Eric Herman
Eric Herman, Principal Developer Booking.com, joined the Foundation board of directors in May 2015, and was elected chair in November 2016. Prior to Booking.com, Eric worked for MySQL and Sun from 2004 through 2009. Eric remains an active member and contributor to the MariaDB/MySQL ecosystem, as well as contributing to other Free Software projects. For fun, Eric enjoys designing electronics, embedded programming, campfire cooking, brewing beer, and collaborating on all sorts of do-it-yourself projects.