Anisha Sharma

Marketing Specialist, RISC-V International

Anisha Sharma is a Marketing Specialist for RISC-V International. Sharma joins RISC-V International with a digital marketing background and has previously managed marketing efforts for technology start-ups in the cybersecurity and digital health platform space. Anisha is excited to switch gears and join the open source community. You can find her in the gym, hiking or somewhere by the water!

Bill McSpadden

Formal Verification Engineer, RISC-V International

Bill joined RISC-V International in January of 2022. He came from Seagate where he worked on the verification team for their RISC-V cores. He worked for intel for much of his career. And he has also worked for IBM, Verilab (an RTL verification consulting group) and Starkey Hearing Technologies. He has lived in Chanhassen, MN, for the past five years where he is learning to adapt to the cold (Oct-Apr) and the mosquitoes (May-Sept). Prior to moving to Minisoda, he lived in Oregon for 30+ years.

Bill is a Formal Verification Engineer. (No it doesn’t mean he wears a tux.) He is working on the formal definition of the RISC-V architecture in the hopes that some day we can have a self-consistent, provable definition of the architecture.

Bill Traynor

Documentation Build & Release Engineer, RISC-V International

Bill is the Documentation Build & Release Engineer for RISC-V International. Bill has over 25 years of experience in analysis, technical writing, community management in and around software and hardware. In particular, he has been involved in the Embedded Linux world for over 15 years providing system administration, community management and developer advocacy centered around the elinux.org elinux.org community. Bill has had numerous roles writing both technical content and non-technical content for various Linux and Open Source initiatives for companies such as Montavista, Renesas and Texas Instruments. Working as an independent contractor for 15+ years Bill comes to the RISC-V team most recently from a contract with Texas Instruments maintaining their Engineer to Engineer (E2E) portal. Bill has a keen interest in documentation for open source projects and the tooling to support it.

Brett Preston

Senior Program Manager, RISC-V International

Brett Preston is a program manager for RISC-V International. Along with working at RISC-V, he works on the Zephyr Project. An operations ninja, he focuses on arming others with systems, tools, processes and best practices to make their work more efficient and effective. Brett has been with The Linux Foundation since 2014, working on such projects as AllSeen Alliance, CNCF, and LF Edge. Brett lives in Portland, OR and you’ll usually find him with a coffee in hand.

Deb Giles

Event Manager, RISC-V International

Deb has over fifteen years of event management experience and has been with RISC-V since 2019, overseeing events including RISC-V Roadshows, RISC-V Forums, RISC-V Summit, and RISC-V’s presence at tradeshows around the world. Living in Nashville, Deb spends her free time with her dog, sitting on patios, trying new restaurants, and exploring the area.

Helen Lau

Program Coordinator, RISC-V International

Helen Lau joined The Linux Foundation in March 2022 and works as a Program Coordinator for RISC-V International. She also works on the Confidential Computing Consortium (CCC). Previously, Helen worked at the Practising Law Institute as a Senior Pro Bono Program & Membership Coordinator. Helen is excited to transition from helping the pro bono community to the open source community. In her spare time, Helen likes to lift weights in her home gym and aspires to return to powerlifting following the birth of her son. Helen currently resides in Salt Lake City with her family.

Jeff Scheel

Technical Program Manager, RISC-V International

Jeff Scheel joined the Linux Foundation in May 2021 as a Technical Program Manager for the RISC-V Foundation.  He brings over 30 years experience in the Software Engineering industry, spending most of his career at IBM where he predominantly established, grew, and led Linux for IBM Power Systems.  Other experiences included I/O adapter firmware development and logical partitioning (LPARs) for the AS/400.  He was a charter member of the OpenPOWER Foundation, serving as the Chair of the System Software Work Group and the Technical Steering Committee.

Jeff holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Engineering from the University of California at Davis.  He also has work experience with HP and Canonical.  He loves open source development and world-wide innovation.

Megan Lehn

Learn, Advocacy, and Alliances 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.

Thea Clay

Marketing Content Manager, RISC-V International

Thea Clay is a marketing content manager for RISC-V International where she works to support the visibility and reach of the RISC-V community’s activities. In addition to her work for RISC-V International, Thea is an Ambassador for the Zephyr Project. Prior to joining the Linux Foundation Thea worked to support open geospatial and open source for social impact ecosystems.