Technical Steering Committee (TSC)
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As defined in the :doc:`OPEA Charter <charter>`, the Technical Steering
Committee is responsible for all technical oversight of the OPEA project
including:

* coordinating the technical direction of the OPEA project;
* approving project or system proposals
* creating committees or working groups (for example, an executive or
  architectural committee or end-user advisory committee) to support the
  OPEA project;
* appointing representatives to work with other open source or open standards
  communities;
* establishing community norms, workflows, issuing releases, and security issue
  reporting policies;
* approving and implementing policies and processes for contributing
* discussions, seeking consensus, and where necessary, voting on technical
  matters relating to the code base that affect multiple sub-projects;
* coordinating any marketing, events, or communications regarding the OPEA project.

Refer to the :doc:`OPEA Charter <charter>` for more details.

Technical Steering Committee Members
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.. list-table:: TSC Members (as of September 6, 2024)
   :header-rows: 1

   * - TSC Member Name
     - Member's Title and Company
   * - `Malini Bhandaru <https://www.linkedin.com/in/malinibhandaru/>`_ (Chair)
     - Senior Principal Engineer, Intel
   * - `Amr Abdelhalem <https://www.linkedin.com/in/amrhalem/>`_
     - SVP, Head of Cloud Platforms, Fidelity
   * - `Nathan Cartwright <https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathan-cartwright-2008228/>`_
     - Chief Architect - AI, CDW
   * - `Justin Cormack <https://www.linkedin.com/in/justincormack/>`_
     - CTO, Docker
   * - `Ke Ding <https://www.linkedin.com/in/dingke/>`_
     - Senior Prinicipal AI Engineer, Intel
   * - Steve Grubb
     - Senior Principal Engineer, Red Hat
   * - `Robert Hafner <https://www.linkedin.com/in/roberthafner/>`_
     - Senior Principal Architect, Comcast
   * - `Melissa Mckay <https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissajmckay/>`_
     - Head of Developer Relations, JFrog
   * - `Logan Markewich <https://www.linkedin.com/in/logan-markewich/>`_
     - Founding Software Developer, LlamaIndex
   * - `Nick Ni <https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-ni-5a204b20/>`_ (Interim)
     - Senior Director Ai Product Management, AMD