering team and contribution to communities.

He has been involved in R&D and solution development including OSS security technologies such as SELinux and Keycloak for 20 years. He also contributed to SELinux for embedded devices, and gave presentations at various conferences related to OSS.

David Rudin is an Assistant General Counsel at Microsoft, specializing in standards, open source, open data, and intellectual property. He shapes the governance, licensing, and patent policies of global standards organizations, open source and open data initiatives, and industry consortia, with a focus on scalable and community‑driven collaboration. David brings extensive experience working with multi‑stakeholder communities across foundation governance, contributor and specification licensing, and data sharing frameworks. 

As Chair of the Linux Foundation Board and a veteran of 25+ years in open source, Nithya Ruff has shaped how global organizations engage with collaborative technology. She pioneered Open Source Program Offices at Amazon, Comcast, and SanDisk, demonstrating that strategic open source participation accelerates innovation while reducing risk. Nithya's work bridges the gap between cutting-edge technology—from cloud to AI to embedded systems—and practical business strategy, making her a trusted advisor to the UCSC OSPO and rising leaders navigating the open source landscape. 

Katsuyuki Yamamoto is a Senior Professional at NEC Corporation and a member of the OSS Promotion Center, which serves as NEC's Open Source Program Office (OSPO). He has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry, focusing on OSS governance, compliance, and enterprise adoption of Linux and OSS.

In his current role, he supports the responsible and sustainable use of open source technologies across NEC Group, covering areas such as OSS governance frameworks, license compliance, and organizational enablement. He also serves as a Board Member of the Japan OSS Promotion Forum (JOPF), contributing to the advancement of open source collaboration in Japan.

Andrew Wafaa is the head of Arm’s Engineering Community & Governance organisation, leading the Open Source Office, driving open source adoption and collaboration both internally and externally; the AI Office, driving AI policy and standards. With nearly 25 years experience in open source, he has held leadership and governance roles across numerous foundations and projects, including the FreeBSD Foundation, PyTorch Foundation, Rust Foundation, Xen Project, UXL Foundation, OpenUK, and the Yocto Project. 

Jim Zemlin is the CEO of the Linux Foundation, the world’s leading organization for open source software, standards, and collaborative innovation. He works with many of the world’s largest technology companies—including Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, IBM, NVIDIA, Samsung, Qualcomm, and others—to help shape the future of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and digital infrastructure.

Under his leadership, the Linux Foundation has grown into one of the most influential technology organizations in the world, serving as the home for many of the industry’s most important shared technology investments, including Linux, Kubernetes, PyTorch, MCP and RISC-V. Through its global ecosystem of companies, developers, and research institutions, the Linux Foundation enables collaborative innovation at a scale unmatched in the technology industry.

Zemlin’s career has spanned the rise of open source, cloud computing, and AI, and he is widely recognized for his insights into technology strategy, innovation, and the economics of the digital industry. A frequent keynote speaker, he advises technology leaders, startups, governments, and nonprofit organizations around the world on the future of computing and open collaboration.

Jim Zemlin is the CEO of the Linux Foundation, the world’s leading organization for open source software, standards, and collaborative innovation. He works with many of the world’s largest technology companies—including Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, IBM, NVIDIA, Samsung, Qualcomm, and others—to help shape the future of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and digital infrastructure.

Under his leadership, the Linux Foundation has grown into one of the most influential technology organizations in the world, serving as the home for many of the industry’s most important shared technology investments, including Linux, Kubernetes, PyTorch, MCP and RISC-V. Through its global ecosystem of companies, developers, and research institutions, the Linux Foundation enables collaborative innovation at a scale unmatched in the technology industry.

Zemlin’s career has spanned the rise of open source, cloud computing, and AI, and he is widely recognized for his insights into technology strategy, innovation, and the economics of the digital industry. A frequent keynote speaker, he advises technology leaders, startups, governments, and nonprofit organizations around the world on the future of computing and open collaboration.

Stephanie is the Chief Financial Officer at the Linux Foundation, where she manages accounting, audit, treasury, and other financial functions for the organization and our hosted projects. Stephanie brings over fifteen years of finance experience to the Linux Foundation, including time at Deloitte, and in global advertising and technology startups.

Angela Brown manages The Linux Foundation’s global conferences, with responsibilities including market research, attendee and sponsorship acquisition, and event marketing and production. She has been producing and marketing events of all types and sizes for over 15 years, primarily in the IT sector. Angela started her career with Red Herring (fka Dasar, Inc.) in 1994, quickly taking over responsibility for the planning of their global IT conferences and C-level summits. Before coming to The Linux Foundation in 2007, she also produced conferences and events at the Sheraton LA Harbor Hotel and the Pan Pacific San Francisco, as well as for OpenDoor Events.

Michael Dolan is SVP of Legal and Strategic Programs supporting open source projects, research, and legal programs at The Linux Foundation. He has set up and launched hundreds of open source and open standards projects covering technology segments including networking, cloud, blockchain, Internet of Things, AI/ML, security, storage, and embedded devices. Mike also runs open source legal programs for the Linux Foundation’s members’ legal counsel community which has led to collaborations on standards such as OpenChain and SPDX.

Prior to joining The Linux Foundation, he spent eight years at IBM in roles across systems, services, and software. He received an M.B.A. from Case Western Reserve University, a J.D. from Cleveland State University, and a B.S. in economics from John Carroll University. Mike is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association.

 Clyde Seepersad leads LF Education and has over 20 years of experience with developing skills for a post-secondary audience. LF Education's goal is to provide high-quality certification, training and skills development for the critical technologies that we host to a global audience.

Prior to his involvement in education, Clyde was a Principal at the Boston Consulting Group, a global strategic consultancy known for its cutting-edge thinking and value creation for clients. He started his career in the public sector, working within the Ministry of Finance in Trinidad and Tobago. He holds an MBA and a Masters in Economics from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.

Mike Woster is the Chief Revenue Officer of The Linux Foundation and was a founding executive team member. He joined the Foundation in 2008, when it had only a handful of employees.

Mike and his team have been the engine for growth and sustainability at The Linux Foundation. He has developed a unique strategy to expand the Foundation from a membership organization exclusively focused on the kernel to a high-growth business that provides strategic advice and key networking opportunities to businesses leveraging open source; delivers Linux and open source training and certification; hosts open source projects; and builds developer ecosystems for corporations and community developers. He maintains strong relationships with a vast network of technology thought leaders and C-suite executives at startups and Fortune 100s.

Mike developed and executed the organizational growth strategy and hired the executive team to scale and grow the business. He also built and operated the projects business, the training and certification business, the IT services business, oversaw finance and operations, and served as an officer of six legal entities.

Prior to joining The Linux Foundation, Mike started at Intel in 2002, when he was chosen for a highly selective management rotation program. He thrived at Intel, achieving rapid promotions and earning numerous performance awards. He rotated from assignments in Oregon, California, and Chicago, and spent a year as the Siemens Business Development Manager in Munich, Germany.

Mike earned his M.B.A. from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management and graduated cum laude with a B.S. in computer science and honors engineering from Texas A&M University. He is an advisor and investor in multiple startup firms and previously served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Drupal Association.

Hilary Carter joined the Linux Foundation in 2021 to launch and lead LF Research, established to deliver empirical insights into open source trends, opportunities, and challenges. Prior to joining the Linux Foundation, Hilary led a global, syndicated research institute focused on blockchain technology based in Toronto, Canada. She has authored and led nearly 200 research projects focused on open source innovation and its adoption across industries. Hilary holds a Master of Science in Management from the London School of Economics, and holds dual Irish and Canadian citizenship.

Manish Dixit is the SVP and GM of Product Engineering at the Linux Foundation, with over 20 years of experience in leading product strategy and engineering initiatives. He has a proven track record in building and scaling products across consumer and enterprise markets, as well as in startups, mid-sized, and large companies. Manish is passionate about driving innovation, achieving product-market fit, and fostering sustainable open-source ecosystems. His leadership and expertise have significantly contributed to advancing technology adoption and excellence in the industry.

Todd Moore is the SVP of Community Operations for the Linux Foundation family of foundations. With roots back into the early days of open source and standards, he has been a leader in developing open source into what it is today. He has served as board chairperson for both the CNCF and OpenJS boards and as a member of others. With extensive experience at IBM in both hardware and software, he has collaborated across the industry to establish many of the leading open projects and communities that serve us all today.

With nearly 20 years of experience in strategic communications, Allison brings her passion for open source technology and deep expertise in communications to her role as Vice President of Communications at the Linux Foundation. As a hands-on leader, she oversees a top-tier team of marketing and PR professionals, driving the amplification and adoption of cutting-edge open source projects. Allison works closely with internal leadership and external partners to align marketing and communications efforts with the Linux Foundation’s business objectives and core values. Originally from Newfoundland, Canada, Allison holds a BA from Bishop’s University in Quebec. She currently resides just outside of Boston with her husband and two children.

Dan is the General Manager of Automotive at The Linux Foundation and the Executive Director of Automotive Grade Linux. He is responsible for the overall management and execution of the Automotive Grade Linux collaborative project, an industry effort to build an open source automotive reference platform backed by leading car manufacturers around the world. Dan has over 22 years of experience spanning the automotive, telecom, networking, and mobile business verticals. Prior to his current position, Dan was the Vice President and General Manager of MontaVista’s Automotive Business Unit (acquired by Mentor), responsible for P&L and worldwide execution of MontaVista’s automotive software strategy, sales, marketing, products, and services. During this period, Dan served on the Board of Directors of the GENIVI Alliance and was responsible for the creation of the GENIVI Compliance Program, a group that he chaired for its first three years, which led to the release of the GENIVI Specification, a widely adopted standard in the automotive industry. While at MontaVista, Dan previously held the position of VP of Marketing and BD, where he was responsible for the development and execution of MontaVista’s global marketing strategy, which led to an acquisition by Cavium. Based in Silicon Valley, Dan has extensive startup experience. He was the Director of Product Management at Atrica (acquired by Nokia-Siemens Networks), a carrier Ethernet equipment provider startup. Prior to Atrica, Dan was the Director of Architecture and Strategy at BlueLeaf Networks, a tunable laser optical networking startup (now Picarro). He also previously held senior management positions and engineering leadership positions at Cisco Systems, Newbridge Networks (acquired by Alcatel), and Nortel. Dan earned a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (with a Computer Engineering major) from the University of Ottawa. He holds three patents in the areas of routing and networking, with several others pending.

Robin Ginn is the Executive Director of the OpenJS Foundation, the neutral home for open source JavaScript projects driving broad adoption and development of key JavaScript solutions and related technologies.

As Executive Director, Robin advances the Foundation’s mission to drive adoption and ensure sustainability in the JS and web development ecosystem.

Robin brings technology, strategic marketing and business development experience to the Foundation. Over the span of her career, Robin has led major initiatives advancing open source technologies, community development, and open standards.

Robin spent more than 10 years at Microsoft where she was at the forefront of the company’s shift to openness. She co-founded @OpenAtMicrosoft and was instrumental in Microsoft’s contribution and involvement in the Node.js Project. During her tenure at Microsoft, Robin led strategic business and marketing initiatives for Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc., Microsoft Azure, and Microsoft Healthcare in AI & Research. In addition, Robin was a driving force behind go-to-market strategies that introduced AI and machine learning projects commercially.

Prior to Microsoft, Robin held leadership roles at both Edelman and WE Communications and was instrumental in campaigns focused on technology policy, data privacy, corporate citizenship, and community engagement.

Robin earned her B.A. from Washington State University.

Arpit Joshipura is an executive leader and open source software evangelist across carriers, cloud and enterprise IT – spanning networking, orchestrations, operating systems, security, AI, edge, hardware and silicon. He was recently voted among the Top 5 Movers and Shakers in the Telecom Industry. At the Linux Foundation, Arpit leads open source networking, orchestration & edge/IOT, including LF Networking projects (ONAP, OPNFV, ODL, FDIO, OvS, DPDK, OpenSwitch, Akraino/Edge/IOT, etc.) as well as major industry disruptions including VNFs to CNFs (Cloud Native Network functions), 5G, AI, etc. 

Arpit brings 30 years of networking expertise and vision to The Linux Foundation, with both technical depth and business breadth. He has orchestrated and led major industry disruptions across enterprises, carriers, and cloud architectures, including IP, broadband, optical, mobile, routing, switching, L4-7, cloud, disaggregation, SDN/NFV, and open networking, and has been an early evangelist for open source. Arpit has served in CMO, VP, and Engineering roles within both startups and larger enterprises.

Priyanka was previously the director of Cloud Native Alliances at GitLab Inc., where she built the developer evangelism team that participates regularly in the cloud native community.

Priyanka also serves as an advisor at Heavybit Industries, an accelerator for developer products. Priyanka has contributed to several CNCF projects such as Jaeger and Vitess and was a founding team member of the OpenTracing standard. In addition, Priyanka is a leading speaker and subject matter expert on cloud native and observability and has spoken about Kubernetes, Prometheus, Jaeger, OpenTracing, Envoy, Vitess, SPIFFE/SPIRE, and more. She was a startup founder featured at TechCrunch Disrupt and started her career at Google.

Kate Stewart works with the safety, security and license compliance communities to advance the adoption of best practices into embedded open source projects.

Kate was one of the founders of SPDX, and is currently the specification coordinator. She is also the co-lead for the NTIA SBOM formats and tooling working group.   Since joining The Linux Foundation, she has launched the ELISA and Zephyr Projects among others, as well as supporting other embedded projects.

With over 30 years of experience in the software industry, she has held a variety of roles and worked as a developer in Canada, Australia, and the US and for the last 20 years has managed software development teams in the US, Canada, UK, India, and China. She received her Master’s in computer science from University of Waterloo and Bachelor’s of computer science (co-op program) from the University of Manitoba.

Alex Thornton is Executive Director of LF Energy, where he leads efforts to build shared digital infrastructure for modern energy systems. He brings nearly two decades of experience applying technology to energy and climate challenges, with leadership roles across the US and Europe spanning tech startups, public companies, and policy consulting.

Before joining OpenSSF, Steve was at NCR as the Chief Transformation Officer with responsibility to split the entity into two new companies: NCR Voyix and NCR Atleos. He led the effort and upon successful completion became the CIO for NCR Voyix leading all technical aspects of the company.

Prior to NCR, Steve served as AIG’s Global Chief Technology Officer, responsible for leading technology vision and operations of the enterprise. He also was the Global Chief Technology Officer at L’Oréal in Paris, France, where he led the global digital transformation from legacy footprints to cloud, created a modern digital workplace for employees, and successfully developed a technical culture focused on agility, speed and professional results. Prior to L’Oréal, he was Chief Information Officer at Conisus, LLC and Chief Technology Officer for The Coca-Cola Company, Bottling Investments Group. Steve has held several technology leadership positions at General Electric and Ford Motor Company as well.

Jory Burson is the VP of Standards for the Linux Foundation, where she helps projects identify opportunities for standardization and collaborate on specifications. She is an open source developer-turned-standards practitioner, who is passionate about bringing the best of open source and standards-making best practices to bear in open projects. With over a decade of experience in the field, Jory has worked with several private and non-profit organizations including OASIS Open, W3C, Ecma International, and the web standards consultancy Bocoup, to name a few. She is known for her expertise in web standards, open source governance, and community management.

Jory has played a role in shaping the open source ecosystem through her work with critical open source projects such as jQuery, Node.js, and MDN Content. Jory is a passionate advocate for open source software, diversity, and inclusion in the tech industry.

As the Vice President of Strategic Programs & Legal at the Linux Foundation and CNCF, Joanna Lee leads policy initiatives, legal programs, and strategic programs that support the health and evolution of open source ecosystems. In addition, Joanna develops and oversees programs related to culture, governance, risk management, and code of conduct incident response for both the Linux Foundation and its affiliated project communities.

Before joining the Linux Foundation, Joanna acted as a legal and strategic advisor to open source software foundations, standard-setting organizations, and technology start-ups, as well as investors. Joanna holds a J.D. from Cornell Law School and a B.S. in Economics and Policy & Management from Carnegie Mellon University.

Greg Kroah-Hartman is among a distinguished group of software developers who maintain Linux at the kernel level. In his role as a Linux Foundation Fellow, he continues his work as the maintainer for the Linux stable kernel branch and a variety of subsystems while working in a fully neutral environment. He also works closely with Linux Foundation members and projects, and on key initiatives to advance Linux.

Greg created and maintains the Linux Driver Project. He is also currently the maintainer for the Linux stable kernel branch and a variety of different subsystems that include USB, staging, driver core, tty, and sysfs, among others. Most recently, he was a Fellow at SUSE.

Greg is an adviser to Oregon State University’s Open Source Lab and a member of The Linux Foundation’s Technical Advisory Board. He has delivered a variety of keynote addresses at developer and industry events, and has authored two books covering Linux device drivers and Linux kernel development.

Shuah Khan is a Kernel Maintainer & Linux Fellow at The Linux Foundation. She is a Linux Kernel developer, maintainer, and contributor. She authored A Beginner’s Guide to Linux Kernel Development (LFD103). She leads the Mentorship program aimed at increasing diversity in open source and providing equitable access to learning resources.

She serves on the Linux kernel Code of Conduct committee and the Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board.

 Julia Lawall is a researcher at Inria Paris. Her main interests are in systems, programming languages, and software engineering. For the past 20 years, she has been developing the tool Coccinelle, for automating large-scale searches and transformations in C (and now Rust) code. Coccinelle has been used in thousands of commits across the Linux kernel. Recently she has started looking into verification of kernel source code, to better understand the value that writing and checking formal specifications can provide, and the cost in terms of maintaining specifications as the code evolves. 

Dan Williams is a kernel developer in Intel’s Open Source Technology center. His primary role is enabling next generation storage technologies, like persistent memory. In his more than a decade-long history of contributing to the Linux kernel, he has also had the opportunity to work on embedded system-on-a-chip enabling, memory management, and other core functionality.

Greg Kroah-Hartman is among a distinguished group of software developers who maintain Linux at the kernel level. In his role as a Linux Foundation Fellow, he continues his work as the maintainer for the Linux stable kernel branch and a variety of subsystems while working in a fully neutral environment. He also works closely with Linux Foundation members and projects, and on key initiatives to advance Linux.

Greg created and maintains the Linux Driver Project. He is also currently the maintainer for the Linux stable kernel branch and a variety of different subsystems that include USB, staging, driver core, tty, and sysfs, among others. Most recently, he was a Fellow at SUSE.

Greg is an adviser to Oregon State University’s Open Source Lab and a member of The Linux Foundation’s Technical Advisory Board. He has delivered a variety of keynote addresses at developer and industry events, and has authored two books covering Linux device drivers and Linux kernel development.

Kees Cook has been working with Free Software since 1994, has been a Debian Developer since 2007, and has been a member of the Linux Kernel Technical Advisory Board since 2019. He is currently employed as a Linux kernel security engineer by Google, focusing on upstream kernel security defenses.

From 2006 through 2011 he worked for Canonical as the Ubuntu Security Team’s Tech Lead. Before that, he worked as the lead sysadmin at OSDL, before it was the Linux Foundation. He has written various utilities including GOPchop and Sendpage, and contributes randomly to other projects including fun chunks of code in OpenSSH, Inkscape, Wine, MPlayer, and Wireshark.

Dave Hansen has worked on the Linux kernel for over twenty years. He is an x86 architecture maintainer and has served on the TAB since 2022. His kernel work includes contributions to core memory management, side-channel mitigations, the VFS, and the x86 architecture support.

David Hildenbrand is a kernel engineer at Arm and a member of the Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board (TAB). He landed his first upstream Linux kernel commit in 2014 while working on s390x and has since focused on architecture-agnostic virtualization and memory management. Today, he co-maintains multiple memory management and virtio subsystems in the Linux kernel, and serves as a voting member of the VIRTIO Technical Committee. In his spare time, he explores academic questions in operating systems research. 

Steven Rostedt started working on the Linux kernel in 1998, when he was working on his Master’s in computer science. Since then, he has focused on making Linux kernel development into a career. His upstream work includes being one of the first main developers of the PREEMPT_RT patch set. His focus has been on making the Linux kernel into a more deterministic operating system, and he helps maintain the real-time part of the scheduler. Steven currently maintains the stable releases of the PREEMPT_RT patch set.

Steven also brought the PREEMPT_RT patch’s latency tracer into the kernel, using ideas from his own internal tracer, the end result became what is now called “ftrace.” Steven continues to be the main developer and maintainer of the tracing code of the Linux kernel.

Ted Ts’o graduated from MIT with a degree in computer science, after which he worked in MIT’s Information Systems department. During this time he was project leader of the Kerberos V5 team.

In 1994, Ted created the /dev/random Linux device node and the corresponding kernel driver, which was the first Linux kernel interface that provided high-quality cryptographic random numbers to user programs.

After MIT, Ted went to work for VA Linux Systems for two years. In 2001, he joined IBM, where he worked on improvements in the Linux kernel’s performance and scalability. After working on the real-time kernel at IBM, he joined The Linux Foundation for a two-year fellowship. Initially he served as Chief Platform Strategist before becoming Chief Technology Officer in 2008. Ted also served as Treasurer for USENIX until 2008, and has chaired the annual Linux Kernel Summit.

He is a Debian developer and has maintained several packages, mostly filesystem-related, including e2fsprogs, since 2003. He was a member of the Security Area Directorate for the Internet Engineering Task Force, and was one of the chairs for the IPsec working group. He was one of the founding board members for the Free Standards Group.

In 2010 Ted moved to Google.

Miguel Ojeda is a software engineer who maintains the Rust for Linux project. He is a member of the Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board. He was the Spanish NB in the ISO C committee, with an interest in Undefined Behavior and memory safety topics. Previously, Miguel was a Staff Member at CERN in the Beams department and a Fellow
in the Physics department.