Isaac Chute joined RISC-V International in March 2023 as a Director of Software Ecosystem, RISC-V. He comes to us with over 20 years experience in the UNIX, Storage and Linux spaces. Isaac led Red Hat’s Engineering Partner Management team for over a decade during which time he worked with the partner community to enable new hardware platforms to run Red Hat Enterprise Linux, such as x86, PPC, s390 and Arm. He also helped Red Hat to expand its engineering engagements with the major cloud and telco vendors. During his free time Isaac plays the Highland Bagpipes as well as singing opera.