RISC-V Executive Team
Calista Redmond
CEO
RISC-V International
Calista Redmond
CEO, RISC-V International
Calista Redmond is the CEO of RISC-V International with a mission to expand and engage RISC-V stakeholders, compel industry adoption, and increase visibility and opportunity for RISC-V within and beyond RISC-V International. Prior to RISC-V International, Calista held a variety of roles at IBM, including Vice President of IBM Z Ecosystem where she led strategic relationships across software vendors, system integrators, business partners, developer communities, and broader engagement across the industry. Focus areas included execution of commercialization strategies, technical and business support for partners, and matchmaker to opportunities across the IBM Z and LinuxOne community. Calista’s background includes building and leading strategic business models within IBM’s Systems Group through open source initiatives including OpenPOWER, OpenDaylight, and Open Mainframe Project. For OpenPOWER, Calista was a leader in drafting the strategy, cultivating the foundation of partners, and nurturing strategic relationships to grow the org from zero to 300+ members. While at IBM, she also drove numerous acquisition and divestiture missions, and several strategic alliances. Prior to IBM, she was an entrepreneur in four successful start-ups in the IT industry. Calista holds degrees from the University of Michigan and Northwestern University.
Kim McMahon
Director of Visibility & Community Engagement
RISC-V International
Kim McMahon
Director of Visibility & Community Engagement, RISC-V International
Kim McMahon is the Director of Visibility & Community Engagement at RISC-V International. She comes to RISC-V with a deep background in marketing for open source and technology. She has spent her career with companies such as SGI, Cray, VMware, Cloud Native Computing Foundation, and the {code} Team at Dell, where she honed her love for HPC, open source, and cloud native. Working with startups, large companies, and all in-between, she brings her expertise in visibility and community strategies to spread awareness, engage the community, and grow an organization. Kim has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Accounting from the University of Northern Colorado. She lives in Winter Park, Colorado and enjoys hiking, skiing, and outdoor activities with her two labradors Coal and Connor.
Mark Himelstein
CTO
RISC-V International
Mark Himelstein
CTO, RISC-V International
Before RISC-V international Mark Himelstein was the President of Heavenstone, Inc. which concentrated on Strategic, Management, and Technology Consulting providing hardware and software product architecture, analysis, mentoring and interim management. Previously, Mark started Graphite Systems, Inc (acquired by EMC) where he was the VP of Engineering and CTO developing large Analytics Appliances using highly integrated FLASH memory. Prior to Graphite, Mark held positions as the CTO of Quantum Corp, Vice President of Solaris development engineering at Sun Microsystems and other technical management roles at Apple, Infoblox, and MIPS.
Mark has a bachelors degree in Computer Science and Math from Wilkes University in Pennsylvania and a masters degree in Computer Science from University of California Davis/Livermore. In addition to publishing numerous technical papers and holding many patents, he is the author of the book “100 Questions to Ask Your Software Organization”.
RISC-V Team
Alicia Daleiden
PR and Social
Racepoint Global (RPG)
Allison DeLeo
PR & Social
Racepoint Global (RPG)
Deb Giles
Event Manager
RISC-V International
Deb has over ten years of event management experience and has been with the Foundation for more than four years, overseeing all events including Cloud Foundry Summit, Cloud Foundry Days, and Cloud Foundry’s presence at tradeshows around the world. Living in Nashville, Deb spends
Grace Steward
Social and PR
Racepoint Global (RPG)
Grace Steward is an assistant account executive at Racepoint Global (RPG), providing content for RISC-V International’s social media channels. She also supports the organization’s media and analyst relations activities. She has experience working within a diverse set of B2B and B2C industries in the technology space, including telecommunications and electronics.
Jenni McGinnis
Program Manager
RISC-V International
Jenni McGinnis
RISC-V International
Jenni McGinnis is a program manager for RISC-V International and works as a Projects Coordinator at the Linux Foundation. She brings to the team a diverse background in consulting, contract negotiation, training, and event management. She is a frequent speaker on communication and collaboration through applied comedy skills and is a stand-up comedian in her spare time. Jenni holds a Masters in Educational Psychology from Florida State University and a Juris Doctor from Duke University.
Lauren Klug
Social and PR
Racepoint Global (RPG)
Lauren Klug is an account executive at Racepoint Global (RPG), where she helps to manage the RISC-V content program, which includes social posts, blogs, and bylines. She also helps to manage media and analyst relationships for RISC-V. She has experience working with a variety of brands to manage campaigns, launch new products, plan events, and secure speaking and award opportunities.
Megan Lehn
Program Manager
RISC-V International
Megan Lehn
Program Manager, RISC-V International
Megan Lehn is a program manager for RISC-V International and works as an Event and Meeting Planner at the Linux Foundation. Megan comes from a diverse hospitality, event marketing and sales background and is excited to join the RISC-V International team.
Stephano Cetola
Technical Program Manager
RISC-V International