Nominee’s bio (and/or LinkedIn profile)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/pierluigiventre

How long have been working in the ONOS community?

I started deploying ONOS as user from its early releases in 2014. I have been actively working on ONOS from 2015 in the context of several EC projects. 

What contributions have you made in the past to the ONOS community?

I have been involved in the developements of several NB applications: ICONA, GEANT SDX-L2, GEANT SDX-L3 and VPLS. Since 2016, with the start of my internship at ONF, I started contributing to the Trellis project and to the entire ONOS codebase. 

What are you actively working on in ONOS?

I am actively working on SD-Fabric project  

Why do you feel you would be a good candidate for this position?

I believe for the experience that I gained from working in field deployments which allowed me to dive into ONOS codebase and know ONOS internals

Are there any changes you would like to bring to the community if elected into this position?

I would like to see more involvements for our operators partners to make sure that the ONOS platform can reach quickly the maturity for the field deployments