Staff

Dan Kohn

General Manager

Dan launched LFPH in July 2020 and leads it as the general manager.

Over the previous four years, Dan served as executive director of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, which sustains and integrates open source technologies like Kubernetes and Prometheus. He previously helped create and launch the Linux Foundation’s Core Infrastructure Initiative as an industry-wide response to the security vulnerabilities demonstrated by Heartbleed.

He earlier served as CTO of several startups, including Spreemo, a healthcare marketplace, and Shopbeam, a shoppable ads company. Earlier, he was a general partner at Skymoon Ventures, a seed-stage venture capital firm that created startups in semiconductors and telecom infrastructure.

Dan helped manage a number of telecoms firms controlled by Craig McCaw and started his career as founder and CEO of NetMarket, one of the first Internet companies. In 1994, he led the development of the first music store on the web, conducting the first secure commercial transaction after building the first web shopping cart. When not traveling, Dan lives in Manhattan with his wife and two sons.

Chris Abraham

Web Engineering Manager

Chris is a PMP-certified technology leader with a consistent record at getting the most out of software teams. He has managed projects for clients such as Samsung and MetLife in addition to distributed blockchain development teams like the Aragon DAC. Chris has been developing mobile and web applications for over 20 years and has been working with The Linux Foundation since May 2018. He holds a Systems Design Engineering degree from the University of Waterloo.

David A. Wheeler

Director of Open Source Supply Chain Security

David is an expert on open source software (OSS) and on developing secure software. His works on OSS include “Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS)? Look at the Numbers!“, “How to Evaluate OSS/FS Programs“, “Publicly Releasing Open Source Software Developed for the U.S. Government”, and “Open Source Software is Commercial”. He also helped develop the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) policy on OSS. His works on developing secure software include “Secure Programming HOWTO” and “Fully Countering Trusting Trust through Diverse Double-Compiling (DDC)“. Other works of his include “Software Inspection: An Industry Best Practice” and “Ada 95: The Lovelace Tutorial“.

David is the Director of Open Source Supply Chain Security at the Linux Foundation and teaches graduate courses in developing secure software at George Mason University (GMU). David has a PhD in Information Technology, a Master’s in Computer Science, a certificate in Information Security, and a B.S. in Electronics Engineering, all from George Mason University (GMU), and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). He lives in Northern Virginia.

Jenny Wanger

Head of Implementer’s Forum

As a co-founder and leader of the TCN Coalition, Jenny built a community of people trying to safely reopen the economy through privacy-preserving applications of technologies. She is now working with a variety of organizations focused on exposure notification to make sure that the technology is as effective as possible without infringing on our civil liberties.

Before that Jenny spent the past several years growing the SpotHero consumer product management organization.

With 7+ years of product management experience, Jenny has had the privilege of working on a variety of products, from APIs and two-sided marketplaces to services and experiences. Throughout all of it, user-centered design has informed her approach. Using agile product development strategies, she combines quantitative and qualitative research to get the right data before committing to build.

As a public speaker, Jenny focuses on practical ways in which product managers can improve their craft. She prides herself on sharing actionable advice that can help others improve how they do their jobs. She is a regular guest blogger on Mind the Product and occasionally writes for other sites as well.

T. E. Shaw

Partnerships and Developer Relations

T. E. discovers and develops extraordinary young (8+) talent, following a program, which he developed and refined for over 40 years, which includes a classical 1920s Sam Mussabini/Dr. Theodore Stephanides inspired style of coaching and tutoring.

He co-founded and co-runs the Aux Group of companies in Scotland, England, the Netherlands, Germany and Bulgaria, currently employing over 150 and working in the area of digital transformation and digital products.

T. E. supports aspiring founders and C-level leaders with development of ideas, transfer of business objectives into technology objectives and corporate development topics such as governance, strategy and tactics, talent scouting, development and retention, diversity and digital product delivery within political, technical and social contexts.

He dedicates 20-40% of his time to teaching (pro bono publico)—both in primary schools such as the Freie Comenius Schule (in Darmstadt, Germany) and the Dr. E. Boekmanschool (in Amsterdam, the Netherlands), where he teaches technology to pupils age 8-12; as well as supporting the TCN Coalition and the Linux Foundation Public Health with scouting topics.

Taylor Waggoner

Senior Operations Analyst

Taylor is a Senior Operations Analyst for LFPH.  She is responsible for membership operations and program management.

With more than 10 years of operations experience, she comes to The Linux Foundation from Jive Software, where she managed the professional services partner program and various internal projects. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from the University of Oregon.