Passionate Software Engineer who loves building reliable systems and actively engages with the cloud-native community to advance Kubernetes security and observability. Maintainer of multiple CNCF sandbox projects, including Bank-Vaults, which is a project dedicated to simplifying the complex world of secret management.
The Logging operator, which solves logging-related problems in Kubernetes environments.

Currently, working on the Logging operator and the new Telemetry controller at Axoflow.

Passionate Software Engineer who loves building reliable systems and actively engages with the cloud-native community to advance Kubernetes security and observability. Maintainer of multiple CNCF sandbox projects, including Bank-Vaults, which is a pr... Show more

Jurre is a Software Engineer at Info Support with a focus on AI augmented software engineering. With a solid foundation in machine learning, he explores how AI can practically assist developers, from improving workflows to supporting decision-making throughout the software lifecycle. Jurre enjoys exploring practical ways to make AI a natural part of everyday development, aiming for tools and techniques that feel intuitive and useful.

Jurre is a Software Engineer at Info Support with a focus on AI augmented software engineering. With a solid foundation in machine learning, he explores how AI can practically assist developers, from improving workflows to supporting decision-making ... Show more

Bhargav Parmar is a DevOps and Platform engineer with over five years of experience building, shipping, and operating production infrastructure across fintech trading platforms, telecom, and developer platforms.

A CNCF Kubestronaut, he holds all five Kubernetes certifications — CKA, CKAD, CKS, KCNA, and KCSA and spends much of his time exploring the layers beneath Kubernetes: Linux internals, eBPF, networking, observability, and the kernel datapath.

Bhargav is an open-source contributor to the OpenTelemetry ecosystem, with contributions to OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation (OBI), where he works on extending and improving zero-code, eBPF-based application observability. His recent work includes protocol instrumentation and contributions around systems such as Aerospike, alongside continued exploration of how eBPF, OpenTelemetry, and kernel-level telemetry can be used to understand production systems without modifying application code.

He regularly participates in cloud-native communities and speaks at CNCF events, where he enjoys turning low-level debugging, networking, observability, and Linux internals into practical engineering sessions that are easier to understand and reproduce.

He writes about Kubernetes, Linux, eBPF, OpenTelemetry, and systems engineering at bhargavparmar.dev.

Bhargav Parmar is a DevOps and Platform engineer with over five years of experience building, shipping, and operating production infrastructure across fintech trading platforms, telecom, and developer platforms. A CNCF Kubestronaut, he holds all f... Show more

I’m an AI & cloud solutions architect with 13+ years of experience in application development, cloud-native architecture, and AI-driven transformation. I spoke at the international conferences on Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, AWS Summit 2025 Dubai, Microsoft AI Horizons, Dubai Future Foundations, AI Safety UAE and many other tech conferences. I would love to contribute as a speaker in your upcoming sessions. Let me know if there are opportunities to collaborate!

I’m an AI & cloud solutions architect with 13+ years of experience in application development, cloud-native architecture, and AI-driven transformation. I spoke at the international conferences on Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, AWS Summit 2... Show more

I'm Michele Blum. I was born in Switzerland and have both Swiss and Italian roots. I'm 27 years old, and I can speak English, German, and Italian fluently.

In my leisure time, I engage in activities that reflect my energetic and dynamic personality - gym, kickboxing, and exploring the adrenaline-pumping worlds of cars and motorcycles are a few of my passions.

When it comes to work, my interest lies deeply in tech. I'm particularly drawn to Azure Virtual Desktop, Entra ID, Identity & Access Management, Cloud Security, and Azure Automation with DevOps and Bicep. Additionally, I have expertise in Exchange Online, Exchange Online Protection, Microsoft Defender for Office, Microsoft Intune, and Azure compute and networking. My skills also extend to managing SQL databases and hybrid IT architectures. And yes, a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I've heard a thing or two about on-premise infrastructures and can navigate them with ease.

Transforming my set of skills and interests into practical experiences, I'm committed to making valuable contributions in the Microsoft community.

I'm Michele Blum. I was born in Switzerland and have both Swiss and Italian roots. I'm 27 years old, and I can speak English, German, and Italian fluently. In my leisure time, I engage in activities that reflect my energetic and dynamic personalit... Show more

Christian Horsdal is an independent consultant with 25+ years of experience building many kinds of systems from large scale microservice systems to tiny embedded systems and lots of stuff in between. He is a DDD enthusiast, .NET expert, author of the books "Microservices in .NET " and "Instant Nancy Web Development", trainer, and an occasional open source contributor.

Christian Horsdal is an independent consultant with 25+ years of experience building many kinds of systems from large scale microservice systems to tiny embedded systems and lots of stuff in between. He is a DDD enthusiast, .NET expert, author of the... Show more

Rick Butterfield is a Staff Engineer at Umbraco, where he works in the Commercial Products team on products such as Forms, Automate, Commerce and more, as well as the main umbraco.com website.

Previously a three-time Umbraco MVP, Rick has been working in the Umbraco world for 15 years and maintains the twice-nominated BlockPreview package.

Outside of work he is a husband and a father, amateur runner, and a pizza and beer enthusiast!

Rick Butterfield is a Staff Engineer at Umbraco, where he works in the Commercial Products team on products such as Forms, Automate, Commerce and more, as well as the main umbraco.com website. Previously a three-time Umbraco MVP, Rick has been wor... Show more

Tomas Vitvar is a seasoned technology leader with over 20 years of experience in software engineering, DevOps, and cloud-native infrastructure. He is the head of architecture and advocacy at k8shell, an open-source Kubernetes-native platform for provisioning secure, isolated workspaces for developers and AI agents. The platform combines on-demand development environments with built-in runtime security and threat detection. Previously, Tomas spent 15 years at Oracle, most recently as Director of Technology, where he worked with organizations such as Vodafone UK, IKEA, and Volvo on designing and operating Kubernetes-based cloud-native platforms. His work spans full-stack development, infrastructure design, troubleshooting, and performance tuning. He has published over 40 papers in international venues such as IEEE Internet Computing and IEEE Software, co-authored a book on Web and SOA technologies for e-government, and co-organized several research events, including the AAAI Spring Symposium at Stanford University. Tomas holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Czech Technical University in Prague, where he is also an associate professor at the Faculty of Information Technology.

Tomas Vitvar is a seasoned technology leader with over 20 years of experience in software engineering, DevOps, and cloud-native infrastructure. He is the head of architecture and advocacy at k8shell, an open-source Kubernetes-native platform for prov... Show more

Karen is a Microsoft Certified Trainer, a certified Microsoft Service Adoption Specialist, Microsoft Teams Administrator, a Microsoft Certified Professional certified on SharePoint, and SCRUM Certified Product Owner. With over 20 years of experience, she loves to assist organizations with strategic planning to achieve their business goals and maximize ROI on their investment in Microsoft 365 and Copilot. She speaks at Community Day events to give back to the community -- helping business users and admins learn how to use all the tools in Microsoft 365, gaining insights and efficiencies to apply to their business needs. She especially loves to "fill in the gaps" for people on the apps and tools everyone isn't talking about like Planner, Clipchamp, advanced SharePoint and Teams, and data security for business users.

Karen is a Microsoft Certified Trainer, a certified Microsoft Service Adoption Specialist, Microsoft Teams Administrator, a Microsoft Certified Professional certified on SharePoint, and SCRUM Certified Product Owner. With over 20 years of experience,... Show more

Shayan is drives AI Product Management at T-Mobile for conversational AI impacting millions of customers. His work was featured on OpenAI's livestream and has delivered significant ROI in big wireless. Previously Founding Engineer at Zenduty, where he spearheaded frontend engineering and helped grow ARR by 11.2x in 2.5 years, followed by a successful acquisition. He is a 3x tech entrepreneur with a passion for building tools that make other people's lives easier.

Shayan is drives AI Product Management at T-Mobile for conversational AI impacting millions of customers. His work was featured on OpenAI's livestream and has delivered significant ROI in big wireless. Previously Founding Engineer at Zenduty, where h... Show more

Naman Kaley is a Docker Captain and Senior Software Engineer at Brudite, working across Kubernetes, backend systems, platform engineering and production AI workloads. His work involves building and operating containerized applications on Kubernetes, including distributed FastAPI services, Elasticsearch-backed systems, multi-agent AI workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and observability with Prometheus and Grafana. He enjoys the engineering problems that appear after a prototype meets production: reliability, deployment architecture, debugging, scaling, observability, and making distributed systems easier to operate. He also contributes to the cloud-native community through technical writing, mentoring, open source and public speaking.

Naman Kaley is a Docker Captain and Senior Software Engineer at Brudite, working across Kubernetes, backend systems, platform engineering and production AI workloads. His work involves building and operating containerized applications on Kubernetes, ... Show more

Isuru Rajapakse is an Senior Software Engineer at Motorola Solutions based in Melbourne, Australia - specializing in creating mobility solutions for public safety. With over 10 years of experience in mobile application and web development - Isuru has won several awards for his software projects, including the winner of WSA-mobile in 2015, Oracle's Thinkquest in 2011, APICTA in 2012, and many others

Isuru Rajapakse is an Senior Software Engineer at Motorola Solutions based in Melbourne, Australia - specializing in creating mobility solutions for public safety. With over 10 years of experience in mobile application and web development - Isuru has... Show more

Wouter is an architect, with an open mind and many interests. He enjoys analyzing, developing and providing guidance for all kinds of applications with a DevOps and Security point of view in mind. .NET and Azure are his home base, but he's not afraid to look beyond this stack for solutions. Limits are just new challenges to learn about.

Wouter is an architect, with an open mind and many interests. He enjoys analyzing, developing and providing guidance for all kinds of applications with a DevOps and Security point of view in mind. .NET and Azure are his home base, but he's not afraid... Show more

Uchechukwu Azubuko is a product engineer and JavaScript expert with experience building products and leading frontend engineering teams across fintech, healthcare, and emerging technology. A UK Global Talent, he builds products that solve real-world problems and create greater access to technology.

He is passionate about helping people grow in tech, sharing practical knowledge, and making the industry more accessible to those starting out or looking to take the next step in their careers. He is particularly committed to supporting women and people from under-represented backgrounds through guidance and encouragement as they build their careers in technology.

Uchechukwu Azubuko is a product engineer and JavaScript expert with experience building products and leading frontend engineering teams across fintech, healthcare, and emerging technology. A UK Global Talent, he builds products that solve real-world ... Show more

Michael Rishi Forrester is AI Workforce Transformation Lead, FDE and AI-Native Programs, at Accenture LearnVantage, where he leads forward deployed engineer training and enterprise AI adoption: upskilling engineers and the organizational change AI-native work demands. He teaches workshops on agentic DevOps and on optimizing Claude Code usage, and builds large multi-agent build systems: agentic software factories. Thirty years across operations, DevOps, and cloud infrastructure, most of it spent close to where systems actually break.

He wrote Agentic DevOps with Claude Code (2026) and is an exam developer for a wide range of certification exams, including the Linux Foundation's MCP exam. He builds MCP servers, explores the boundaries of the AI-driven development lifecycle (AI-DLC), and still builds a Kubernetes cluster every once in a while. He is also developing Agentic Covenants, a model for enforcing agent guardrails in infrastructure, in addition to the AI tool.

Speaker at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon, DevOpsDays, SREday, LLMday, KCD, and AI Engineer World's Fair. Certifications across AWS, CNCF, and NVIDIA. michaelrishiforrester.com/speaking

Michael Rishi Forrester is AI Workforce Transformation Lead, FDE and AI-Native Programs, at Accenture LearnVantage, where he leads forward deployed engineer training and enterprise AI adoption: upskilling engineers and the organizational change AI-na... Show more

Chris Stone is an engineering manager based in Atlanta who values collaboration and creating a culture of learning and sharing. With an IAAP certification as a Web Accessibility Specialist, he is passionate about accessibility and working with team members to incorporate inclusive design and web accessibility conformance into every step of the development process. With over 12 years of full-stack software engineering experience across multiple programming languages (most recently TypeScript and Go), he is a proponent of mob programming, test-driven development, regular refactoring, and safely managing technical debt. He currently works at Flashlight Learning.

Chris Stone is an engineering manager based in Atlanta who values collaboration and creating a culture of learning and sharing. With an IAAP certification as a Web Accessibility Specialist, he is passionate about accessibility and working with team m... Show more

Fabrizio Lazzaretti is a Senior Managing Consultant at Wavestone and a CNCF Ambassador who bridges cloud-native technology and enterprise architecture. He maintains the CloudEvents SDK for Rust and co-authored Crafting Great APIs with Domain-Driven Design. With 14 years in software architecture, development, and DevOps, he leads engagements across industries, from event-driven platforms to AI initiatives, always closing the gap between business and IT.

Fabrizio Lazzaretti is a Senior Managing Consultant at Wavestone and a CNCF Ambassador who bridges cloud-native technology and enterprise architecture. He maintains the CloudEvents SDK for Rust and co-authored Crafting Great APIs with Domain-Driven D... Show more

Callon Campbell is a Technical Architect, Developer and Microsoft MVP in Azure. With over 20 years of experience, he's been developing enterprise applications for web, desktop, mobile, and cloud-native applications using Microsoft Azure, .NET, ASP.NET, SQL databases, and Microsoft Fabric. He's passionate about learning new technologies and sharing his experience with fellow peers in the community. Callon is also the organizer of “Canada’s Technology Triangle .NET User Group” in Kitchener, Ontario. Callon can be reached on Twitter via @Flying_Maverick, and has a blog at https://TheFlyingMaverick.com.

Callon Campbell is a Technical Architect, Developer and Microsoft MVP in Azure. With over 20 years of experience, he's been developing enterprise applications for web, desktop, mobile, and cloud-native applications using Microsoft Azure, .NET, ASP.NE... Show more

Juanje is a Software Engineer with more than 10 years of experience, specializing in the creation of robust and high-quality Android applications.

Throughout his career at leading companies like Revolut, OpenBank and Eventbrite , his work has focused on improving the way teams develop and collaborate, ensuring efficient code and making applications accessible to all users.

Beyond coding, Juanje's true passion is helping people grow in their professional careers. His motivation as an Android teacher at KeepCoding and as an organizer for the Google GDG Aranjuez is clear: bringing technology closer to more people, growing as a developer himself, and creating a solid network to provide support.

You can find Juanje sharing his expertise in areas ranging from advanced Android development to Artificial Intelligence (where he also has a research background ) and mentorship on career development. He also shares his philosophical and technological reflections in his Substack newsletter, Coding Pit.

Juanje is a Software Engineer with more than 10 years of experience, specializing in the creation of robust and high-quality Android applications. Throughout his career at leading companies like Revolut, OpenBank and Eventbrite , his work has focu... Show more

Passionate about all things technological and a programmer for 20 years.
He started in the Java enterprise field and arrived in the .NET world as early as version 1.1 of the framework.
He works as a freelancer for various companies between Abruzzo and Lazio, especially in the web sector, but has an enormous passion for the mobile world, especially in the smartphone sector.
Founder of the Dotnet Abruzzo community in which he acts as speaker and event organizer and active member of DotNetCode
MVP since 2016 in the Windows Development category

Passionate about all things technological and a programmer for 20 years. He started in the Java enterprise field and arrived in the .NET world as early as version 1.1 of the framework. He works as a freelancer for various companies between Abruzzo ... Show more

I’m Manoj Annavajjala, a Power Platform and Enterprise Architecture leader specializing in designing secure, scalable, and AI-ready solutions across the Microsoft ecosystem.

With over 15 years of hands-on experience spanning Power Platform, SharePoint, Azure, and Microsoft Fabric, I focus on platform governance, enterprise automation, and AI enablement using Power Apps, Power Automate, Copilot Studio, and Azure AI Foundry. My work centers on building architectures that balance innovation with control ensuring security, compliance, and long-term sustainability at scale.

I’m passionate about simplifying complex administrative, integration, and ALM challenges, enabling both makers and IT teams to deliver solutions confidently and responsibly in the Microsoft cloud.

As the creator of the Power Platform Engineer community, I actively share real-world insights, architecture patterns, and governance best practices to foster collaboration, elevate platform maturity, and support continuous learning.

I’m Manoj Annavajjala, a Power Platform and Enterprise Architecture leader specializing in designing secure, scalable, and AI-ready solutions across the Microsoft ecosystem. With over 15 years of hands-on experience spanning Power Platform, ShareP... Show more

She has worked with various technologies, from C++ to JavaScript, and learned along the way to create a complete infrastructure using tools like Kubernetes and other components of the Google Cloud suite. She is a Google Cloud Developer (GDE) and Google Professional Cloud Architect certified. She is has also led several local communities, such as GDG Zaragoza.

She has worked with various technologies, from C++ to JavaScript, and learned along the way to create a complete infrastructure using tools like Kubernetes and other components of the Google Cloud suite. She is a Google Cloud Developer (GDE) and Goog... Show more

I work as consultant and I am specialized in designing solutions for Microsoft 365, Microsoft Azure and Azure AI Services. I'm a conference speaker, blogger, and Microsoft MVP.

I work as consultant and I am specialized in designing solutions for Microsoft 365, Microsoft Azure and Azure AI Services. I'm a conference speaker, blogger, and Microsoft MVP. Show more

Nikhil Bansal is a Senior Android Engineer with 7+ years of experience shaping fintech products that power payments, credit, and digital banking ecosystems. Having worked with industry leaders such as Zeta, Slice, and currently NymCard, he has built and scaled apps used by millions across emerging markets. His technical focus lies in Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and Kotlin Multiplatform (KMM) — creating clean, modular architectures that bridge Android, iOS, and the web.

Recently, Nikhil has been experimenting with AI-driven systems in Kotlin, particularly frameworks like Koog, to build intelligent, autonomous agents that rethink how mobile and backend systems collaborate. A strong advocate for developer experience and modern Kotlin patterns, he enjoys sharing practical insights and inspiring teams to push the boundaries of what Kotlin can do.

Nikhil Bansal is a Senior Android Engineer with 7+ years of experience shaping fintech products that power payments, credit, and digital banking ecosystems. Having worked with industry leaders such as Zeta, Slice, and currently NymCard, he has built ... Show more

Jacqui Read is an internationally-recognised architect, and author of Communication Patterns: A Guide for Developers and Architects. She works across the public and private sector at Made Tech, helping customers to architect systems and determine direction in complex environments. Jacqui is a keynote speaker at international conferences, covering topics such as software design, architecture practices, and technical communication. 

Her professional interests include collaborative modelling, knowledge management, Domain-Driven Design, sociotechnical architecture, and modernising enterprise architecture practices. Her personal website is https://jacquiread.com.

Jacqui Read is an internationally-recognised architect, and author of Communication Patterns: A Guide for Developers and Architects. She works across the public and private sector at Made Tech, helping customers to architect systems and determine dir... Show more

Software craftsman, Full-Stack Developer, passionate about clean code, Cloud-based technologies, and Software Architecture. More than 15 Years of experience. Regular contributor to open-source projects, member of Kubernetes & CNCF SiGs, and Hackathon mentor. Barcelona JUG member.

Software craftsman, Full-Stack Developer, passionate about clean code, Cloud-based technologies, and Software Architecture. More than 15 Years of experience. Regular contributor to open-source projects, member of Kubernetes & CNCF SiGs, and Hackathon... Show more

Animesh Pathak is a Developer Relations Engineer with a strong focus on Database DevOps, APIs, testing, and open-source innovation. Currently at Harness, he plays a key role in building and evangelizing scalable DBDevOps workflows, bridging the gap between developers and data teams to accelerate secure, reliable software delivery.

Previously at Keploy, Animesh actively contributed to open-source projects and empowered engineering teams by advocating for modern API testing practices. He brings deep experience in community building, technical storytelling, and developer enablement, having spoken at several developer events and authored technical content that simplifies complex DevOps concepts.

Animesh Pathak is a Developer Relations Engineer with a strong focus on Database DevOps, APIs, testing, and open-source innovation. Currently at Harness, he plays a key role in building and evangelizing scalable DBDevOps workflows, bridging the gap b... Show more

With more than 23 years of professional experience in software development and over a decade specializing in training developers, Tore is a seasoned expert in the industry.

He currently operates as an independent consultant, delivering high-quality training, coaching, and consulting services. His areas of focus include .NET, ASP.NET Core, Software Architecture, Web Security, and Identity Management.

In 1996, Tore launched his first website, which evolved into Programmers Heaven; a web community that attracted a peak audience of over 750,000 visitors per month.

With more than 23 years of professional experience in software development and over a decade specializing in training developers, Tore is a seasoned expert in the industry. He currently operates as an independent consultant, delivering high-quali... Show more

Founder at Ketoy. Android Developer with over 5 years of experience, specializing in Android and Kotlin Multiplatform.

Deeply involved in the Android community, I've delivered 20+ sessions and workshops on Android, FlutterFlow, and Kotlin Multiplatform to 3,000+ attendees.

Runs the Android-focused YouTube channel @DeveloperChunk (1,000+ subscribers) and publishes technical deep dives on Medium under the same handle.

Founder at Ketoy. Android Developer with over 5 years of experience, specializing in Android and Kotlin Multiplatform. Deeply involved in the Android community, I've delivered 20+ sessions and workshops on Android, FlutterFlow, and Kotlin Multipla... Show more

I'm a Software Engineer with 20 years of experience in Oracle APEX and Databases.
Over the last couple of years I have looked more into how to automate Database releases using Dev-ops to give Organisations a faster release time without compromising on the quality.
My latest innovation is creating an AI Knowledge base with Oracle Gen AI and vector Search using Oracle APEX AI Assistant.

I'm a Software Engineer with 20 years of experience in Oracle APEX and Databases. Over the last couple of years I have looked more into how to automate Database releases using Dev-ops to give Organisations a faster release time without compromising... Show more