OpenJDK Ecosystem

As the Community Manager for Eclipse Adoptium, Carmen brings a wealth of experience in project, operations, and financial management across various industries to help Adoptium working group members achieve their goals and objectives. Her background includes successful terms in healthcare, pharma, fintech, and tech startups. Additionally, she actively contributes to Step4ward, a mentoring program in Spain, demonstrating her commitment to fostering diversity and inclusion in the tech world. 

Simon Ritter is the Deputy CTO of Azul.  Simon joined Sun Microsystems in 1996 and spent time working in both Java development and consultancy.  He has been presenting Java technologies to developers since 1999 focusing on the core Java platform as well as client and embedded applications.  At Azul, he continues to help people understand Java and AzulÕs JVM products.   
 
Simon is a Java Champion and two-time recipient of the JavaOne Rockstar award.  In addition, he represents Azul on the JCP Executive Committee, the OpenJDK Vulnerability Group as well as the JSR Expert Group since Java SE 9. 

Richard Fichtner is the Principal Software Architect at XDEV Software GmbH, with over 20 years of experience in the software industry. He works at the intersection of business and technology, contributing to the open-source community through projects like RapidClipse (https://www.rapidclipse.com) and advocating for best practices in Apache Maven. Richard is passionate about sharing knowledge on Java technologies, making him a frequent conference speaker.

He leads the Java User Group Oberpfalz, co-organizes the JCON conferences (https://jcon.one), and has been recognized as a Java Champion, Oracle ACE Pro, IBM Champion and Vaadin Champion. With a Master of Science in Applied Computer Science, his expertise spans Java, clean code, cloud technologies, and pragmatic development practices, focusing on improving developer productivity through cloud solutions.

Richard enjoys relaxing by a campfire and listening to/playing country music in his spare time.

Tobi Ajila is a Java Runtime developer at IBM for the OpenJ9 team. He is based in Ottawa, Canada. In the past, he has worked on Interpreter optimizations, JVMTI enhancements, and more. He also collaborates with the broader Java community on various OpenJDK projects. Currently, his main focus is investigating checkpoint/restore and JFR technologies.