Michael is an evangelist for open ecosystems to accelerate data center HW and SW deployments. With over a decade in x86/Arm system integration, virtualization, and SaaS- he offers valuable customer insights to product and R&D teams developing AI Inferencing infrastructure and rack management solutions. His leadership has helped companies generate billions of dollars with data center solutions, from silicon to cluster management software, by bringing out the best talent and ideas across multidisciplinary teams within start-up and corporate environments. At Astera Labs, he leads Ecosystem Marketing, including interop testing and software development for ecosystem partners. His work is crucial for AI factories and hyperscalers developing PCIe, CXL, Ethernet, UALink, and NVLink connectivity for AI infrastructure. He has a strong track record in agile development, having architected CI/CD solutions with Kubernetes infrastructure to support cloud-native AI applications and data platforms, driving significant growth in the AI and Cloud infrastructure market.