Arun Gupta is vice president and general manager of Open Ecosystem Initiatives at Intel. He has been an open source strategist, advocate, and practitioner for over two decades. He has taken companies such as Apple, Amazon, and Sun Microsystems through systemic changes to embrace open source principles, contribute and collaborate effectively in open source. As two-time elected chair of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Governing Board, Arun works with CNCF leadership and member companies to grow the cloud native ecosystem.

He is also the elected Governing Board Chair of the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) focused on securing the open source software ecosystem. He also participates on the Linux Foundation Governing Board. Arun has delivered technical talks in 50+ countries, authored multiple books published by McGraw Hill and O'Reilly, and is a Docker Captain, Java Champion, and Java User Group leader. He is a fitness and kindness enthusiast, practices mindfulness, and is passionate about promoting technology education among children.