Jeremy Darling
Principal Consultant
Excelsior Springs, Missouri, United States
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Jeremy Darling is a Principal Consultant at Centroid, where he partners with organizations to design and deliver resilient, secure, and scalable technology platforms in complex and regulated environments. With decades of experience across distributed systems, cloud and edge architectures, and Kubernetes-based platforms, Jeremy specializes in translating ambitious technical goals into operational reality.
His work spans data-driven systems in healthcare, public sector, and higher education, including large-scale analytics initiatives and mission-critical platforms operating under strict security and compliance constraints. Known for navigating high-stakes technical challenges, Jeremy brings a pragmatic, systems-thinking approach to architecture, delivery, and long-term sustainability.
Beyond the technology, Jeremy is deeply committed to the human side of engineering. As a leadership speaker and mental health advocate, he focuses on empathy, resilience, and communication during moments of stress, loss, and organizational change. He believes strong systems are built by healthy teams—and that leadership matters most when things don’t go as planned.
Outside of client work and speaking engagements, Jeremy practices yoga and continues exploring the intersection of mental health, leadership, and sustainable engineering culture.
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Kubernetes Without the Cloud: Operating Secure Clusters in Disconnected Environments
Ever wondered what it really takes to run a government-grade Kubernetes cluster in a warehouse environment with little to no internet access?
This talk explores a real-world deployment of a highly secured, near-air-gapped Kubernetes platform operating far from the comforts of the cloud. With strict compliance requirements, limited connectivity, and physical infrastructure constraints, many common assumptions about “cloud-native” operations had to be rethought.
We’ll walk through the architectural decisions that made this possible, including why RKE2 played a critical role in enabling secure, repeatable operations in a constrained environment. Along the way, we’ll cover image distribution, upgrades, certificate management, observability, and the operational patterns that emerge when connectivity is a luxury rather than a given.
This session is aimed at engineers and architects working in regulated, edge, or high-security environments who want to understand what actually changes when Kubernetes is designed to run disconnected—and what careful planning makes possible.
Successful leadership through failure and mental health
Let's explore the critical role that accepting failure plays in fostering inclusive, resilient, and high-performing teams. This talk emphasizes how leaders can create a psychologically safe environment where mistakes are seen as stepping stones to success, rather than setbacks. By embracing failure, leaders can foster open communication, encourage continuous learning, and support the mental health and well-being of their teams. It highlights how such an approach not only improves project timelines and innovation but also promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) by ensuring equal opportunities for all employees to grow and thrive. With practical strategies and insights, this presentation empowers leaders to drive sustainable success while nurturing a supportive, growth-oriented workplace culture.
This talk is targeted at managers and leaders who want to provide a safe environment for teams to succeed even on high pressure projects.
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