Manoj is an Open Source Lead and Committer at IBM, where he leads the development of the Java Compiler in Eclipse, focusing on integrating Java language changes into the compiler and related tools. In parallel, he has represented Eclipse Foundation in the Experts Group for Platform JSRs for multiple Java SE releases and IBM in the Eclipse IDE WG Steering Committee. Manoj holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, and a B-Tech in Computer Science from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Calicut.