OCP is pleased to announce the hire of Rajeev Sharma as Software and Technologies Director.

Rajeev Sharma brings 20 years of industry experience to the Foundation. Rajeev will be able to provide an immediate impact to the OCP Community with his experience at release management processes, software architecture and software product management. He has driven innovation and continuous improvement for a variety of software projects at Dell, HP and Sony.  

Rajeev earned a B.S. from MIT, M.S. in Computer Science from Texas State University, and holds an MBA in Strategy and Management from Baylor University.                                            

He will be working with all of OCP’s existing and emerging software and embedded firmware projects, providing support and leadership to these growing communities. He will be working on processes for repository management, project governance, licensing, distribution and automation. Rajeev will also be responsible for the IT infrastructure needed by these projects and the Foundation, as well as the technology infrastructure for the OCP Marketplace. 

“With Rajeev on the team, we now have the keys to unlock embedded firmware, which is critical for accelerating technology introductions as well as respond to the changing landscape” stated Bill Carter, OCP’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

Rajeev is based in Austin, Texas, and can be contacted at rajeev@opencompute.org