The goal of governance for the project is to maintain and emphasize a technical meritocracy of contributors. Those who contribute the most and the best technical solutions, have the most influence in the direction of the project. An element of benevolent dictatorship exists per component and at an overall project level to keep the project successful and resolve conflict.
Governance
Governing Board
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Senior Director of Product Management, Marvell
Kishore Atreya
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Sr. Director, Head of Network Infrastructure, Alibaba Cloud
Dennis Cai
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VP & GM, Networking and Edge Group, Intel
Ed Doe
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Senior Director, Engineering, Broadcom
Mohammad Hanif
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Director of Product Management, Networking Solutions at Dell Technologies
Saurabh Kapoor
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VP, Ethernet Switch, Nvidia
Amit Katz
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Vice President, Network Infrastructure, Google
Dan Lenoski
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Principal PM Manager, Microsoft
Outreach Committee Chair
Outreach Committee Chair
Xin Liu
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Technical Fellow & CVP, Azure Networking, Microsoft
Chair of the Governing Board
Chair of the Governing Board
Dave A. Maltz
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VP Engineering, Cisco
Vijay Tapaskar
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VP of Engineering, Microsoft Azure Networking
Technical Steering Committee (TSC) Chair
Technical Steering Committee (TSC) Chair