Jeff Scheel
RISC-V, Director Of Technical Programs at The Linux Foundation
Saline, Michigan, United States
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Top SchoolJeff Scheel is a seasoned technology leader and RISC-V advocate with over three decades of hands-on engineering and program leadership experience, currently directing technical programs at The Linux Foundation. He has a proven track record building and scaling global open-source software initiatives—from growing IBM’s Linux on Power effort from a handful of engineers into a 200+ developer ecosystem to launching PowerLinux and Blue Gene software stacks. Known for bridging deep technical detail with strategic product roadmaps, Jeff excels at mentoring teams, engaging C-suite customers, and shaping industry communities and standards. His expertise spans Linux, virtualization, open-source licensing, and platform enablement, and he has repeatedly driven projects that enabled companies to enter new markets (notably AI/ML on Power). Based in Saline, Michigan, he combines entrepreneurial energy with pragmatic execution and a knack for creating documentation and community tooling that turns internal investments into broad ecosystem growth.
10 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Engineering at University of California, Davis
Github Skills (100)
authentication10
v-model10
risc10
instruction-set10
credentials10
risc-v10
nexus10
trust10
key-management10
openembedded10
identity9
messaging9
simulator9
end-to-end-encryption9
security9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
OpenPOWERFoundation/Docs-Template
Sep 2016 - Jul 2020
Contributions:26 pushes, 3 tags, 3 comments in 3 years 10 months
OpenPOWERFoundation/Docs-Master
Feb 2016 - Jul 2020
Contributions:17 pushes, 1 comment in 4 years 5 months
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