Fawad is the co-founder & CTO of Chkk, where he is building a proactive approach to availability. This approach enables you to learn from others' operational experiences and mistakes using Collective Learning. Before Chkk, he helped build and scale Amazon EKS and was responsible for networking and availability. And prior to AWS, he enjoyed building systems at VMware and PLUMgrid. He and his family live in the Bay Area, and he enjoys running, hiking, and cooking in his spare time.