Staff

Ibrahim Haddad (Ph.D.) is the Executive Director of the LF AI & Data Foundation. Prior to the Linux Foundation, Haddad served as Vice President of R&D and Head of the Open Source Division at Samsung Electronics. Throughout his career, Haddad has held several technology and portfolio management roles at Ericsson Research, the Open Source Development Lab, Motorola, Palm and Hewlett-Packard. He graduated with Honors from Concordia University (Montréal, Canada) with a Ph.D. in Computer Science, where he was awarded the J. W. McConnell Memorial Graduate Fellowship and the Concordia University 25th Anniversary Fellowship.

Jacqueline Serafin is a Program Manager for LF AI & Data Foundation that supports and sustains open source innovation in artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, and data. She is an accomplished professional highly regarded for establishing strong alliances with clients, teammates, and industry leaders. Successful in implementing scalable programs to drive growth. Well organized, demonstrating self-motivation and perseverance, with the aptitude to achieve organizational and personal goals.

Jacqueline as previously worked in roles with a focus on program management, marketing, business development, and partner management. She started her career at AT&T within their Enterprise Business segment, followed by time in the start up space with TripIt, later acquired by Concur and SAP.

She graduated with a BSBA in Marketing and International Business from The University of Arizona. In her free time she is active in her local community with advocacy work, loves to travel, and enjoys spending as much as time as possible outdoors with her family and friends.

John Mertic is the Technical Programs Director for the LF AI & Data Foundation that supports and sustains open source innovation in artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, and data. Under his leadership, he has helped ASWF, LF Energy, ODPi, Open Mainframe Project, and R Consortium accelerate open source innovation and transform industries. John has an open source career spanning two decades, both as a contributor to projects such as SugarCRM and PHP, and in open source leadership roles at SugarCRM, OW2, and OpenSocial. With an extensive open source background, he is a regular speaker at various Linux Foundation and other industry trade shows each year. John is also an avid writer and has authored two books “The Definitive Guide to SugarCRM: Better Business Applications” and “Building on SugarCRM” as well as published articles on IBM Developerworks, Apple Developer Connection, and PHP Architect.