Hi everyone, I’m Naman Kaley, a Docker Captain, Docker Certified Associate, and Software Engineer specializing in backend development, AI integration, and cloud infrastructure. I have experience working with LLMs, Kubernetes, and scalable microservices, building AI-driven solutions for real-world applications.
Passionate about automation, DevOps, and AI-powered workflows, I enjoy solving complex technical challenges, optimizing system performance, and leveraging containerization—especially with Docker—to enhance scalability and efficiency.

Hi everyone, I’m Naman Kaley, a Docker Captain, Docker Certified Associate, and Software Engineer specializing in backend development, AI integration, and cloud infrastructure. I have experience working with LLMs, Kubernetes, and scalable microservic... Show more

Hemanth Malla is a Principal Engineer working on Kubernetes and container networking at Microsoft. He is also a Cilium CNCF maintainer. Previously he worked on various distributed systems in industries like observability, e-commerce, fintech and high frequency trading. Apart from computers, he enjoys all things photography, drones and dark chocolate.

Hemanth Malla is a Principal Engineer working on Kubernetes and container networking at Microsoft. He is also a Cilium CNCF maintainer. Previously he worked on various distributed systems in industries like observability, e-commerce, fintech and high... Show more

Ben is a veteran cybersecurity and DevOps professional, as well as a computer science lecturer. Today, he is the co-founder and CTO at ARMO, with a vision of making end-to-end Kubernetes security simple for everyone, and a core maintainer of the open source Kubescape project, now a CNCF incubating project. He chairs the cybersecurity program at Hadassah Academic College, where he teaches advanced information security in both undergrad and graduate courses. In his previous capacities, he has been a security researcher and architect, pen-tester and lead developer at Cisco, NDS and Siemens.

Ben is a veteran cybersecurity and DevOps professional, as well as a computer science lecturer. Today, he is the co-founder and CTO at ARMO, with a vision of making end-to-end Kubernetes security simple for everyone, and a core maintainer of the open... Show more

Marc Müller is a principal consultant for DevOps and .NET / Azure solutions at 4tecture GmbH and has been recognized by Microsoft as a Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Developer Technologies (Azure DevOps). He has been able to bring his DevOps expertise and know-how for enterprise architectures and component-based distributed systems to many projects over the past few years. As a trainer and speaker, he focuses on the training and coaching of DevOps and .NET project teams.

Marc Müller is a principal consultant for DevOps and .NET / Azure solutions at 4tecture GmbH and has been recognized by Microsoft as a Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Developer Technologies (Azure DevOps). He has been able to bring his DevOps ex... Show more

Yuan Tang is a Senior Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat AI. Previously, he led AI infrastructure and platform teams at various companies. He holds leadership roles in open source communities — including Argo, Kubeflow, KServe, Kubernetes, and CNCF — and maintains many popular open source projects. Yuan has authored award-winning books and numerous highly cited papers and patents (10k+ citations), and is a frequent keynote speaker, technical advisor, and mentor at various organizations.

Yuan Tang is a Senior Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat AI. Previously, he led AI infrastructure and platform teams at various companies. He holds leadership roles in open source communities — including Argo, Kubeflow, KServe, Kubernetes, and CN... Show more

Sohan Kunkerkar is a Senior Software Engineer at Red Hat, bringing expertise in distributed systems, backend engineering, and containers. His active contributions extend to CRI-O, a container runtime engine, and various sub-projects within the Kubernetes Sig-Node community. Sohan has a robust background, having worked on impactful projects such as Kubefed and Fedora CoreOS.

Sohan Kunkerkar is a Senior Software Engineer at Red Hat, bringing expertise in distributed systems, backend engineering, and containers. His active contributions extend to CRI-O, a container runtime engine, and various sub-projects within the Kubern... Show more

Kunal Das is a Developer Advocate at CAST AI, where he spends most of his time on cloud cost optimization and, more recently, building AI agents that don't cost a fortune to run. He's one of the people behind Kimchi : an open source multi-model coding agent that routes work across different LLMs based on what each is actually good at, rather than just throwing everything at the most expensive one.
He organizes CNCF community chapters in Mumbai and Kolkata, runs the HashiCorp User Group Bangalore. He's spoken at FOSSASIA, ArgoCon, Observability Summit, and more CNCF meetups than he can count.
Outside work: badminton and too many photos.

Kunal Das is a Developer Advocate at CAST AI, where he spends most of his time on cloud cost optimization and, more recently, building AI agents that don't cost a fortune to run. He's one of the people behind Kimchi : an open source multi-model codin... Show more

Solutions Architect at AWS, specializing in cloud-native architectures and pipelines. With over a decade of experience, he has led initiatives in automation, cost optimization, and infrastructure resilience. Adi is passionate about building scalable, event-driven systems and has implemented serverless and containers solutions to enhance applications efficiency. He believes that intelligent automation and dynamic resource management are key to reducing operational overhead. When not optimizing cloud workloads, he enjoys mentoring engineers and perfecting the art of the dad joke- because laughter is the best infrastructure!

Solutions Architect at AWS, specializing in cloud-native architectures and pipelines. With over a decade of experience, he has led initiatives in automation, cost optimization, and infrastructure resilience. Adi is passionate about building scalable,... Show more

Blake is passionate about building Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) using cloud-native technologies. With extensive experience in Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines, Blake specializes in creating robust and scalable solutions, including AI-powered tooling and developer experiences, that empower development teams. Committed to innovation and continuous improvement, Blake enjoys sharing knowledge and best practices with the community to help others succeed in their cloud-native journeys.

Blake is passionate about building Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) using cloud-native technologies. With extensive experience in Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines, Blake specializes in creating robust and scalable solutions, including AI-powered too... Show more

Alp is a Platform Engineer working with Kubernetes operators and compute infrastructure, from on-premises to the cloud. He's also a homelabber who builds his own infrastructure and the software to manage it.

Alp is a Platform Engineer working with Kubernetes operators and compute infrastructure, from on-premises to the cloud. He's also a homelabber who builds his own infrastructure and the software to manage it. Show more

Senior Full-Stack Engineer with 6+ years building cloud-native platforms in Biotech/Pharma - from event-driven microservices to Kubernetes-based data pipelines. Seeking determinism in non-deterministic world of AI.

Senior Full-Stack Engineer with 6+ years building cloud-native platforms in Biotech/Pharma - from event-driven microservices to Kubernetes-based data pipelines. Seeking determinism in non-deterministic world of AI. Show more

I'm Stav, a DevOps Engineer at Beacon where I manage highly scalable, multicloud environments with a focus on Kubernetes, CI/CD, and making sure logs actually tell you something useful. I'm also an AWS Containers Hero, with a strong interest in cloud-native identity and infrastructure security. I come from a background in DevOps engineering and instruction, and I try to bring that mix of hands-on experience and clear communication into everything I do. Outside of work, I'm a pastry-chef school graduate and a licensed skipper.

I'm Stav, a DevOps Engineer at Beacon where I manage highly scalable, multicloud environments with a focus on Kubernetes, CI/CD, and making sure logs actually tell you something useful. I'm also an AWS Containers Hero, with a strong interest in cloud... Show more

Data scientist by training and product owner by passion with experience ranging from highly regulated healthcare industry to fluid open source ecosystem.

Data scientist by training and product owner by passion with experience ranging from highly regulated healthcare industry to fluid open source ecosystem. Show more

I am a seasoned technologist with over two decades of experience, beginning my career in the late 1990s as a Unix System Administrator. Over time, I expanded my expertise into roles such as DevOps Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), and Golang Developer, gaining deep hands-on experience with cloud-native systems, infrastructure automation, and platform engineering.

As my journey progressed, I transitioned into technical leadership roles as a Product Manager and Project Manager, where I now combine engineering know-how with strategic execution—leading cross-functional teams, aligning delivery with business goals, and driving innovation across globally distributed systems.

I’ve had the privilege of contributing to impactful projects at organizations such as Zalora (Singapore), Proemion (Germany), GiantSwarm, Viadialog (France), BBC, and Netflix. My academic background includes an MS.c/M.Phil from the University of Portsmouth, UK, which grounds my practical experience in a strong theoretical foundation.

Now based in Mauritius, I continue to work at the intersection of technology and strategy, contributing to open-source communities while enjoying a peaceful island life—tending to my aquaponic farm and recharging through long walks along the beach or hikes in the mountains.

I am a seasoned technologist with over two decades of experience, beginning my career in the late 1990s as a Unix System Administrator. Over time, I expanded my expertise into roles such as DevOps Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), and Golang... Show more

Thang is a Solutions Architect at Tiger Tribe (a Heineken company), a Microsoft Azure MVP for 7 years in a row.

He has over 18+ years of experience in software consulting, design, and development in outsourcing, product, and startup companies during his career. He currently works at Tiger Tribe with software experts and consultants in the company to design, develop and deliver various types of enterprise software such as Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG), real estate, social networks, media marketing, gym & healthcare, and a variety of other business industries. He is in charge of a group of technical architects who help his customers migrate and modernise their legacy systems using cutting-edge technologies such as cloud computing, cloud-native platform, serverless, WebAssembly/WASI, GenAI and AI native.

In his spare time, he usually learns and shares his knowledge via GitHub, Twitter, and Facebook. And he is a creator and maintainer of many projects and sample code on his GitHub, as well as the founder of the Microservices in Vietnam community.

Thang is a Solutions Architect at Tiger Tribe (a Heineken company), a Microsoft Azure MVP for 7 years in a row. He has over 18+ years of experience in software consulting, design, and development in outsourcing, product, and startup companies duri... Show more

I am Cloud Solution Architect Low Code @Microsoft and co-founder of CloudGen Verona, an Italian community based in Verona, which makes the Azure and .NET world its main topic.
At the same time, I'm a dad who loves all technology with a passion for the world of code and artificial intelligence.

I am Cloud Solution Architect Low Code @Microsoft and co-founder of CloudGen Verona, an Italian community based in Verona, which makes the Azure and .NET world its main topic. At the same time, I'm a dad who loves all technology with a passion for t... Show more

Param breaks production on purpose. An AWS Architect who has built Resiliency Centres of Excellence across several enterprises, using chaos engineering to hold live systems above 99.99% availability — cutting downtime by as much as 80% and deployment timelines by half. Holds multiple AWS and Kubernetes certifications.

Thrives in chaos.

Param breaks production on purpose. An AWS Architect who has built Resiliency Centres of Excellence across several enterprises, using chaos engineering to hold live systems above 99.99% availability — cutting downtime by as much as 80% and deployment... Show more

Takuto is a graduate student in computer science at Chiba Institute of Technology in Japan, pursuing a career as a cloud platform developer. His expertise includes Go, Kubernetes, and cloud-native infrastructure.
He organizes Gophers EX, a project that supports the global expansion of the Japanese Go community. With his experience as a speaker at an international conference, he shares practical approaches for challenging and participating in conferences overseas.

Takuto is a graduate student in computer science at Chiba Institute of Technology in Japan, pursuing a career as a cloud platform developer. His expertise includes Go, Kubernetes, and cloud-native infrastructure. He organizes Gophers EX, a project t... Show more

Simon Koudijs is a software engineer and trainer working at the boundary between software, infrastructure, and configuration. He has worked across startups and the pension industry, with a focus on improvements that are measurable and useful in practice.

He speaks and teaches about Git workflows, Kubernetes, configuration, and internal platforms, with a particular focus on how shared infrastructure shapes software behavior. He is currently building the open-source `gitops-reverser` operator (github.com/ConfigButler/gitops-reverser).

Simon Koudijs is a software engineer and trainer working at the boundary between software, infrastructure, and configuration. He has worked across startups and the pension industry, with a focus on improvements that are measurable and useful in pract... Show more

CNCF Golden Kubestronaut. DevOps and Platform Engineer with 10+ years of hands-on experience, specializing in Kubernetes and infrastructure for AI workloads.
Learning everyday, and sharing learned lessons on the way.

CNCF Golden Kubestronaut. DevOps and Platform Engineer with 10+ years of hands-on experience, specializing in Kubernetes and infrastructure for AI workloads. Learning everyday, and sharing learned lessons on the way. Show more

Marc Arndt has over 20 years of corporate development experiance, primarily focusing on Go and Kubernetes over the last 8 years.

Currently the technical Leader at Evana AG, Marc Arndt has overseen the digital transformation of the organisation and brought the company forward into an AI 2.0 world.

Marc Arndt has over 20 years of corporate development experiance, primarily focusing on Go and Kubernetes over the last 8 years. Currently the technical Leader at Evana AG, Marc Arndt has overseen the digital transformation of the organisation an... Show more

David Lucas is a software engineer with over 25 years of experience in IT to include Fortune 500 companies. He has a diverse background covering satellite communications, financial processing, smart grid utilities, manufacturing, shipping automation, e-Commerce, insurance, big data, performance, and security. David is a consultant that enjoys problem solving along with designing, implementing, and testing large-scale software solutions (on-premise or cloud) on the JVM/Docker/Kubernetes platform as well as mentoring and training others in the art and science of software. He is a Kotlin enthusiast and has been working on Server-Side Kotlin microservices for the last 7 years. David is the owner and primary engineer of Lucas Software Engineering, Inc., and provides both remote and on-site consulting in the Columbus, Ohio area. He enjoys presenting at local and national user groups and is a member of the ACM.

David Lucas is a software engineer with over 25 years of experience in IT to include Fortune 500 companies. He has a diverse background covering satellite communications, financial processing, smart grid utilities, manufacturing, shipping automation,... Show more

Wei Hu is the Senior Vice President of Research and Development at Oracle. He leads the development of mission-critical database capabilities as well as Kubernetes, Microservices, Globally Distributed Databases, Blockchain and FinTech.

Mr. Hu has B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He has been with Oracle since 1998, holds more than 50 patents, and is the author and co-author of several books and papers.

Wei Hu is the Senior Vice President of Research and Development at Oracle. He leads the development of mission-critical database capabilities as well as Kubernetes, Microservices, Globally Distributed Databases, Blockchain and FinTech. Mr. Hu has... Show more

. Satyam Soni is a DevEx engineer at NitroStack, where he works with enterprises and developers building MCP servers, agentic applications, and developer platforms. His work spans AI and cloud-native technologies, helping teams adopt MCP and agent-native architectures in production.

Satyam is a CNCF Ambassador, former K8s Release engineering, and have served as Release Notes Lead for Kubernetes v1.32. He has spoken at KubeCon, PyCon, OSS Summit, opensearchcon and developer conferences worldwide.

. Satyam Soni is a DevEx engineer at NitroStack, where he works with enterprises and developers building MCP servers, agentic applications, and developer platforms. His work spans AI and cloud-native technologies, helping teams adopt MCP and agent-na... Show more

Hi! I'm Pedro, CNCF Ambassador, Senior Solutions Engineer @ Docker, Microsoft MVP and a lover of Kubernetes and communities.
I'm an engineer with deep experience in Security, Observability and Platform Engineer. My work is focused on helping organizations expand their AI usage with security and taking advantage of its scalability.
I also like football, pizza and airplanes.

Hi! I'm Pedro, CNCF Ambassador, Senior Solutions Engineer @ Docker, Microsoft MVP and a lover of Kubernetes and communities. I'm an engineer with deep experience in Security, Observability and Platform Engineer. My work is focused on helping organiz... Show more

Michel Hubert est Solution Architect : Platform Engineering & IA, auteur et speaker — il passe ses journées entre Terraform, Kubernetes et des agents LLM qui ne font pas toujours ce qu'on leur demande. Fondateur de Planete-IT, il accompagne DSI et équipes IT sur des sujets qui brûlent : architecture cloud-native, industrialisation de l'IA, expérience développeur. Auteur de DevX à l'heure de l'IA et L'infrastructure à l'heure de l'IA, speaker à Microsoft Build 2026, il croit que la pédagogie est la meilleure arme contre le bullshit technologique.

MVP Azure
MS Regional Director
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hubertmichel/

Michel Hubert est Solution Architect : Platform Engineering & IA, auteur et speaker — il passe ses journées entre Terraform, Kubernetes et des agents LLM qui ne font pas toujours ce qu'on leur demande. Fondateur de Planete-IT, il accompagne DSI et éq... Show more

Anna is a jack of all trades with a strong background in AWS, Kubernetes, all things Linux and software engineering. She is currently a Senior Systems Engineer at Ticketline, doing a mix of development and infrastructure.

She is an experienced and passionate speaker, having given 20+ talks, at events including AWS Community Days in Manchester, Poland, Italy & Germany, Open Source Summit Japan and KCD UK. She especially enjoys giving oddball talks that dive deep into complex subjects, and/or question accepted viewpoints.

She is the proud owner of Dominio Computers, a small business specializing in vintage computer sales. Outside of IT, she's often found gardening, acting or traveling.

Anna is a jack of all trades with a strong background in AWS, Kubernetes, all things Linux and software engineering. She is currently a Senior Systems Engineer at Ticketline, doing a mix of development and infrastructure. She is an experienced and... Show more

I am the Head of Public Cloud at Millennium bcp, Portugal's largest privately-owned bank, with several years of experience in designing and leading the implementation of cloud-based solutions prioritizing containers and serverless. I am also a Microsoft MVP for Azure, in recognition of my expertise and contributions to the Azure community.

My mission is to find answers to complex and strategic challenges in cloud computing, engaging diverse and distributed teams, delivering unique and class-leading solutions, and fostering a culture of teamwork and continuous improvement. I have a proven track record of delivering business value through IT-based products and frameworks in areas such as immutable infrastructure, infrastructure as code, Kubernetes, and observability patterns. I am passionate about learning new technologies and sharing my knowledge as a speaker and writer.

I am the Head of Public Cloud at Millennium bcp, Portugal's largest privately-owned bank, with several years of experience in designing and leading the implementation of cloud-based solutions prioritizing containers and serverless. I am also a Micros... Show more

Frederik is a seasoned speaker and technologist. Over the past decade, he has delivered keynotes, workshops, and sessions at numerous events, including Drupal Developer Days, DrupalCon Europe and USA, and Mautic Conference Global.

Frederik's presentations are known for their practical, hands-on approach, providing attendees with actionable insights and strategies. They have covered a wide range of topics, from spatial search with Solr and Elastic Search, HTTP protocols, Varnish reverse proxy, to Drupal on Kubernetes, hyper-personalization in the GDPR era, and retrieval-augmented generation (AI).

Frederik has a strong interest in Innovation, Technology, Defence and sports.

Frederik is a seasoned speaker and technologist. Over the past decade, he has delivered keynotes, workshops, and sessions at numerous events, including Drupal Developer Days, DrupalCon Europe and USA, and Mautic Conference Global. Frederik's prese... Show more

I'm Akash Singh (SkySingh04), a Golden Kubestronaut, one of a small group worldwide holding all 16 Linux Foundation and CNCF certifications, including CKA, CKAD, CKS and the CNPE. I handle DevOps, Infrastructure and MLOps at Sabi, and have previously built platforms at FinalRoundAI, Aspora, Embeddings Co. and CloudSek.

I speak on Kubernetes, platform engineering, observability, GitOps and MLOps, and I like talks that come with a real number attached. At FOSSAsia 2026 in Bangkok I walked through how we cut an AWS Glue bill by 25x by moving to Airflow. At the Google Summer of Code Alumni CAMP India 2026 I presented Point Blank and how a student-run community gives back to the open source ecosystem. I've also run longer-form sessions for students — most recently at RGIPT's Kode Club on DevOps, MLOps and open source — and pitched at SWITCH 2024 in Singapore as team lead for the HackGlobal finals.

I run Point Blank, the open source community I founded, and I organize the Cloud & DevOps devroom at IndiaFOSS. I was selected for Google Summer of Code 2024 with Keploy and the Linux Foundation Mentorship 2025 with LitmusChaos. I've taught and trained professionally at SwipeGen and CodingZen, and I mentor and judge at hackathons across India.

I've won public speaking competitions across the country, and I'm about as likely to be emceeing an event as presenting at one.

I'm Akash Singh (SkySingh04), a Golden Kubestronaut, one of a small group worldwide holding all 16 Linux Foundation and CNCF certifications, including CKA, CKAD, CKS and the CNPE. I handle DevOps, Infrastructure and MLOps at Sabi, and have previously... Show more