Bio:

Sebastian Scheele is the current Silver Member Representative of the LFN Governing board, where he has consistently advocated to expand the support the LFN provides for the silver members and LFN projects. In his daily work Sebastian is the co-founder of Kubermatic, a start-up with 90 employees that is the #8 contributor to Kubernetes and that is focused on developing open core software solutions for automating Kubernetes operations at scale.  As one of the early pioneers in the cloud native ecosystem since 2016,  he has helped dozens of telecoms and hundreds of enterprises embrace containers to solve cutting edge challenges in both cloud and edge computing.  

Candidate's Statement:

Currently, small companies are only represented on the LF Networking Governing Board by myself and the largest companies should not make all the top level decisions for LF Networking.  The company that I co-founded and lead, Kubermatic, is a startup just like over 50% of the 50+ LF Networking silver members who are small companies.  Kubermatic has been one of the earliest members of both LF Networking and CNCF.   I have worked with dozens of telcos and understand their unique requirements and how they will impact a successful transition to cloud native.  Recently elected to CNCF governing board, I would serve on LF Networking’s governing board  to accelerate LF Networking’s projects such as ONAP to cloud native.

Even though Kubermatic is a startup, we are one of the most active upstream contributors of all members in the largest project at the LF: CNCF’s Kubernetes, currently ranking #8 contributor to Kubernetes

We should ensure that small companies in our community have a direct voice on the LF Networking governing board.  I would be honored to be your representative.

I thank you all for your time and consideration. Please feel free to schedule a 1:1 in case you’d like to connect and discuss.

Bio:

Trishan provides technical, program management and Open Source leadership to various Office of the CTO initiatives, spanning technology innovation & development, architecture, strategy and thought leadership at Equinix.

Previously, he served as a Senior Technical Community Architect - Networking & Edge at the Linux Foundation, leading and operationalizing projects at the cutting edge of Open Source Networking, from Open-RAN Software Community (O-RAN-SC), Dent Network OS, Open19, Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) and Fd.io project. 

Prior to the Linux Foundation, Trishan held key leadership roles as a member of the Enterprise Web Architecture and Strategy Group in the CIO Office at IBM, and co-founder and director of the Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software Project (HFOSS) at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. He serves on the board of advisers for Teaching Open Source (ToS), Non-Profit FOSS Institute and Random Hacks of Kindness Jr (RHoKjr).

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trishan/

Candidate's Statement:

Honored to be nominated and considered to serve as the Silver membership representative on the LFN Governing Board. With a depth and breadth of OSS expertise and leadership, I am uniquely positioned to be your representative on the LFN Governing Board based on both my current capacity as Principal Technical Program Manager and Open Source lead for the Office of the CTO at Equinix,  and previous leadership experience at the Linux Foundation directly. 

I'm confident I can objectively represent the Silver members' challenges and concerns in a neutral fashion within the governing board and serve as a strong advocate and champion on your behalf.  I would elevate communications to and from the board to the Silver members, champion for and deliver increased engagement opportunities for Silver member participation in LFN marketing campaigns and cross community events,  and provide greater visibility and value to your LFN membership.

Thank you for your time and consideration. Please feel free to reach out to me at trishan@linux.com in case you’d like to connect and discuss.