Open Source Leadership Summit 2017

A 20-year veteran of the tech industry, Neela Jacques brings a wealth of business, product and open source experience to his role at OpenDaylight executive director. He has taken OpenDaylight from a nascent project to a vibrant, growing open source community quickly becoming the de facto standard industry platform. He helped grow VMware’s Virtualization and Cloud business launching multiple products and initiatives, and consulted CEOs and... Read More →

Dan Kohn leads the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. Dan previously served as CTO of several startups, including Spreemo, a healthcare marketplace, and Shopbeam, a shoppable ads company. Earlier, he was a general partner at Skymoon Ventures, a $70 million seed-stage venture capital firm that created startups in semiconductors and telecom infrastructure. He also helped create and launch The Linux Foundation’s Core Infrastructure Initiative.

Nicko is The Linux Foundation’s chief technology officer focused on the Core Infrastructure Initiative and other security-focused efforts at the organization. He has extensive experience across the security and networking industries. Most recently, he was the chief technology officer of Good Technology, where he oversaw future technology strategy and research. Prior to joining Good, Nicko served as chief security architect at Juniper... Read More →

Glenn is the Director of Customer Experience, at SnapRoute. He is responsible for guiding product development and customer engagements to ensure a frictionless experience. Prior to SnapRoute, Glenn led the Network Software Development team at Apple. This group is responsible for the software that manages and controls the desegregated switching environments at Apple - empowering new network designs to reap the benefits of automation and... Read More →