Staff

Andrea Gallo is CEO of RISC-V International. Before joining  RISC-V as VP of Technology, Gallo worked in leadership roles at Linaro for over a decade as Vice President of Business Development, driving the company’s membership acquisition strategy and previously managing the Linaro Datacenter and Cloud, Home, Mobile, Networking, IoT, and Embedded Segment Groups and underlying open source collaborative projects within the Arm ecosystem. Before Linaro, Gallo was a fellow at STMicroelectronics, where he led the optimization of hardware-software architectures for new smartphone and telecommunication ICs. He also served on the board of directors for CHAOSS, a Linux Foundation project focused on the health of open source communities.

Tom Gall is the VP of Technology at RISC-V International. Tom has worked in leadership roles for IBM and Linaro, focusing on open source ecosystems.
At Linaro, Tom was Senior Director of Ecosystem engineering, which included the Kernel Working Group, Toolchain Working Group (LLVM and GCC), and Linaro Data Center Group. Tom was the founding Director of the Linaro Consumer Group and worked with a who’s who of consumer electronic companies improving the Android ecosystem.
Prior to Linaro, Tom was employee #7 of the IBM Linux Technology Center. He focused on getting Linux on Power off the ground, was the lead architect for MCP, IBM’s embedded Linux program and worked on Power/EN.
Outside of technology circles, Tom has served as president of several Minnesota nonprofits, former Mayor, written a few plays and is an accomplished fifer.

Andy Moore is the Director of Marketing for RISC-V International, driving awareness and adoption of RISC-V and its incredible member ecosystem. Prior to joining RISC-V, he worked for Arm, with extensive experience marketing processor IP into the Automotive, Embedded and IoT domains, including the delivery of content, events, keynote presentations and product launches. Andy has 15 years experience in electronic engineering and embedded software development, working at Philips Research Laboratories, on his own as a freelance engineer, then leading a team developing demonstrations of new technologies at Arm.

Megan Lehn is a Community Director for RISC-V International and works on Learn Online, Advocacy and Alliance programs to grow the RISC-V Community.

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.

Elan Tanzer joined RISC-V International in 2026, driving initiatives that help developers discover, learn, evaluate, and build with RISC-V. Se works across the RISC-V ecosystem to expand developer engagement, improve access to technical resources, and create programs that connect software, tools, platforms, and community participation.

Prior to joining RISC-V, Elan worked at Arm, where she led technical programs and initiatives including DevSummit, TechCon, developer education, development tools, and GPU platform engagement. She brings more than 30 years of experience across software engineering, product management, technical program leadership, and developer enablement, with previous roles at organizations such as Arm, Global Graphics Software, Sony Pictures, and Microsoft as well as helping to launch two charities.

Nadime joined RISC-V International in January 2025 as a Formal Verification Engineer. He holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Humboldt University of Berlin, where he specialized in computer architecture with a focus on RISC-V. Following his studies, Nadime worked as a Research Engineer at Huawei’s Hardware Design Team, conducting research on Coarse-Grained Reconfigurable Array (CGRA) architectures.

Passionate about the open-source and open-standard movements, Nadime is dedicated to developing tools that are open, accessible, and empower individuals worldwide to participate in the design and verification of next-generation microchips.

James De Vile is a content marketer and writer with a passion for nascent technologies poised to change the world. With a background in B2B technology storytelling, he has collaborated with influential voices across the AI, robotics, semiconductor, and EDA sectors to craft impactful campaigns and thought leadership. Specializing in creating high-quality content and ensuring it reaches the right audience, James combines technical depth with SEO expertise and engagement strategy. Outside work, he’s a hands-on dad-of-two, maker, and custom motorcycle builder.

Michelle Favalora is a Senior Program Manager II at RISC-V International, where she drives programs that support the growth and adoption of the RISC-V ecosystem. She specializes in stakeholder coordination, program operations, and scaling initiatives across global communities.

Matthew joined RISC-V International  as Senior Technical Product Marketing Manager in January 2025. He  works on industry specific marketing activities to accelerate the adoption of RISC-V across vertical markets, including Automotive, HPC, AI and others. His background is primarily in product management and marketing roles with device OEM/ODMs across the consumer, commercial and industrial electronics sectors. He also has recent experience working as an industry analyst and managing the competitive and market Intelligence function at a leading Semiconductor IP vendor.

M. Moiz Hussain joined RISC-V International in December 2025 as a Technical Program Manager. He has extensive experience of more than a decade, doing work in RISC-V with systems engineering, tooling methodology, ISS modelling, compiler development and chip verification. Additionally, he has also worked to manage teams and lead projects like Cloud-V for the RISC-V Lab Partners Program. His previous work experience includes working for Semidynamics, 10xEngineers, VRULL & SiFive in various different capacities, as an individual contributor as well as managing teams for different projects. He has a bachelors in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from McGill University in Canada, and is a certified Google Project Management professional.

Prashanth joined RISC-V International in January 2025 to contribute to
the formal specification of the RISC-V ISA. He previously worked in
research and development at SRI International and Nokia Research.

Shortly before joining RISC-V International, he moved to Minnesota
from Vermont, as the Brave Little State was not cold enough.

Kersten Richter joined the Linux Foundation in January of 2024 as a Senior Documentation Architect for the RISC-V International team. In her previous life, she worked at IBM on several different projects, including AS/400, Linux on Power, and IBM Cloud.  Kersten holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Scientific and Technical Communication from the University of Minnesota. With over 25 years of experience, Kersten is a proud supporter of clear, concise documentation and the Oxford comma.

In her spare time, Kersten enjoys walking her dogs, reading, and writing. You can find her children’s books online at various sites. She lives in Minnesota with her family.

Rafael Sene joined the Linux Foundation in November 2022 as a Technical Program Manager for RISC-V International. He spent most of his career at IBM literally working as a full-stack engineer, from low level development and code analysis up to the cloud, wearing different hats and playing different roles. In addition, he also led academic outreach initiatives focused on maturing the ecosystem around the IBM POWER processor architecture. He is a lifelong learner and holds a Bachelor of Computer Science, 2 MBAs and many other specializations. Last but not least, he is a mountain-biker.

Lori is a Marketing and Events Manager for RISC-V International.

Umer Shahid is a verification engineer with over five years of experience in processor verification and RISC-V architecture compliance. Umer has been a key contributor to the RISC-V ecosystem, served as Vice Chair of the Architecture Compatibility Test SIG and Chair of the Certification Steering Committee Work Group on Tests & Model Recommendations. Since 2018, he has also served as a Lecturer at UET Lahore, where he founded the Maktab e Digital Systems (MEDS) research lab to oversee innovation in digital design and open-source tapeout projects. He brings a deep expertise in RISC-V assembly to the Technical Team.

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!

Greg Sterling joined in January 2024 as a Technical Program Manager, RISC-V. He has over 20 years of experience in release engineering for UNIX and Linux. Greg led a global release team at Red Hat, responsible for the releases of the entire product portfolio. Greg also worked on the Corporate Development and Strategy team, helping to expand Red Hat into new cloud markets across multiple architectures including x86, Power, System Z, and Arm. Greg is excited to work in the RISC-V International team to help expand the platform’s global impact. In his free time Greg enjoys music production, painting, and experimenting with new technology.

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.

Kendall Waters Perez is a Program Manager at The Linux Foundation, where she has spent nearly five years supporting open source communities including FINOS, RISC-V, CHIPS Alliance, LF Edge, and eBPF. Before stepping into program management, she built a strong foundation in community partnerships, member success, and event coordination — including large-scale open source summits with attendance in the thousands. She holds a BBA in Digital Media Management from St. Edward’s University.

Shellea is a Program Coordinator for RISC-V International.