Speaker Bio
Chris Wright is CTO and SVP of Global Engineering at Red Hat. He leads a team that guides
Red Hat’s technology vision, co-creates technologies, and collaboratively implements change to
ensure the success of Red Hat’s ecosystem of associates, customers, communities, and
partners. During his 25+ years as a software engineer and 15+ years as a Linux® developer,
he has worked in Linux security, virtualization, networking, and telecommunications, as well as
high-availability and distributed systems. Since 2022, he has also served as a board director for
the IOWN Global Forum.