Sarah Sharp

Winner of the first annual Red Hat Women in Open Source Community Award in 2015, Sage Sharp (formerly Sarah Sharp) is an American software engineer recognized for efforts in improving communications and inviting women into open source communities. Sharp also received the 2016 O'Reilly Open Source Award for accomplishments in the open source community.

Sharp began working on the Linux kernel in 2006 as an undergraduate at Portland State University, later continuing through an Intel undergraduate research grant. Their contributions to the kernel include writing and maintaining its USB 3.0 driver, and serving on the Linux Foundation's Technical Advisory Board for two years. In 2015, Sharp recommended that the Linux project adopt a code of conduct for developers; Linus Torvalds adopted a "code of conflict" instead. Sharp stepped down from direct kernel work in October 2015, citing the abrasive communication style and abusive commentary of the maintainer community.

Sharp served as a volunteer co-coordinator of the Outreachy project and led a team contributing to the Linux kernel for the project's June 2013 internships. Through their consultancy Otter Tech LLC, they worked with Outreachy in a paid capacity, providing code of conduct enforcement training and incident response workshops.