More information on the LFN Governing Board Member Committers Representative can be found here.

Eligible candidates:

• Candidates must be active committers to at least one LFN project. 

• Candidates can self-nominate, or be nominated by other community members. In the latter case, candidates must accept the nomination before the election is conducted.

• Candidates must be an active committer to an LFN project which differs from the LFN project that the currently servicing LGBMCR is an active committer of.

• There is a single (1) LGBMCR seat on the Governing Board.

• The 2024 LGBMCR was from the Anuket community.

All Self-Nominations will take place from Jan 30, 2025  to  Feb 27, 2025  at 5pm PT.

Voting will take place via OpaVote  at the conclusion of the self-nomination period and will last 2 weeks.

Please copy and complete the template below to self-nominate for the LFN Governing Board Committer Representative. 

Name:

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Representative Group: (Nephio, ODL, ONAP, FD.io, etc)

Short Biography:

Statement of Intent: 

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Name: Muddasar Ahmed

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Representative Group: 5G Super Blueprint

Short Biography:

Muddasar Ahmed, a graduate of The George Washington University, and currently a Principal Architect at MITRE, brings over 20 years of IT experience to the LFN Governing Board. His background as a developer, tester, system and solution integrator, service architect, and management advisor provides him with a well-rounded perspective. As a Vice Chair of the TAC, he is actively engaged in advancing LFN's Quality and Security Goals and the AI Task Force.

Muddasar has a strong track record of supporting security hardening and process improvement, as demonstrated by his work with ONAP SECCOM on initiatives such as Security Logging, Software Bill of Materials, and Technical Debt Management. His experience as a delivery lead in Cisco incubation labs, where he developed revenue-generating multi-vendor technology solutions for service providers, showcases his ability to create innovative solutions. Muddasar's contributions to the Super Blueprint Community, including the development of an agile delivery model and a template for necessary solution information, highlight his commitment to improving industry solutions. Furthermore, Muddasar is actively working on the Lab in a Box package to streamline the recreation of SBP solutions.

Muddasar also contributes to improving standards, supporting the inclusion of key issues and solutions in Technical Specs within 3GPP, ORAN Alliance, and ETSI. As a founding member of the team that developed FiGHT, a 5G threat model, he demonstrates his dedication to addressing emerging security challenges.

Statement of Intent: 

Muddasar's goal is to create an active platform for committers to raise issues and provide feedback to the Board. He will also promote greater openness and collaboration between high-level leadership and technical contributors. Drawing on his experience with the Super Blueprint Community, he will work to enhance the quality and processes for industry solutions.

If elected, Muddasar will focus on fostering a high-performing environment within LFN, balancing the needs of committers with the strategic direction of the Governing Board. Muddasar is committed to improving two-way communication between LFN leadership and the committer communities. He will leverage his expertise to ensure the voices of committers and contributors are heard and that their concerns are addressed.