Timothy has worked in multiple areas of high performance systems design over the past 15 years, from hardware / firmware to kernel and application development, with a strong emphasis on open solutions and system security.
Ganesan Narayanasamy is a technology leader with extensive experience in technology and business. He is the founder, investor, and Chief Executive Officer at Object Automation System Solutions Inc. Prior to his current roles, Ganesan had a distinguished career at IBM, spanning nearly three decades. At IBM, he held various leadership positions focused on high-performance computing, chip design, and artificial intelligence. He was instrumental in driving the OpenPOWER and AI ecosystem initiatives, emphasizing partner enablement and market development. His work involved creating training programs for partners and supporting emerging market opportunities worldwide.
James is Executive Director of the OpenPower Foundation, with over 10 years of open source experience across hardware, software, and network engineering disciplines. James brings a passion for open source and is committed to growing OpenPower Foundation’s membership, community, and ecosystem. He is a serial entrepreneur with a background in enterprise technology and has worked in roles spanning operations, business development, product management, and engineering. Previously, James was co-founder and COO at Hyper.sh, an open source cloud-native virtualization startup acquired by Ant Financial. Prior to that, he led product management in Red Hat’s OpenStack group, and was a product lead on AT&T’s first OpenStack Cloud. James graduated from University of Virginia with a degree in Electrical Engineering and is based in Washington D.C. area.
Lance Albertson is the Director for the Oregon State University Open Source Lab (OSUOSL) and has been involved with many open source projects since 2003. The OSUOSL provides hosting for more than 160 projects, including those of worldwide leaders like Debian Linux, the Linux Foundation and AlmaLinux. The most active organization of its kind, the OSUOSL offers world-class hosting services, professional software development and on-the-ground training for promising students interested in open source management and programming.