Neel Chauhan

Neel Chauhan is a highly skilled software engineer with extensive experience in backend development and data analytics, currently employed at Microsoft as a Software Engineer for Viva Insights. Contributions to open-source projects include maintaining RPM packages for Fedora Project, enhancing documentation for Rocky Linux, and co-maintaining LineageOS for the Pixel 7. Neel has been a core contributor and relay operator for The Tor Project, developing various features and proposals, while also serving as a Ports Committer for FreeBSD, focusing on the GNOME desktop environment. Previous roles include CEO and System Administrator at Qeru Systems, LLC, managing VPS hosting services, and a software engineer intern at CacheCash, where Neel developed a protocol simulator. Academic credentials include a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from New York University - Polytechnic School of Engineering.