Release Manager
David manages the release process for OPNFV. He grew up in Spokane, Washington and earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering at Washington State University and an M.S. in Engineering and Production Management at Loyola Marymount University. David began his career in the defense industry in Southern California, developing test equipment, and working on US Navy test projects. He moved to the semiconductor test equipment industry, where he held positions in product support and ASIC characterization with Teradyne. David then took a position as Software Quality Assurance manager at a machine learning startup called Language Weaver. He returned to the Pacific Northwest as SQA manager at a late-stage startup in Seattle which was subsequently acquired by Qualcomm. He eventually transitioned into a new IoT project, called AllJoyn, which became the basis for the Linux Foundation project, the AllSeen Alliance. David lives in Seattle, Washington with his wife and two sons.

AR/PR Manager
Jill manages external communication strategy and execution for the project, including media and industry analyst relations, social media, and executive speaking strategy. She brings over 10 years of professional communications and marketing experience, most recently having worked with Microsoft’s agency-of-record managing PR for Microsoft Windows for the past eight years. Jill also has experience in non-profit event marketing as well as radio broadcast marketing, sales and promotion. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communications at Arizona State University as well as a master’s degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing. She lives in Vancouver, Washington with her husband and twin boys and enjoys reading, antiquing and watching British dramas in her free time.

Client Services Coordinator
Min provides operational support for the OPNFV project. Previously, she worked in the field of higher education in roles ranging from teaching and advising to program administration and international admissions counseling. She grew up in Sichuan Province, China and received a Bachelor’s degree in Education from East China Normal (Teachers’) University in Shanghai and a Master’s degree in Student Affairs Administration in Higher Education from Western Washington University. She lives in a picturesque small town in northeastern Iowa with her husband and two daughters and her newly-found passion for imagining how to improve STEAM education for girls.