Program Committee

Abhishek is a Senior Software Engineer, Master Inventor at IBM Research and co-chairs the CNCF Batch System Initiative. He works closely with Red Hat as a Partner Engineer. He focuses on resource management, performance, and distributed computing for AI workloads in the cloud. He enjoys designing easy-to-use solutions for the cloud and has 40+ patents filed. When possible he likes to explore different adventure sports and take culinary vacations.

Engineer, architect, advisor and technology leader based in Seattle, Washington. Current research areas are on LLM inference, open AI, containers & serverless. CNCF Ambassador at the Linux Foundation and community lead of Cloud Native Seattle. Packt tech advisory board. Guest lecturer and industry mentor at the University of Washington. 

Intrapreneur. Has managed, built, and scaled several tier-1 products, new initiatives 0-1, businesses, and teams spanning various technical domains. Include AWS Bedrock (Anthropic LLM model inference), S3, App Runner (Founding engineer & TLM), Fargate, Alexa AI (Founding engineer of Healthcare domain), Payments (manage $110B ARR Bill Run), and Elastic Container Service (ECS). 

Part-time advisor and researcher as well as a public speaker and author. Drive cloud-native solutions adoption across organizations and actively contribute to open-source programs, including Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Flux, Envoy, OpenTelemetry, gRPC, Firecracker, Kafka, containerd, and RocksDB. 

Serve as Program Committee member for prestigious global academic and industry conferences: The International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), PyTorch Con, Open Source Summit, KubeCon and CloudNativeCon, DockerCon etc.

Senior speaker at Amazon and author, casually writing blog posts in spare time on technical topics, academia, open source, organizational behavior (OB), and sociology. Pickleball fan.

Homepage: https://pengandy.com/

Animesh Pathak is a Developer Relations Engineer with a strong focus on Database DevOps, testing, and open-source innovation. Currently at Harness, he plays a key role in building and evangelizing scalable DBDevOps workflows, bridging the gap between developers and data teams to accelerate secure, reliable software delivery.

Anita is a Developer Advocate and technical writer with a track record leading great efforts in open source and cloud communities on a global scale. Her dedication extends to fostering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) within the tech ecosystem.

Atish Patra is a Linux kernel developer at Meta and an open-source champion driving advancements in RISC-V Linux support, including boot process standardization, UEFI support, virtualization enablement, confidential computing, and performance monitoring. A vocal advocate for open-source innovation, he is a regular presenter at conferences like OSS/ELCE, LPC, and the RISC-V Summit. Atish maintains the RISC-V Supervisor Binary Interface (SBI) specification and co-maintains OpenSBI, an open-source runtime firmware for RISC-V that enables seamless compatibility across platforms and empowers developers globally.

Daniel Oh is a Java Champion and Senior Principal Developer Advocate at Red Hat to evangelize developers for building cloud-native apps and serverless ob Kubernetes ecosystems. He’s also contributing to various cloud open-source projects and ecosystems as a CNCF ambassador for accelerating DevOps adoption in enterprises. He’s speaking at lots of technical seminars, workshops, and meetups to elaborate on new emerging technologies for enterprise developers & DevOps teams.

Divya is a Principal Technology Advocate at SUSE, advocating for and contributing to its projects. She is a Kubernetes documentation maintainer and a co-chair for the SIG Community under the Bytecode Alliance. As one of the KCNA exam creators and a lead for the Asian chapter of the CHAOSS Project, she is invested in making technical communities & technologies more accessible & inclusive.

Donghee Na is a CPython Core Developer and a 2025 Python Steering Council member. He contributes to improving CPython’s performance, maintenance, and internal implementations.
he pursues shaping Python’s future by ensuring its efficiency, stability, and long-term growth.
He is also passionate about fostering CPython activities in the APAC region, organizing local Core Sprints, and encouraging developer engagement in open-source contributions.

Evan Anderson is the founder of Custcodian, a software supply chain company that aims to remove the pain and friction of tracking security standards. He’s also a founder of the Knative (CNCF — serverless), and Minder (OpenSSF — supply chain) projects, and a member of CNCF TAG-Security and OpenSSF Baseline. He’s previously worked at Google, VMware, and Stacklok. Father, recovering SRE, ongoing runner.

👋 Hi, I’m Ezequiel Lanza (Eze), and I’m passionate about helping people explore the thrilling realm of artificial intelligence. As a regular AI conference presenter, I take pride in creating impactful use cases, tutorials, and guides to assist developers in adopting open source AI tools.

With a solid foundation in engineering and a decade of experience assisting customers and developers in the software realm, I bring a wealth of practical knowledge to the table. I received my Master’s in Data Science from Universidad Austral in Argentina (Yeah, it was AI before ChatGPT:) ).

I’m usually an AI speaker at conferences like Open Source Summit, Kubecon, All Things Open, ODSC and AAAI among other relevant AI events. 

Goutham Pacha Ravi is a Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat and Chair of the OpenStack Technical Committee. His open source journey began in 2015, and he has since served as Project Team Lead of OpenStack Manila (Shared File Systems) and become a core contributor to multiple OpenStack projects. He is a member of the OpenStack Vulnerability Management Team and a frequent speaker at open source conferences including OpenStack Summits, OpenInfra Summits, Grace Hopper Celebration and SCALE. Goutham is passionate about free and open source software, mentoring contributors, distributed storage, Ceph, and the intersection of OpenStack and Kubernetes.

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.

Hrittik is a TPME at Loft Labs and a CNCF Ambassador, with expertise in cloud native technologies and open source communities. He has contributed extensively to developer advocacy, technical writing, and community engagement. Hrittik has been a featured speaker at events such as KubeCons, Kubernetes Community Days, Open Source Summits, and more, and has served as a Program Committee member for several KubeCons and CloudNativeCons.

Ian is a Containers Specialist at Amazon Web Services, focusing on Kubernetes and container-native technologies. He has been an active open source contributor for over a decade, serving as an approver and reviewer of Kubernetes SIG Docs – Localization Subproject in Korean language for years. He led the OpenStack I18n official project team as Project Team Lead for several release cycles, and currently serves as I18n SIG Lead, driving internationalization efforts across the global community. He also serves as an LFX Mentorship mentor for Kubernetes SIG Docs – Localization Subproject, supporting the next generation of open source contributors. Additionally, he has participated in the Korea Open Source Contribution Academy for several years, fostering open source culture within the Korean developer community. His expertise spans cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and technical documentation.

10-time award winner in Artificial Intelligence and Open Source and the co-author of the book ‘Sculpting Data For ML’, Jigyasa Grover is a powerhouse brimming with passion for making a dent in this world of technology and bridging the gender gap. AI & Research Lead, she has many years of ML engineering & Data Science experience in deploying large‐scale low-latency systems for user personalization and monetization on popular social networking apps like Twitter and Facebook, and e‐commerce at Faire, particularly ads prediction, sponsored content ranking, and recommendation with a recent focus on Generative AI. She is also one of the few ML Google Developer Experts and Google Women Techmaker Ambassadors globally. As a World Economic Forum’s Global Shaper, she ensures the leverage of her technical skills and connections for solution-building, policy-making, and lasting change.

Recently, she was featured at the Google I/O 2024 main keynote and introduced by Sundar Pichai on the stage as she spoke about my experience using Gemini 1.5 Pro’s 1 million token context window. As a part of the Google Developer Advisory Board (gDAB) she collaborates with experts and contributes to shaping the future of Google’s developer ecosystem. She is also involved with Google Developer Experts and Google for Startups, and most recently was on the Generative AI panel with some renowned folks from the industry and startup world.

Jonathan Corbet is the kernel documentation maintainer, co-founder of
LWN.net (and the author of its Kernel Page), and the lead author of Linux
Device Drivers, Third Edition. He lives in Boulder, Colorado, USA.

Karthik Babu Manam is a DevOps and Cloud Engineer with strong experience in cloud infrastructure, automation, Kubernetes, Terraform, security, and CI/CD. He has worked with AWS, Azure, OCI, GitLab, and modern cloud security practices. Karthik recently completed his PhD and is active in research, writing, and open-source contributions. He is a Kyverno contributor and a Golden Kubestronaut, reflecting deep expertise in the Kubernetes ecosystem. He also holds many respected cloud and DevOps certifications. His interests include platform engineering, DevSecOps, open-source communities, and building secure, scalable, and practical systems.

Kate Stewart works with the safety, security and license compliance communities to advance the adoption of best practices into embedded open source projects. She has launched the ELISA and Zephyr Projects, as well as supporting other embedded projects. With more than 30 years of experience in the software industry, she has held a variety of roles in software development, architecture, and product management, primarily in the tooling and embedded ecosystem working with international teams.

Matthew Crawford has been working at Arm since 2017 mainly focussing on the Third Party Intellectual Property strategy and process management. His professional accomplishments include working to make Arm OpenChain conformant in 2019; involvement in the Google Summer of Code as a mentor and working with the SPDX community. He joined the OpenChain board in 2022 and has a strong passion for open source hardware and software governance, trust and security. Since 2022 Matthew has worked in AI compliance and leads Arm’s AI Office

Natali Vlatko (she/her) is a Director of Open Source Software Engineering at Cisco, specializing in open software, policy, and governance. She is a SIG Docs Co-Chair for Kubernetes and a member of the TODO Group Steering Committee. She plays on the fun computer in her spare time. Her academic background is in Egyptology and Archaeology; specifically, burial customs across the various kingdoms of Ancient Egypt. Ask her about dead stuff.

Nicole Pappler is a Functional Safety expert at AlektoMetis, specializing in the intersection of safety, cybersecurity, overall dependability, and open source. With 20+ years of experience in automotive software and industrial automation — including a decade at TÜV SÜD — she bridges the gap between rigid standards and modern development. 
Within the Linux Foundation, Nicole serves as the Functional Safety Manager for the Zephyr Project and is a lead contributor to the SPDX Functional Safety Profile, focusing on machine-readable safety documentation. She is also an active member of the ELISA Project. 
Nicole is a frequent speaker and community collaborator who believes that transparency is the only way to solve the industry’s shared challenges.

I am a Software Engineer specializing in managing Kubernetes clusters across AWS, GCP, and Azure public clouds. At Confluent, we run stateful and data-intensive applications such as Kafka and Flink on Kubernetes clusters.

With expertise in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and backend development, I help design scalable, resilient cloud-native solutions. 
Previously, I worked on Oracle’s Kubernetes Engine team, enhancing its managed Kubernetes service. 
I’m passionate about solving complex engineering challenges in cloud environments.

Apart from learning about distributed systems and infrastructure, I enjoy cycling & cooking!

Philipp Ahmann is a Senior OSS Community Manager at ETAS (a Bosch subsidiary), specializing in safety-critical automotive open source software. With 15+ years’ experience in Linux automotive platforms, he has held roles from software engineer to project & line manager.
He currently holds the position of the technical steering committee chair for the Linux Foundation ELISA project to Enable Linux in Safety Applications. Additionally, he is member of the Linux Foundation Europe Advisory Board.

Shirley Bailes has been involved in developer communities and building open source programs for over 15 years. She is the Director of Software Ecosystem Strategy in Intel’s Office of the CTO, where she leads thought leadership and strategic initiatives to accelerate startup innovation and developer ecosystem growth. She previously led open source programs at AWS and served as Co-President of the Women at Amazon Global Board.

Shivay Lamba is a software engineer and open source contributor passionate about AI and edge computing. With experience across startups and enterprise tech, he focuses on simplifying complex technologies for developers. Shivay actively speaks at global conferences, organizes community events, and contributes to projects in cloud-native ecosystems, WebAssembly, and machine learning. He has also built and mentored educational programs to bridge gaps in emerging tech adoption.

Shuah Khan is a Kernel Maintainer & Linux Fellow at The Linux Foundation. She is an experienced Linux Kernel developer, maintainer, and contributor. She authored, A Beginner’s Guide to Linux Kernel Development (LFD103) training course. She designed and 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.

I am a seasoned engineering leader with over 15 years of experience in distributed systems architecture, databases, security, and AI/ML-powered systems at scale. At LinkedIn, I architected a privacy platform handling 20 million queries per second and built the Trusted Graph system with over 100 million verifications — delivering mission-critical infrastructure that sat at the intersection of distributed systems, data, and security.
My areas of expertise span AI/ML application development, large-scale distributed systems, database architecture, and security and privacy platforms. I am passionate about advancing open technology ecosystems and bringing practitioner perspectives to conversations around scalability, reliability, and responsible AI. I am eager to contribute to the Open Source Summit community by helping shape a program that reflects the real-world challenges engineers face when building intelligent, secure, and highly available systems at scale.

Takashi Norimatsu, Ph.D., Chief OSS Specialist, Hitachi, Ltd. is a maintainer of Keycloak. He has implemented and contributed security features like Financial-grade API (FAPI) security profiles, Passkey, Model Context Protocol (MCP) support. He leads Keycloak’s community “OAuth SIG” as Tech Lead for supporting OAuth/OIDC and its related security features to Keycloak. He has experience constructing high security banking API systems with Keycloak.

Tim Pepper is an engineer and executive with almost 30 years experience in open source software development. Tim’s work has touched many dimensions of software stack code (Linux/kernels, storage, mobile and embedded systems, power and performance, cloud orchestration, AI/ML frameworks) as well as how that software is developed and maintained (steering and conduct committees, mentorship, open source program offices, public policy, legal compliance, software supply chain security). In what free time remains, Tim dabbles at being a backyard farmer, homebrewer, woodworker, Vespa rider, and amateur triathlete.

Venil Noronha is currently a Senior Software Engineer at Stripe. He’s been a contributor to open source projects in the service mesh domain, like Istio and Envoy proxy.

Vini Jaiswal is a recognized expert in AI and Data, acclaimed for her contributions to Apache Spark, MLflow, and Delta Lake. As the Chair of Technical Advisory Committee at Linux Foundation AI and data, Governing Board member, and contributor in open-source initiatives at Grace Hopper, Vini is instrumental in driving technological innovation, empowering developers, and shaping the future of data and AI. Through advisory roles and impactful tenures at Databricks and Citi, she provided solutions for navigating complex global policy landscapes and technology architectures for international organizations and academia.

CNCF Kyverno maintainer, KubeCon Europe 2026 Program Committee member, KyvernoCon 2025–2026 program comittee and speaker, Golden Kubestronaut