Nadezhda Ivanova A Software Engineer with more than 10 years experience, with particular interest in the implementation of network protocols and applications in Linux and Linux-based operating systems. She began her career as a developer of network protocols for the embedded operating system of network devices. Later joined in the development of a Linux-based MS Exchange compatible mail server, which led to her interest and involvement in the Samba4 DS project in 2008. A Samba Team member since 2009, she has been part of the development of LDAP functionality for Samba4, most prominently in the area of authorization. Currently a Software Engineer at Symas Corporation, working on the OpenLDAP and Samba4 projects.