Solutions Engineer focused on cloud-native architecture and developer experience. Passionate about developer productivity, fast feedback loops, and keeping the software supply chain secure as agent-driven workflows reshape how we build and ship software. Former Customer Success Engineer for Testcontainers Cloud and Quality Architect. Open-source contributor and conference speaker with a bias toward practical demos and real-world engineering problems.

Solutions Engineer focused on cloud-native architecture and developer experience. Passionate about developer productivity, fast feedback loops, and keeping the software supply chain secure as agent-driven workflows reshape how we build and ship softw... Show more

Shyamala Bai Kotin is a Principal Software Engineer with over a decade of experience in safety-critical avionics and embedded systems, currently pursuing a Doctor of Engineering in AI & Machine Learning at George Washington University.
Her career spans Flight Management Systems and Data Link platforms at Collins Aerospace and agricultural vehicle displays at John Deere. She has led end-to-end certification of safety-critical avionics systems under DO-178B and ARP4754A standards, achieving zero-finding TSO FAA certification and restoring production across a large fleet of avionics units through a flash memory migration initiative.
As a Principal Engineer and Product Line Cost Account Manager on the Bombardier Global 7500/8000 program, she led matrixed cross-functional teams, managed multi-million-dollar program budgets, and served as the technical interface with the FAA, driving resolution of regulatory and customer findings while ensuring full certification readiness.
She also developed an FMS Software Reviewer Training Program that standardized certification practices across engineering teams and led an enterprise-wide AI/ML capability development initiative spanning the entire Integrated Flight Avionics directorate at Collins Aerospace.
She holds an MBA from the University of Iowa, an M.Tech in Communication Engineering from VTU University, and certifications in PMP®, PMI-ACP®, and SAFe®. Her technical expertise includes C/C++, Python, DO-178B/C, ARINC protocols, CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Docker), and model-based development using MATLAB/Simulink.

Shyamala Bai Kotin is a Principal Software Engineer with over a decade of experience in safety-critical avionics and embedded systems, currently pursuing a Doctor of Engineering in AI & Machine Learning at George Washington University. Her career sp... Show more

Jim Seebock is a City Councilman in Henderson, Nevada, where he has served for the past three years. He works alongside the mayor and fellow councilmembers to help shape policies and decisions affecting Nevada’s second-largest city, including the historic Water District. Henderson is recognized as one of the safest and most desirable places to live in the country. In addition to his council responsibilities, he also represents the city through the Regional Transportation Commission, the Regional Flood Control board, and the Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority.

Before serving in elected office, Jim spent more than 30 years with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. During his law enforcement career, he worked in several assignments, including Patrol Officer, Narcotics Detective, K9 Handler, Patrol Sergeant, K9 Sergeant, Patrol Lieutenant, Counterterrorism Lieutenant, Captain, Deputy Chief, and Assistant Sheriff. In 2022, he was promoted to Assistant Sheriff, becoming responsible for all uniformed officers within the department.

Councilman Jim Seebock's experience included overseeing public safety operations, tactical response teams, officer training programs, and counterterrorism initiatives. He supervised training for approximately 5,000 department members and coordinated operations with local, state, and federal agencies. During major incidents, including the October 1, 2017, Las Vegas mass shooting, he was selected to lead the Department Operations Center responsible for emergency response coordination.

Throughout Jim's career, he earned the Unit Medal of Valor, multiple Meritorious Service Medals, and the Community Service Award. He retired from the department in July 2023 after decades of service.
While continuing his law enforcement career, he earned degrees in Criminal Justice, Public Administration, and Security Studies. He also completed advanced Nevada POST certifications, leadership programs, and specialized investigative training.

Jim Seebock, Councilman, moved to Henderson with his family in 1986 and attended local schools before graduating from high school. After his father passed away during his teenage years, he helped support his family while his mother worked two jobs. He later married his high school sweetheart, and they became parents to twins through embryo adoption. He remains active in church service, volunteer youth coaching, community boards, and charitable support throughout the Henderson area.

Jim Seebock is a City Councilman in Henderson, Nevada, where he has served for the past three years. He works alongside the mayor and fellow councilmembers to help shape policies and decisions affecting Nevada’s second-largest city, including the his... Show more

As a self-taught product designer, over the past 4 years of my design career, it's been a fun and rewarding experience helping start-up and cross-functional teams globally design and build products across the Fintech, Social commerce, Entertainment and Transportation industries with an impact on over 100's of users.

Currently, I am part of the product team at Rafiki.works fostering growth opportunities for freelancers in Africa. In addition, as a Mentor at Na'amal, a UK-based non-profit organisation for social good, I provide mentorship training for refugees and individuals in underrepresented communities with skills training and mentorship needed to strive in the digitised global labour market in collaboration with the World Bank.

As a self-taught product designer, over the past 4 years of my design career, it's been a fun and rewarding experience helping start-up and cross-functional teams globally design and build products across the Fintech, Social commerce, Entertainment a... Show more

I’m creating an environment for leaders and organizations to move towards more agility while focusing on what is already working for them and building upon it. I have been educating and coaching Agile Leaders since 2019.
I’m an Agile Leadership Guide providing education for leadership and organizational development and growth. I’m an Accredited IC Agile instructor, providing Enterprise Agility Coaching and Coaching Agile Transition classes.
I’m a Certified Enterprise and Systemic Agile Coach providing guidance and coaching for the leaders while making awareness about the importance of the whole system, we are part of. I hold different certifications from IC Agile (ICP-CAT, ICP-ENT ICP-ACC, ICP-ATF, ICP-SYS), Agile Change Leadership Institute and Scrum Alliance (CAL 1, CSM, A-CSM, CSP-SM)
I'm a regular speaker at conferences such as. Global Agile Reflect, Online Scrum Master Summit, Online Product Tech Summit, Scrum Day Europe, Scrum Day London, Agile Calgary, Product Leadership Europe, XP Benelux, Agile Africa and Agile Prague.

I’m an owner of the Attitude Partnership a company providing Education, Coaching, and Consultancy when required.

I’m developing my own coaching models, called V.A.L.U.E. and B.A.L.A.N.C.E.
When I’m not working, I’m experimenting with the food, biking around Copenhagen, and exploring the world.
Follow me on LinkedIn, or Email Allen – allen@attitudepartnership.com

I’m creating an environment for leaders and organizations to move towards more agility while focusing on what is already working for them and building upon it. I have been educating and coaching Agile Leaders since 2019. I’m an Agile Leadership Gui... Show more

Mark joined the IBM Markham lab in 2002 after graduating from the University of Toronto with a Ph.D. focusing on computer architecture and compiler optimization. He spent his entire IBM career in the Runtime Technologies (formerly Java Technology Center) team developing, testing, servicing, and architecting Just-In-Time (JIT) compilers. Mark led the J9 Java Virtual Machine team through the effort to significantly refactor and then to contribute millions of lines of J9 source code to two open projects : Eclipse OMR and Eclipse OpenJ9. Following this successful effort, he became the Chief Architect for Java at IBM, leading a global team that builds, innovates in, and services the IBM Semeru Runtime (JDK) for hundreds of Java-based products and cloud services used by developers and thousands of small, medium, large, and huge companies spanning all sectors of the IT industry.

Mark joined the IBM Markham lab in 2002 after graduating from the University of Toronto with a Ph.D. focusing on computer architecture and compiler optimization. He spent his entire IBM career in the Runtime Technologies (formerly Java Technology Cen... Show more

Duane is Co-Founder of Alien Arc Technologies, LLC where he focuses on creating solutions targeting mobile devices, modern desktops, and the Internet of Things. As a Microsoft MVP and technology enthusiast with a passion for good software he strives to bring solutions that improve or eliminate costly duplication and repetitive processes so more important things can be done. He enjoys teaching others and speaking at conferences on topics such as DevOps, Testing, and Mobile. When not behind a computer screen he can be found sharing his love of SCUBA and all things underwater through his dive shop, Dive Rinse Repeat Scuba.

Duane is Co-Founder of Alien Arc Technologies, LLC where he focuses on creating solutions targeting mobile devices, modern desktops, and the Internet of Things. As a Microsoft MVP and technology enthusiast with a passion for good software he strives ... Show more

Lachlan is the Manager of Channel Sales at SPS Commerce, responsible for driving growth through strategic partnerships. With over 5+ years of experience in the industry, Bill has worked with hundreds of customers, partners, and system publishers with the main goal of solving complex business problems through solutions, relationships, and expertise.

Lachlan is the Manager of Channel Sales at SPS Commerce, responsible for driving growth through strategic partnerships. With over 5+ years of experience in the industry, Bill has worked with hundreds of customers, partners, and system publishers with... Show more

Ivan Ivanković is the CEO and founder of Tendify, an AI platform for EU public procurement, and the founder of Vibe Coding Academy, where he teaches non-engineers how to build software using AI. Before that, he led operations for Uber across Croatia and Southwestern Europe, and co-founded Fonoa — a tax automation startup that raised over $100M (clients: Spotify, Uber, Zoom). He's built 15+ applications he uses daily in his business without writing a single line of code.

Ivan Ivanković is the CEO and founder of Tendify, an AI platform for EU public procurement, and the founder of Vibe Coding Academy, where he teaches non-engineers how to build software using AI. Before that, he led operations for Uber across Croatia ... Show more

Luan Moreno is a Lead Data Engineer at Pythian and the Founder and CEO of Engenharia de Dados Academy, a Brazilian education and community platform for data and AI engineers. With more than 15 years of international experience, he has built enterprise data platforms across cloud, batch and streaming processing, orchestration, observability, and infrastructure automation.

His current work focuses on Agentic Engineering: designing AI systems that turn human intent into reliable action through engineered context, verifiable specifications, constrained authority, evaluations, observability, and accountable human oversight. His perspective is grounded in hands-on enterprise delivery, including complex and regulated modernization programs where evidence matters as much as model capability.

Luan is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP, the first Brazilian Databricks MVP, an author, professor, and international speaker. He has presented across the Americas, Europe, and Japan, including Microsoft Ignite, PASS Summit, TechEd, SQL Konferenz, and Tuga IT. Through his teaching and community work, he helps engineers build practical, production-ready data and AI systems.

Luan Moreno is a Lead Data Engineer at Pythian and the Founder and CEO of Engenharia de Dados Academy, a Brazilian education and community platform for data and AI engineers. With more than 15 years of international experience, he has built enterpris... Show more

I’m Muhammad Atif, President and Chief Technology Officer at PureLogics, a digital product development and technology consulting firm I co-founded in 2006. Over the past two decades, I’ve helped organizations leverage technology to grow, scale, and navigate digital transformation successfully.

At PureLogics, I’ve led the delivery of 400,000+ development hours across 1,300+ products in 33+ countries, working with global brands such as Pearson, Intel, Samsung, DHL, Honda, and LiveNation. My focus has always been on translating complex technology into clear business outcomes helping companies build scalable platforms, improve operations, and create better customer experiences.

My background started in hands-on software engineering, which gave me a deep appreciation for building technology the right way. As my role evolved into executive leadership, I became increasingly focused on aligning technology strategy with long-term business growth and innovation.
I specialize in enterprise solutions, custom software development, AI-driven platforms, cloud-native architectures, web and mobile applications, startup consulting, and technical strategy. I also bring extensive experience across healthcare, edtech, fintech, logistics, and proptech, including HIPAA-compliant healthcare systems and enterprise-grade SaaS platforms.

What excites me most is the intersection of technology, business, and human potential. I believe technology should not only improve efficiency but also empower organizations and people to think bigger, move faster, and create meaningful impact.

I’m always open to connecting with founders, business leaders, and teams looking to solve complex challenges through technology and innovation.

I’m Muhammad Atif, President and Chief Technology Officer at PureLogics, a digital product development and technology consulting firm I co-founded in 2006. Over the past two decades, I’ve helped organizations leverage technology to grow, scale, and n... Show more

Founder, Tech Entrepreneur & Software Strategist with a track record of architecting and deploying mission-critical software ecosystems.

We build robust, production-ready software—ranging from custom financial payment gateways and database migrations to immersive digital simulations and local cloud deployments. I bridge the gap between heavy technical execution and business growth, creating systems engineered for reliability and profitability.

Core Capabilities: Enterprise Software Architecture • Product Strategy & Delivery • DevOps & Infrastructure Optimization • Scalable API Development

Education: B.Sc. in Computer Science — Richmond Open University, Nigeria.

Founder, Tech Entrepreneur & Software Strategist with a track record of architecting and deploying mission-critical software ecosystems. We build robust, production-ready software—ranging from custom financial payment gateways and database migrati... Show more

David Tielke is a consultant, coach, and trainer with over 15 years of experience in high-level software development. His expertise focuses on software quality, software architecture, and agile development processes. Having trained more than 30,000 participants, delivered over 150 presentations at renowned conferences, and published numerous articles in industry magazines, he has shared his knowledge and expertise widely. On his YouTube channel, he shares his passion for software development and provides practical insights into current industry topics.

David Tielke is a consultant, coach, and trainer with over 15 years of experience in high-level software development. His expertise focuses on software quality, software architecture, and agile development processes. Having trained more than 30,000 p... Show more

Gaëlle is a freelance consultant, author of Clean Data Architecture, and former Head of Data Product & Enabling at Decathlon. Among her latest customers : Leboncoin and Pernod Ricard. She is leading large-scale data and product transformations with a strong user-centric approach. Active in the French data community, she is passionate about product craftsmanship and strives to make data management accessible and meaningful.

Gaëlle is a freelance consultant, author of Clean Data Architecture, and former Head of Data Product & Enabling at Decathlon. Among her latest customers : Leboncoin and Pernod Ricard. She is leading large-scale data and product transformations with a... Show more

I'm a Lead Data Engineering Consultant at Sopra Steria Next, focused on Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Azure Data platforms, and modern analytics architectures.
He supports organizations in designing scalable data platforms, improving governance, optimizing performance, and accelerating their data transformation journey.
I'm also an active Microsoft Fabric Community contributor and recognized Microsoft Fabric Super User.

I'm a Lead Data Engineering Consultant at Sopra Steria Next, focused on Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Azure Data platforms, and modern analytics architectures. He supports organizations in designing scalable data platforms, improving governance, optim... Show more

Andy is a Staff Engineer helping modernise the platform at Evri – one of the UK's biggest parcel delivery companies.

He's spent twenty years building and shipping software – across insurance, HealthTech, housing, retail, and now logistics.

His goal: make delivery predictable and close the gap between engineering and product.

When he's not doing that, you'll find Andy racing a yacht around the Cornish coast. Sometimes he even wins.

Andy is a Staff Engineer helping modernise the platform at Evri – one of the UK's biggest parcel delivery companies. He's spent twenty years building and shipping software – across insurance, HealthTech, housing, retail, and now logistics. His ... Show more

Kennedy is the CTO/Co-Founder at Mitigant, an innovative cloud security startup based in Germany. Kennedy has spent over 12 years in cybersecurity and passionately explores the intersection of security chaos engineering, cyber resilience, incident response, and AI security for cloud security. Kennedy has published over 20 academic papers about several cloud security domains and contributed to the first O'Reilly book on Security Chaos Engineering. He is also a fifth-time member of the AWS Community Builder Program. He has spoken at several international conferences, including InfoQ DevSummit, AWS Community Day DACH, KubeCon (Cloud Native Security Day), NDC {Security}, ChaosCarnival, and BSides Berlin.

Kennedy is the CTO/Co-Founder at Mitigant, an innovative cloud security startup based in Germany. Kennedy has spent over 12 years in cybersecurity and passionately explores the intersection of security chaos engineering, cyber resilience, incident re... Show more

Daniel Blümlein ist Gründer und Geschäftsführer der Blümlein AI & Automation GmbH – einer auf den
deutschsprachigen Mittelstand spezialisierten KI- und Automatisierungsberatung mit Sitz in Würzburg.

Als „KI-Sherpa" begleitet er mittelständische Industrieunternehmen auf dem Weg von der ersten
KI-Idee bis zur messbaren Wirkung. Mit aktuell ~20 aktiven Mandaten und einem Team von 10
Personen hat Blümlein AI bereits dutzende KI-Projekte in produzierenden Unternehmen, Logistik
und Maschinenbau erfolgreich umgesetzt – von RAG-Chatbots über Microsoft Copilot-Rollouts bis
hin zu vollständig automatisierten Workflows via Power Automate und Copilot Studio.

Sein KI-Sherpa®-Programm ist eine erprobte 4-Phasen-Methodik (Orientierung → Werkzeuge →
Anwendung → Wirkung), die Mitarbeiter zu eigenständigen KI-Anwendern macht – ohne
Beraterabhängigkeit, ohne Buzzwords, mit messbarem ROI.

Referenzkunden aus dem DACH-Mittelstand umfassen Unternehmen wie Leonhard Weiss, Arnold,
Bauck GmbH und weitere Hidden Champions aus Industrie und Logistik. Daniel spricht auf Bühnen
über KI-Einführung im Mittelstand, Change Management beim KI-Rollout und den pragmatischen
Einsatz von Microsoft 365 Copilot, Power Platform und generativer KI im Unternehmensalltag.

Daniel Blümlein ist Gründer und Geschäftsführer der Blümlein AI & Automation GmbH – einer auf den deutschsprachigen Mittelstand spezialisierten KI- und Automatisierungsberatung mit Sitz in Würzburg. Als „KI-Sherpa" begleitet er mittelständische ... Show more

I’m a passionate Developer and Cloud Solution Architect at 4Dotnet, with over a decade of experience building scalable, maintainable, and cloud-native solutions using .NET and Microsoft Azure. My focus lies in designing robust event-driven architectures, implementing microservices, and advocating for clean code and DevOps best practices.

I’m a passionate Developer and Cloud Solution Architect at 4Dotnet, with over a decade of experience building scalable, maintainable, and cloud-native solutions using .NET and Microsoft Azure. My focus lies in designing robust event-driven architectu... Show more

A seasoned, hands-on engineering leader. Currently building agentic AI systems for wealth management. Loves agents that browse the open web. Worked on AI systems in healthcare, medical devices and electric cars in past lives.

A seasoned, hands-on engineering leader. Currently building agentic AI systems for wealth management. Loves agents that browse the open web. Worked on AI systems in healthcare, medical devices and electric cars in past lives. Show more

Minh is all over the map, lavishing attention on everything from taquerías in California to cornfields in Ohio to alleys in Vietnam. He organizes the mapping community in San José, advises OpenHistoricalMap, and supports core OpenStreetMap software development.

Minh is all over the map, lavishing attention on everything from taquerías in California to cornfields in Ohio to alleys in Vietnam. He organizes the mapping community in San José, advises OpenHistoricalMap, and supports core OpenStreetMap software d... Show more

Nils Hyoma is a business informatics post-graduate from Hamburg University, a professional agile coach, and a passionate amateur water polo player. Nils studied Japanese studies, international business studies, and business informatics in Hiroshima and Hamburg. Many years as an active developer, he learned the basics of agile software development. After working in online retail / eCommerce and in IT consulting, he is now part of the coaching team at MHP - A Porsche Company since 2024. Nils supports and coaches both local and distributed, international teams and projects. Nils has been active in team sports since childhood. It also reflected team spirit in his professional life: As a coach, he forms well-established units out of developers and analysts, who can then independently develop products. The guiding principle is always the focus on customer satisfaction.

Nils Hyoma is a business informatics post-graduate from Hamburg University, a professional agile coach, and a passionate amateur water polo player. Nils studied Japanese studies, international business studies, and business informatics in Hiroshima a... Show more

Fabrizio is the founder and Managing Partner of M-HUB, an international boutique consulting firm specializing in growth and scaling for global organizations.

With over 23 years of experience at the helm of international management consulting, he has led some of the most ambitious transformations on the global stage, generating measurable value for organizations operating on an international scale in the energy, transportation, telecommunications, manufacturing, and public sectors.
Before founding M-HUB, he held senior leadership roles at Arthur D. Little, BearingPoint, and Capgemini Invent, serving as Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer, and Head of Intelligent Industry, building a reputation as a growth architect for complex organizations seeking to scale in a structured and sustainable manner.

His approach combines strategic rigor with executive capability: he knows how to identify where an organization’s hidden value lies, how to unlock it, and how to create the conditions so that growth is not a one-off event, but a system. He has worked with the leadership of some of the world’s largest industrial and service companies, delivering concrete results in highly complex, high-stakes environments.

With M-HUB, he has translated this experience into a model focused on one thing: helping organizations truly grow and scale intelligently.

Fabrizio is the founder and Managing Partner of M-HUB, an international boutique consulting firm specializing in growth and scaling for global organizations. With over 23 years of experience at the helm of international management consulting, he h... Show more

Peruvian software engineer, certified Cloud Architect in Azure, ex-Microsoft Student Partner, former Microsoft MVP working with technologies like .NET, Kubernetes, Azure and AWS. Author on www.somostechies.com.

Peruvian software engineer, certified Cloud Architect in Azure, ex-Microsoft Student Partner, former Microsoft MVP working with technologies like .NET, Kubernetes, Azure and AWS. Author on www.somostechies.com. Show more

Marc Sallin has been in software development for more than a decade. He became convinced that high speed, quality, and low costs do not compete but form a symbiosis. To tackle the challenges, he takes the definition of software engineering to heart and applies a systematic, disciplined, and quantifiable approach to software development, operation, and maintenance. While fascinated by computer science and technology, he learned the importance of team dynamics and psychology in software development. With his ideas, he has been shaping the future of parcel sorting at Swiss Post as a solution architect for seven years.

Marc Sallin has been in software development for more than a decade. He became convinced that high speed, quality, and low costs do not compete but form a symbiosis. To tackle the challenges, he takes the definition of software engineering to heart a... Show more

Hello everyone, my name is Sophia Solomon and I am a Developer Advocate at Elastic.

Hello everyone, my name is Sophia Solomon and I am a Developer Advocate at Elastic. Show more

Designed and implemented web-based full-stack software solutions since 1999 as freelancer for many known German companies.

Moved from developer, team leader, technical lead to software architect over the decades.

Since August 2022 working for OG Consultancy Services as Chief Technology Officer, but still loving to code.

My developer slogan: "Code clean! Sleep well..."

Designed and implemented web-based full-stack software solutions since 1999 as freelancer for many known German companies. Moved from developer, team leader, technical lead to software architect over the decades. Since August 2022 working for O... Show more

Vivek Sander is a results-driven engineering and supply chain leader with over 8 years of experience in warehouse solutions, automation, and continuous improvement. Currently serving as Director of Engineering at Sunland Logistics Solutions, he has played a key role in scaling the organization from $30M to $100M by designing innovative warehouse solutions, leading high-value RFPs, and driving operational excellence.
Vivek specializes in warehouse design, WMS implementation, process optimization, and automation technologies such as AMRs, AGVs, AS/RS, and computer vision systems. He has successfully contributed to over $500M in business bids, developed tailored logistics solutions for diverse industries, and led cross-functional teams to deliver measurable results, including annual cost savings of $2M through continuous improvement initiatives.
With a strong foundation in industrial engineering and lean methodologies, Vivek has extensive experience in supply chain optimization, demand planning, and supplier performance improvement, including work with Caterpillar through L&T Technology Services. He is skilled in data-driven decision-making, KPI development, and leveraging tools such as SAP, NetSuite, Power BI, and advanced analytics platforms to enhance operational performance.
Vivek holds a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington and is certified in Six Sigma Green Belt, PMP, and APICS/CPIM. Known for his analytical mindset, leadership, and collaborative approach, he consistently delivers scalable, efficient, and high-impact solutions that drive business growth and customer success.

Vivek Sander is a results-driven engineering and supply chain leader with over 8 years of experience in warehouse solutions, automation, and continuous improvement. Currently serving as Director of Engineering at Sunland Logistics Solutions, he has p... Show more

Brian T. O'Neill is founder and principal of Designing for Analytics, an independent consultancy helping B2B analytics and AI companies build data products that sell themselves. For over 20 years, he has worked with companies like DellEMC, Tripadvisor, Fidelity, JP Morgan Chase and has helped accelerate growth at several startups including Apptopia, SenseStreet, and Dispatch.me. Brian has also spoken internationally, giving talks at Chief Data Officer IQ Symposium, UXPA Boston, Big Data EU Conference, the International Institute for Analytics Symposium, and Predictive Analytics World. Brian also hosts a podcast in the top 2% of all shows in the world called Experiencing Data that helps founders and B2B software product leaders translate analytical complexity into commercial clarity. Outside consulting, Brian is also a professional percussionist and has performed with artists including The Who and Donna Summer and at prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall and The Kennedy Center. Get his weekly insights in your inbox at https://designingforanalytics.com/list.

Brian T. O'Neill is founder and principal of Designing for Analytics, an independent consultancy helping B2B analytics and AI companies build data products that sell themselves. For over 20 years, he has worked with companies like DellEMC, Tripadviso... 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