Yuan Tang
Yuan is a Senior Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat AI. Previously, he has led AI infrastructure and platform teams at various companies. He holds leadership positions in open source communities, including Argo, Kubeflow, KServe, Kubernetes, and CNCF. He's also a maintainer and author of many popular open source projects. In addition, Yuan authored three technical books as well as numerous papers and patents. He's a frequent conference speaker, technical advisor, leader, and mentor at various organizations.
Session
Open source maintainers are the lifeblood of the cloud-native ecosystem, balancing the rapid pace of technical innovation with the crucial need for project stability and sustainable community growth. Having served in leadership roles for foundational projects like XGBoost, KServe, Kubeflow, Argo, and the Kubernetes, this session moves beyond technical deep-dives to share the hard-won, non-obvious lessons of maintaining and scaling a successful open source project.