Gavin Ferris
Chief Executive Officer at CommonAI C.I.C.
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolGavin Ferris is a technology executive and founder with a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge and four years of post-degree experience leading mission-driven engineering organisations. He has served as CEO of lowRISC CIC and now leads CommonAI C.I.C., while also co-founding the CHERI Alliance to advance secure, open hardware and software architectures. Gavin combines academic rigor with operational leadership, translating research-grade ideas into community-focused open-source initiatives and governance. Based in Cambridge, he is known for steering collaborative, non-profit tech projects that bridge hardware security research and practical engineering adoption. Though early in his leadership tenure, his trajectory shows a focus on long-term, open infrastructure impact rather than short-term commercial gains.
4 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of Cambridge
Github Skills (2)
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (1)
lowRISC/opentitan
Dec 2021 - Jun 2022
OpenTitan: Open source silicon root of trust
Contributions:3 reviews in 5 months
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