Information on the TAC Vice-Chair Role

The TAC will elect from amongst voting TAC members a Vice-Chair.  The TAC shall hold elections to select a Vice-Chair annually; there are no limits on the number of terms a Vice-Chair may serve. 

Responsibilities

The Vice-Chair will support the TAC Chair.

The Vice-Chair will represent the TAC when the TAC Chair is not available unless another delegation has been made explicitly. 

Election Mechanics

How to nominate yourself

The election process occurs in two phases; the Nomination phase, and the Election phase.

Self Nomination Phase

Individuals interested in running for this position must update this wiki page with their biography and statement of intent on why you would be a good person to hold this position.

The nomination phase starting Feb 18, 2026   and will conclude on Mar 4, 2026 17:00 PDT. 

Election Phase

If there are multiple nominees: A Condorcet election will be initiated by the LF using a rank choiced voting.  All TAC members will receive an invitation to vote. In the case of multiple candidates the timing is as follows:

• The election phase will begin on with the distribution of the OpaVote poll via email

• The election phase will end four (4) full business days later in the same time zone the poll was initiated from (typically PDT).

Name: Fatih E. NAR

Company: Red Hat

Short Biography: Fatih is a Distinguished Chief Architect in the Red Hat CTO Office with significant contributions across the telecom, media, and entertainment sectors spanning multiple geographies, enterprises, and service providers. Before Red Hat, he held key positions at Google, Verizon Wireless, Canonical Ubuntu, and Ericsson, sharpening his expertise in modular, software-centric solutions across complex business and technology challenges.

Fatih holds an MSc in Information Technology, a BSc in Electronics Engineering, and has completed academic and professional studies at both MIT's & Stanford. He is currently enrolled in Purdue University's Doctor of Technology program. Previously he served as AI Chair of the Linux Foundation Networking Technical Advisory Council. His thought leadership includes the widely read Open xG HyperCore & Enterprise AI article series on Medium where he collaborates with subject matter experts and technologists worldwide.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fenar/

Statement of Intent: To advance open, community-driven open-source frameworks for networking, observability with cloud & applied ai/ml through collaborative applied work that delivers measurable real-world value. Relevant work: GitHub - Open-Experiments/

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