Intel's Sarah Sharp and student Kesha Shah recognized for outstanding
achievements in open source communities
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red Hat Summit - Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's
leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that Sarah
Sharp, embedded software architect at Intel, and Kesha Shah, a student
at Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication
Technology, as the winners of its first Women in Open Source Awards. The
winners were announced at Red Hat Summit, the industry's premier open
source technology conference.
The Women in Open Source Awards recognize women who make important
contributions to open source projects and communities or who promote
open source methodologies. The awards recognize open source contributors
in two categories: Community and Academic.
Sharp won in the Community category for her tireless efforts in
improving communications and women's roles in the open source community.
Sharp is a co-coordinator for Outreachy (formerly the Outreach Program
for Women), which helps underrepresented groups get involved in open
source software projects. She is also an outspoken proponent of
improving communications among Linux kernel developers and making open
source communities more civil, collaborative, and welcoming. Sharp was
the author and former maintainer of the Linux USB 3.0 host controller
driver, and developer of amateur rocket software and hardware for the
Portland State Aerospace Society.
Shah, a full-time student, won in the Academic category for her
outstanding coding and mentoring work while studying information and
communication technology. Being part of Google Summer of Code program
multiple times, Shah contributed to three open source organizations,
Systers - an Anita Borg Institute, BRL-CAD and STEPcode. She also
mentored at Season Of KDE, Learn IT Girls! and Google Code-In, helping
pre-university students from across the globe develop their first open
source contributions, and is currently director for Women Who Code in
Gujarat, India. Shah was a recipient of the prestigious Google Anita
Borg Memorial Asia-Pacific Scholarship, and Anita Borg Pass It On winner
for teaching basic computer and smartphone technologies to middle-aged
women, especially mothers in her province. Shah has mentored many
students on their initial open source development contributions and
guided many of them toward becoming regular contributors.
As part of their awards, both Sharp and Shah will each receive a $2,500
stipend and be featured in articles on opensource.com.
Sharp also received complimentary registration, flight, and hotel
accommodations to attend Red Hat Summit, and will speak at a future Red
Hat Women's Leadership Community event.
Ten finalists for the Women in Open Source Awards were chosen by a panel
of nine judges. The winners were determined by members of the open
source community, who cast their votes over a period of several months.
Complete criteria can be found at the Women
in Open Source Awards site.
Supporting Quotes
Sarah Sharp, embedded software architect, Intel
"Most of my career has been dedicated to encouraging women to become
involved in open source software development and fostering greater
collaboration among the open source community as a whole. I'm very
honored my peers have chosen to recognize my efforts in this area, and
proud to be among the first Women in Open Source Award winners."
Kesha Shah, student, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and
Communication Technology
"As someone who's passionate about open source software - and even more
passionate about helping other women break into the field - this
recognition means a great deal to me. I'd like to thank Red Hat and my
peers for honoring my efforts in open source development, and I look
forward to continuing to mentor new open source contributors."
DeLisa Alexander, executive vice president and chief people officer,
Red Hat
"We're thrilled to announce Sarah and Kesha as the first recipients of
the Women in Open Source Awards. Sarah and Kesha epitomize the passion
and talents that women bring to open source communities. Red Hat is
proud to recognize their contributions and will continue to do our part
to bring more women into open source."
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