Doug Hellmann

Doug Hellmann is a distinguished engineer at Red Hat, focusing on building an open-source AI stack and leading productization efforts for RHEL AI and RHOAI. With extensive experience in the Python community since 1998, serving as a fellow and communications director for the Python Software Foundation, Hellmann has also contributed significantly to OpenStack project governance and cross-project initiatives. Previous roles include senior cloud engineer at DreamHost, OpenStack contributor at Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, and senior software engineer at Racemi, among others. Hellmann holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of South Carolina.