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Keynote: Apache Projects and Comcast’s Journey to Open Source - Nithya Ruff

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Channel: The Linux Foundation · 2017 · Science & Technology

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Keynote: Apache Projects and Comcast’s Journey to Open Source - Nithya Ruff, Sr. Director, Open Source Practice, Comcast

Over the past 10 years, Comcast has become a strong technology and software company creating original work to deliver innovative experiences to customers.  Increasingly, open source fuels Comcast’s software stacks, development methodology and support for community.  My talk is about our journey to open source and how Apache projects are at the heart of many of our technology innovations.

About Nithya Ruff
Nithya A. Ruff is the Senior Director for Comcast’s Open Source Practice. Most recently, she founded and managed Western Digital’s Open Source Office. Nithya’s also held leadership positions at Wind River (an Intel Company), Synopsys, Avaya, Tripwire and Eastman Kodak. At Wind River, she led a team of product managers in managing a world class embedded Linux distribution and was a key member of the Yocto Project advocacy team on the board. In recognition of her work in open source both on the business and community side, she was named to CIO magazine’s most influential women in open source list. In 2014, Nithya was invited to be President of SanDisk’s Women’s Innovation Network or WIN dedicated to the development of women’s highest potential in the work place.Nithya graduated with an MS in Computer Science from NDSU and an MBA from the University of Rochester, Simon Business School. She lives in the bay area and is a proud mother of two daughters. You can follow her on twitter @nithyaruff.

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