The Steering Committee guides the strategic direction and governance of the Open Regulatory Compliance Working Group, ensuring that our collective efforts align with the group’s mission to support open source communities in navigating evolving regulatory landscapes. As the governing body of the working group, the Steering Committee sets strategy, defines scope, oversees the specification roadmap, and ensures effective coordination among members. It is responsible for the charter, establishing annual work and financial plans, and providing leadership to advance open specifications and best practices that help organisations meet regulatory requirements, such as the EU Cyber Resilience Act, while sustaining innovation across the open source supply chain.
Steering Committee membership is structured to ensure balanced representation across all membership classes. Each Strategic Member appoints one representative. Participant Members and Foundation Members elect their representatives, with seats allocated proportionally based on the number of members in each tier.
Committee Members
- Timo Perala, Nokia | Co-chair | Alternate: Jonne Soininen
- Dirk-Willem van Gulik, The Apache Software Foundation | Co-chair, Elected Foundation Representative
- Victor Roland, OBEO | Elected Participant Representative
- Roman Zhukov, Red Hat, LLC. | Alternate: Pavel Hruza
- Adrian O’Sullivan, Huawei Technologies Co., LTD.
- Stephen Walli, Microsoft Corp.
Meeting Minutes
Approved minutes are published on the Meeting Minutes page.
Join the Effort
The ORC Steering Committee provides strategic leadership, but the strength of this working group comes from its members. If your organisation is navigating regulatory requirements like the Cyber Resilience Act and wants to help define open, collaborative solutions, we invite you to join us.