Open Compute Project CEO and leadership

Haylock brings more than 15 years of experience in global customer relations and business development for IBM, including creative solution design for ''Internet of Things'' applications and service-related solutions for enterprise, medical and consumer industries. She was also responsible for Technical Support Services and growing the Managed Vendor Support Services (MVSS) market share across new industries including IOT, Enterprise, Medical and Retail. Prior to her work at IBM, Ms. Haylock was a technical sales engineer for Texas Instruments in their Semiconductor Group. She earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, with a minor in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Ms. Haylock will be responsible for managing relationships with the community as well as the processes for membership, collaboration and governance. And she will serve as the main driver of collaboration and innovation for the OCP community within the Incubation Committee, which reviews and approves all new specifications which are submitted to the OCP Foundation and the nine project groups. “We are thrilled to welcome Archna to serve in this important role and build on the momentum OCP has created as the leading community of technology leaders working together to break open the black box of proprietary IT infrastructure to achieve greater choice, customization, and cost savings” stated Rocky Bullock, OCP’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Bill Carter has 35 years of experience in a variety of architecture, engineering and product management roles. He has led server and workstation design and validation teams; provided consulting services to data center operators around the globe; and is a respected subject matter expert on product design, data center design, energy efficiency and operations optimization. He brings broad industry experience and technical depth to the foundation and has provided vision and leadership to the open hardware community.

Haylock brings more than 15 years of experience in global customer relations and business development for IBM, including creative solution design for ''Internet of Things'' applications and service-related solutions for enterprise, medical and consumer industries. She was also responsible for Technical Support Services and growing the Managed Vendor Support Services (MVSS) market share across new industries including IOT, Enterprise, Medical and Retail. Prior to her work at IBM, Ms. Haylock was a technical sales engineer for Texas Instruments in their Semiconductor Group. She earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, with a minor in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Ms. Haylock will be responsible for managing relationships with the community as well as the processes for membership, collaboration and governance. And she will serve as the main driver of collaboration and innovation for the OCP community within the Incubation Committee, which reviews and approves all new specifications which are submitted to the OCP Foundation and the nine project groups. “We are thrilled to welcome Archna to serve in this important role and build on the momentum OCP has created as the leading community of technology leaders working together to break open the black box of proprietary IT infrastructure to achieve greater choice, customization, and cost savings” stated Rocky Bullock, OCP’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Bill Carter has 35 years of experience in a variety of architecture, engineering and product management roles. He has led server and workstation design and validation teams; provided consulting services to data center operators around the globe; and is a respected subject matter expert on product design, data center design, energy efficiency and operations optimization. He brings broad industry experience and technical depth to the foundation and has provided vision and leadership to the open hardware community.