Magma strives to operate under an open governance model that encourages contribution and participation from all interested organizations and developers. Technical decisions are made by technical contributors and a representative Technical Steering Committee, as detailed in the project Technical Charter. The community is committed to diversity, openness, and encouraging new contributors and leaders to rise up.
Governance
Overview
Technical Steering Committee
The Technical Steering Committee (TSC) is comprised of 8 members who are responsible for architectural decisions and making final decisions if the Committers cannot come to an agreement. The TSC will will develop and approve additional governance rules and procedures for the project, as detailed in the Technical Charter.
The exact size and model for the TSC may evolve over time based on the needs and growth of the project, but the governing body will always be committed to openness, diversity and the principle that technical decisions are made by technical contributors.
Any individual may hold multiple roles simultaneously such as being a Maintainer and a member of the TC.
Magma Core Foundation Technical Steering Committee Members
Jordan Vrtanoski
Chief Architect at Connect 5G, TSC ChairSenior technical leader with more than 25 years of experience in various leadership positions. Proven ability to manage the most challenging digital transformation programs. Creating relationships as a trusted consultant to CXO level. In-depth knowledge of technology and DevOps processes. Always looking for a high impact technical role to build winning teams and addressing technical challenges.
James R. Blakley
Carnegie Mellon University Living Edge Lab (retired)Jim has over 40 years of experience in the computing and communications industries. Throughout his career at Bell Labs, AT&T, Lucent, Intel, and Carnegie Mellon University, he has focused on the commercialization of emerging technologies at the intersection of media processing, networking, human interaction, and global distributed computing. In 2025, he retired from the CMU Living Edge Lab, where he worked with the world’s leading experts to explore the frontiers of edge computing. He loves to find real and valuable applications for new technologies – starting with his early work at Bell Labs in speech technologies through intelligent network services, software defined networks, server virtualization, cloud computing, video and artificial intelligence to his current work in edge computing. While keeping his technology edge, he has led organizations from small product development and product management teams to entire business units and has a passion for applying systems engineering and business strategy to taking technologies across the chasm.
Lucas Gonze
Security Technical Program ManagerLucas Gonze is a technical program manager with a career-long engagement in open source. Infosec projects he has contributed to include OWASP, OpenSSF, OpenChain, and pin-github-action. Other open-source projects he has contributed to include fbjs, Storybook, XSPF / Xiph, CHAOSS, Merico Build, and The COVID Tracking Project. His work advising open-source program offices at corporate clients includes New Relic, Toyota, eBay, and Meta.
Micky Kumar
FreelancerMicky Kumar, an enthusiastic Software Engineer based in Toronto, Ontario, brings a blend of dedication, meticulous attention to detail, and strong organizational prowess to every project. With a passion for learning and growth, Micky consistently seeks opportunities to contribute to team success. With extensive experience, Micky has demonstrated expertise in a range of technical skills including proficiency in tools like Rebaca Abot and Spirent, analytical tools such as PowerBI and Tableau, and database management with MYSQL and Postgres. With a track record of successful project implementations and a commitment to continuous improvement,Micky Kumar stands as a dynamic and capable professional in the field of software engineering.
Nitin Rajput
CEO, CORAN LABSNitin Rajput is the CEO of CoRAN Labs, a telecom developer specializing in 5G, Open RAN, and cloud-native networks. Nitin has led teams building next-generation core and RAN solutions like xFAPI, HEXAeBPF, and QORE, focusing on interoperable Open RAN, eBPF-based network acceleration and post-quantum security. He has contributed to various open-source communities like OAI, Magma India, NGKore, ORAN-SC, Crossplane, etc. Nitin is a Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKA/CKS), Nitin is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of cloud-native telecom infrastructure.
Som Sikdar
Yogesh Pandey
Associate Technical Director at WavelabsYogesh Pandey started carrier in datacom domain and have contributed towards development of networking protocols and integrating stack on various platforms. Have experience working on the mobile backhaul solutions and LTE stack for the picocells. Involved with magma community for almost 2 years & contributed towards AGW modules like AMF, sessiond and pipelined targeting for the 5G SA solutions. Having an industry experience of around 16+ years.