Yash Mankad

Yash Mankad is a Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat since June 2015, where responsibilities include serving as Group Product Owner for the Virtualization technical area in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and currently leading productization efforts for Confidential Computing. Previously held roles include Senior Software Engineer and Product Owner for RHEL Virtualization, where strategic focus was on various virtualization products, and Software Engineer for virtualization, continuous integration, and automation. In addition, Yash serves as the Vice Chair of the Technical Advisory Council at the Confidential Computing Consortium and has been involved with organizations such as The CentOS Project. Earlier experience includes internships at CableLabs, Virtela Technology Services, Comcast, and Tata Consultancy Services. Yash holds a Master of Science in Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications from the University of Colorado Boulder, along with a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering.