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Green Software Foundation

Governance & Leadership

The Green Software Foundation is an accredited nonprofit under the Joint Development Foundation, part of the Linux Foundation family. Our governance is transparent, member-driven, and consensus-based.

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How we're structured

The Steering Committee provides strategic direction and fiduciary oversight, while our working groups and committees drive the standards and initiatives that move the industry towards a sustainable future.

Linux Foundation
Joint Development Foundation
Green Software Foundation
Steering Committee / Board
Working Groups
Software Standards WG Hardware Standards WG Policy WG
Committees
Green AI Developer Relations
Staff

Day-to-day operations

Environment Variables CXO Bytes Carbon Hack Summit Champions

Visit the Member Directory for a full list of projects, working groups, and committees.

Steering Committee / Board

The Steering Committee is the primary governing body of the Green Software Foundation. Members are selected by Steering Member organisations and are responsible for strategic direction, fiduciary oversight, budget approval, and ratification of working group deliverables.

Gadhu Sundaram
Chair

Gadhu Sundaram

Vice President

NTT DATA

Christopher Liljenstolpe

Christopher Liljenstolpe

Data Center Architecture & Sustainability

Cisco

Vinjosh Varghese

Vinjosh Varghese

Data engineer

UBS

Yusuke Kobayashi

Yusuke Kobayashi

Senior Manager, R&D / Green Innovation

NTT DATA

Carolin Rubner

Carolin Rubner

Head of Research Group

Siemens

Navveen Balani

Navveen Balani

Managing Director and Chief Technologist- Technology Sustainability Innovation

Accenture

Sanjay Podder

Sanjay Podder

Managing Director at Accenture

Accenture

Ben Logan

Ben Logan

Global Technology Lead

UBS

Our Team

The foundation's staff run day-to-day operations and report to the Steering Committee.

Asim Hussain

Asim Hussain

Executive Director

Green Software Foundation

Gosia Fricze

Gosia Fricze

Communications Manager

Green Software Foundation

Jabari George

Jabari George

Hardware Standards Technical Editor

Green Software Foundation

Jamie Cowan

Jamie Cowan

Head of Partnerships

Green Software Foundation

Jenya Saprykina

Jenya Saprykina

Brand Designer

Green Software Foundation

Joseph Cook

Joseph Cook

Head of Research

Green Software Foundation

Kirsty Bryant

Kirsty Bryant

Senior Project Manager

Green Software Foundation

Liene Kalniņa

Liene Kalniņa

Operations Assistant

Green Software Foundation

Russ Trow

Russ Trow

Operations Director

Green Software Foundation

Sean Mcilroy

Sean Mcilroy

Program Director

Green Software Foundation

Stephanie Stocker

Stephanie Stocker

Executive Assistant

Green Software Foundation

Todd Moore

Todd Moore

SVP Community Operations

Green Software Foundation

Chairs & Project Leads

These are the people driving the initiatives at the Green Software Foundation — chairing working groups, committees, and projects, and moving the industry forward towards a sustainable future.

Gadhu Sundaram
Steering Committee (Chair)

Gadhu Sundaram

Vice President

NTT DATA

Christopher Liljenstolpe
Hardware Standards Working Group (Chair)

Christopher Liljenstolpe

Data Center Architecture & Sustainability

Cisco

Navveen Balani
Software Carbon Intensity for Artificial intelligence (SCI for AI) (Lead) Software Carbon Intensity (SCI) (Lead) Software Carbon Intensity Guide (Lead) Software Standards Working Group (Chair) Software Energy Efficiency (SEE) (Lead) Impact Framework (Lead)

Navveen Balani

Managing Director and Chief Technologist- Technology Sustainability Innovation

Accenture

Franziska Warncke
Green Software Patterns (Lead)

Franziska Warncke

Technical Consultant

NTT DATA

Liya Mathew
Green Software Patterns (Lead)

Liya Mathew

Site Reliability Engineer

Goldman Sachs

Henry Richardson
Software Standards Working Group (Chair) Software Carbon Intensity (SCI) (Lead) Software Carbon Intensity for Artificial intelligence (SCI for AI) (Lead) Software Energy Efficiency (SEE) (Lead)

Henry Richardson

Senior Analyst

WattTime

Sarah Hsu
Green Software Practitioner (Lead)

Sarah Hsu

Site Reliability Engineer

Goldman Sachs

Jonathan Turnbull
Steering Committee (Vice Chair)

Jonathan Turnbull

Program Manager

Google

My Truong
Workload Dynamic Power and Cooling (WDPC) (Lead)

My Truong

CTO

ZutaCore

Chris Adams
Software Carbon Intensity for Web (SCI for Web) (Lead) Policy Radar (Lead) Policy Working Group (Chair)

Chris Adams

Director

The Green Web Foundation

Vaughan Knight
Carbon Aware SDK (Lead)

Vaughan Knight

Principle Engineering Manager

Microsoft

Robin Castellon
Carbon Measurement Engine (Carmen) (Lead)

Robin Castellon

Principal QA Engineer

Amadeus

Florent Morel
Carbon Measurement Engine (Carmen) (Lead)

Florent Morel

Head of Green Software Engineering

Amadeus

Pindy Bhullar
Real Time Energy and Carbon Standard for Cloud Providers (RTC) (Co-Lead) Sustainable Organisational Framework for Technology (SOFT) (Lead)

Pindy Bhullar

PhD Researcher / Sustainable IT Consultant

ClimateAction.tech

Srinivasan Rakhunathan
Software Carbon Intensity Guide (Lead) Impact Framework (Lead)

Srinivasan Rakhunathan

Product Manager

Microsoft

Abid Ali
Awesome Green Software (Lead)

Abid Ali

partnerships & fellowships

Digital Emissions

Adrian Cockcroft
Real Time Energy and Carbon Standard for Cloud Providers (RTC) (Lead)

Adrian Cockcroft

Ahmad Antar
Awesome Green Software (Lead)

Ahmad Antar

Executive Director

Digital Emissions

Organisation Leads

Every member organisation has a primary Organisation Lead — the point of contact for people from that organisation who want to get involved with the foundation.

Organisation Lead
Accenture Navveen Balani
Accenture Sanjay Podder
ACIS Jose Alejandro Sanchez
Almaviva Vincenzo Capasso
Amadeus Virginie Corraze
Aveva Kavitha Bhat
Bloomberg Alyssa Wright
Boavizta Eric Fourboul
Chalmers University of Technology Birgit Penzenstadler
Cisco Christopher Liljenstolpe
ClimateAction.tech Melissa Hsiung
Cloud Sustainability Watch Susannah Hill
Code from Finland Janne Kalliola
Concordia University Shin Hwei Tan
Digital Emissions Ahmad Antar
DXC Shelley Cotterill
EDSP ECO Jeroen Spaander
Electricity Maps Ryan Sholin
Energy Web Daniyal Ajdadi
Envite Konrad Pfeilsticker
German Informatics Society Nikolas Becker
GitHub Paull Young
GitLab Kim Buncle
Globant Mariana Ramirez
Goldman Sachs Sarah Hsu
Google Jonathan Turnbull
GovTech Singapore Hunter Nield
Green Software Foundation Asim Hussain
GrUSP Francesco Fullone
HARC Dr. Carlos Gamarra
IBM Tamar Eilam
Indian Institute of Management Mumbai Hema Date
Infocomm Media Development Authority Charlene Wong
Interfima Anastasios Avranas
International Institute of Information Technology Karthik Vaidhyanathan
Leaders for Climate Action Timo Müller
Linnaeus University Mauro Caporuscio
Manchester Metropolitan University Michael Bane
Mastercard Erik Lueders
Metropolitan Police Johnny Wolf
mondragon.edu Miren Illarramendi
Nomura Research Institute, Ltd Tsuyoshi Minam
NTT DATA Gadhu Sundaram
NTT DATA Yusuke Kobayashi
OpenUK Amanda Brock
Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Jared Temanson
Responsible AI Nicole McCaffrey
Schneider Electric Juan Ignacio Rubio
Schneider Electric Hervé Guirado
Sentry Bertrand Martin
Shell Adam Jordan
Siemens Carolin Rubner
Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance Inky Vos
Texas State University Ziliang Zong
The Explorers Olivier Chiabodo
The Green Web Foundation Chris Adams
Thoughtworks Lisa Mcnally
Time for the Planet Ivan Communod
UBS Vinjosh Varghese
UBS Ben Logan
UCL Ivana Drobnjak
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Javier Soriano
Università degli Studi dell'Aquila Henry Muccini
University of Bristol Daniel Schien
University of Edinburgh Emma Horrell
University of Huddersfield Richard Hill
University of Limerick Colin Venters
University of Salento Roberto Vergallo
Virtasant Dean Bosche
WattTime Henry Richardson
ZutaCore My Truong

Legal & Registration

The Green Software Foundation is a nonprofit registered under the Joint Development Foundation, with the Linux Foundation serving as fiscal sponsor. We are not a direct-service nonprofit.

EIN

47-1122212

Fiscal Sponsor

The Linux Foundation

548 Market St, PMB 57274, San Francisco, California

Registered Address

3500 South Dupont Highway, Suite AA101, Dover, DE 19901

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