diff --git a/_data/authors.yaml b/_data/authors.yaml
index df64e44d10e..37863343512 100644
--- a/_data/authors.yaml
+++ b/_data/authors.yaml
@@ -566,3 +566,10 @@ eddiecarpenter:
     job_title: "Principal Software Engineer"
     twitter: ""
     bio: "Principal Software Engineer and IT Executive"
+mariofusco:
+  name: "Mario Fusco"
+  email: "mfusco@redhat.com"
+  emailhash: "48dfeef188c592772a5a0bcbdea7b7df"
+  job_title: "Senior Principal Software Engineer"
+  twitter: "mariofusco"
+  bio: "Senior Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat ~ Java Champion ~ Open source advocate ~ Frequent speaker ~ @jugmilano coordinator ~ Drools project lead at RedHat ~ Pragmatic dreamer ~ Europeist"