Rama Bhimanadhuni is a Principal Engineering Leader at Microsoft Azure Hardware and Infrastructure Group. He and his team hocus on New Product Introduction (NPI) SKU RAS and Azure Fleet hardware quality. Rama’s primary focus is on productizing RAS technology roadmaps and spearheading strategic initiatives through collaborative partnerships with industry stakeholders. Additionally, he co-founded and co-leads the OCP – Hardware Fault Management Workstream, driving efforts to advocate scalable solutions that enhance Hardware Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability.  He also holds 12 patents on RAS, Firmware and Management technologies.

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Corporate Vice President, General Manager, Data Center and AI Product Management, Intel Corporation

Dr. Zane A. Ball is a Corporate Vice President and General Manager of the Data Center and AI (DCAI) Product Management Group. DCAI Product Management is responsible for end-to-end stewardship of DCAI’s systems, SW, CPU, GPU, and custom product line through the entirety of the product lifecycle.  Prior to his product management role, Ball was CVP and GM of platform engineering and architecture for Intel’s data center business.  Ball has also served as Co-GM of Intel’s foundry effort as a VP in the Technology and Manufacturing group and VP of the Client Computing Group including roles as GM of the desktop client business and as GM of global customer engineering.

Ball has a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, and Ph.D. in electrical engineering, all earned from Rice University.  He also holds six patents in high-speed electrical design.