THE LINUX FOUNDATION PROJECTS

DPDK Member Organizations

DPDK (Data Plane Development Kit) is comprised of a robust community of member organizations committed to enabling accessible fast packet processing to help move the networking industry forward. Join your industry peers in helping build and shape the DPDK ecosystem, its use cases and applications, as we usher in the next evolution of innovative network solutions. For all membership-related questions, including applying, joining, and associated benefits, please email support@dpdk.org.

This email is chiefly for member operational support – for example: member benefits inquiries, billing questions, changing membership contacts, changing a member’s logo, or subscribing to the DPDK newsletter. For all technical questions concerning the DPDK stack, please email dev@dpdk.org.

Gold Members

Silver Members

Associate Members

DPDK Governance

DPDK Governing Board

A Governing Board which deals with budget, marketing, lab resources, administrative, legal and licensing issues. The Governing Board consists of these representatives:

  • Keesang Song (AMD) – Treasurer
  • Jyotsna Chitri (Arm)
  • Niklas Widell (Ericsson)
  • Tim O’Driscoll (Intel) – Chair
  • Prasun Kapoor (Marvell)
  • Jerin Jacob (Marvell) – Tech Rep to Governing Board, 7/1/26-9/30/26
  • Greg Cusanza (Microsoft)
  • Asaf Penso (Nvidia)
  • Suchit Lepcha (NXP)
  • Ian Jolliffe (Red Hat) – Vice Chair
  • Wang Yong (ZTE)

DPDK Technical Board

A Technical Board which deals with technical issues including approval of new sub-projects, deprecating old sub-projects, and resolution of technical disputes. The Technical Board consists of these representatives:

  • Aaron Conole (RedHat) – Testing Leader
  • Bruce Richardson (Intel)
  • Hemant Agrawal (NXP)
  • Jerin Jacob (Marvell) – Tech Rep to Governing Board, 7/1/26-9/30/26
  • Kevin Traynor (RedHat)
  • Konstantin Ananyev (Huawei)
  • Maxime Coquelin (RedHat)
  • Morten Brørup (SmartShare Systems)
  • Stephen Hemminger
  • Thomas Monjalon (Mellanox/NVIDIA) – Lead Maintainer

DPDK Project Maintainers

Each project on dpdk.org has its own maintenance process.

The main DPDK project has a list of maintainers and a Technical Board.

DPDK Project Staff

DPDK is also supported by Linux Foundation staff and other community leaders who are invested in the project’s success.

  • Nathan Southern (Linux Foundation) – Project Coordinator
  • Evi Harmon (Linux Foundation) – Events Manager
  • Ben Thomas (Linux Foundation) – Marketing/PR Manager
  • Lincoln Lavoie ( UNH IoL) – Community Lab Manager