Celestina Amadi is a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer and active community organizer recognized as a HashiCorp Ambassador, Grafana Champion, and IBM Champion.

She serves as an organizer for Grafana & Friends Nigeria, and HashiCorp User Group (Ibadan/Lagos).

Celestina specializes in cloud-native platforms, Kubernetes, and distributed systems. Driven by a passion for developer enablement and open-source growth, she leads community mentorship programs across emerging tech hubs to help the next generation of software engineers build impactful, production-grade systems.

Celestina Amadi is a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer and active community organizer recognized as a HashiCorp Ambassador, Grafana Champion, and IBM Champion. She serves as an organizer for Grafana & Friends Nigeria, and HashiCorp User Group (Ibadan... Show more

Hi, I’m Daniel Pereowei Iwenya, an infrastructure engineer passionate about crafting cloud solutions that scale. I specialize in Kubernetes, Terraform, and Docker, combining my expertise with backend development to create efficient and reliable systems. I thrive on solving complex challenges, automating workflows, and delivering innovative solutions in cloud-native environments.

Hi, I’m Daniel Pereowei Iwenya, an infrastructure engineer passionate about crafting cloud solutions that scale. I specialize in Kubernetes, Terraform, and Docker, combining my expertise with backend development to create efficient and reliable syste... Show more

I currently serve as a Senior Tech Lead at DaoCloud, with over 15 years of engineering experience, including 8 years of Kubernetes expertise. My technical focus spans networking, eBPF, service mesh, AI, and more. I have delivered 5 KubeCon talks and 3 KCD talks, and have served on the KubeCon program committee 4 times. I have incubated 6 cloud-native open-source projects, including one CNCF Sandbox. Over the past three years, I ranked 28th globally in CNCF developer activity contributions.

I currently serve as a Senior Tech Lead at DaoCloud, with over 15 years of engineering experience, including 8 years of Kubernetes expertise. My technical focus spans networking, eBPF, service mesh, AI, and more. I have delivered 5 KubeCon talks and ... Show more

Apasionado por el mundo del código abierto, actualmente formo parte del equipo de Red Hat, facilitando la adopción de tecnologías Open Source y las innovadoras soluciones que Red Hat ofrece. Contribuyo activamente en la expansión y dinamización de las comunidades Cloud Native en Latinoamérica, compartiendo expertise y experiencias en eventos regionales. Profundizo en la orquestación de contenedores con herramientas líderes como Kubernetes y Openshift, diseñando e implementando soluciones eficientes.

Apasionado por el mundo del código abierto, actualmente formo parte del equipo de Red Hat, facilitando la adopción de tecnologías Open Source y las innovadoras soluciones que Red Hat ofrece. Contribuyo activamente en la expansión y dinamización de la... Show more

As a VP of Software Engineering at Salesforce, Srikanth leads the Hyperforce compute platform, overseeing massive Kubernetes deployments. Drawing on over 20 years of industry experience, he specializes in building enterprise-scale infrastructure at tech leaders like Yahoo and Salesforce. He is driven to architect robust, future-proof systems by unlocking the potential of AI.

As a VP of Software Engineering at Salesforce, Srikanth leads the Hyperforce compute platform, overseeing massive Kubernetes deployments. Drawing on over 20 years of industry experience, he specializes in building enterprise-scale infrastructure at t... Show more

Attinder Pal Singh is a Senior Product Manager for SQL Server at Microsoft, currently leading the technical vision for SQL Server on Linux. With over 15 years of experience in database technologies, Attinder has held diverse roles across Support, Consulting, and Engineering roles, enabling him to build deep expertise in optimizing business-critical solutions.
Prior to his current role, he served as a Product Manager for Azure SQL Database Hyperscale, contributing to the evolution of cloud-native database read scale capabilities. Today, he focuses on delivering new features and platform innovations for SQL Server on Linux, helping customers accelerate and modernize across cloud and hybrid environments.
He has presented his work 3 times at DevDays Asia (Taipei), 5 times at Bangalore UG group (India), Webinars and internal Microsoft events.

Attinder Pal Singh is a Senior Product Manager for SQL Server at Microsoft, currently leading the technical vision for SQL Server on Linux. With over 15 years of experience in database technologies, Attinder has held diverse roles across Support, Con... Show more

15+ years experienced in IT and have witnessed all major transitions in IT (from desktop to cloud, monolith to microservices, JSPs to Angular, React and many more). I am AWS certified, Kubernetes certified and currently working as a Java Mern Tech Lead with Wipro for one of the banking client.

15+ years experienced in IT and have witnessed all major transitions in IT (from desktop to cloud, monolith to microservices, JSPs to Angular, React and many more). I am AWS certified, Kubernetes certified and currently working as a Java Mern Tech Le... Show more

I am a DevOps Engineer with over 9 years of experience in critical environments, focused on automation, reliability and operational efficiency. I work at 4Linux as a Consultant and Instructor, helping companies and professionals adopt DevOps culture with Open Source technologies. I have hands-on experience with Linux, Kubernetes, Cloud, IaC and CI/CD — and I teach courses on Containers, Agile Infrastructure and DevOps. I am an active speaker in the Brazilian tech community, with appearances at DevOpsDays, SREDay and CNCF Campinas.

I am a DevOps Engineer with over 9 years of experience in critical environments, focused on automation, reliability and operational efficiency. I work at 4Linux as a Consultant and Instructor, helping companies and professionals adopt DevOps culture ... Show more

I'm a Site Reliability Engineer at Apple with over five years of experience in cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and platform engineering. I'm a certified Kube Astronaut and have built and operated systems supporting over 20,000 transactions per second across on-prem and AWS, including petabyte-scale data migrations and multi-region active-active deployments.
Over the course of my experience, my work has been focused on the intersection of SRE and generative AI - architecting LLM inference infrastructure and building AI-powered agents with MCP (Model Context Protocol) integrations to automate incident triage at scale.

I'm a Site Reliability Engineer at Apple with over five years of experience in cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and platform engineering. I'm a certified Kube Astronaut and have built and operated systems supporting over 20,000 transactions per seco... Show more

Nikhil is a Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat, working on Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI), focused on building Feature Store and contributing to Feast (https://feast.dev/) upstream project across Feature Server performance improvements, Registry REST API server, Kubernetes Scaling/HA operations, Observability, OpenLineage and GenAI/RAG integrations. He is enthusiastic about Open Source Technologies and previously he contributed to the foreman and fedora communities.

Nikhil is a Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat, working on Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI), focused on building Feature Store and contributing to Feast (https://feast.dev/) upstream project across Feature Server performance improvements, Registry RE... Show more

Dmitry is a Kubernetes and containers pioneer with a deep-seated passion for building simple, elegant software. As a Senior Developer and Open Source enthusiast, he specializes in Golang and cloud-native architecture. Dmitry advocates for minimalist design principles—believing that software, like language, should be beautiful, explicit, and simple.

Dmitry is a Kubernetes and containers pioneer with a deep-seated passion for building simple, elegant software. As a Senior Developer and Open Source enthusiast, he specializes in Golang and cloud-native architecture. Dmitry advocates for minimalist ... Show more

In the past years, I built lots of different small/big size projects by using kubernetes, gitlab, spring boot and nodejs. As CTO at Exozet I supported chapter leads to develop awesome technical solutions. I am very into federated social media, devops and APIs in general lately.

In the past years, I built lots of different small/big size projects by using kubernetes, gitlab, spring boot and nodejs. As CTO at Exozet I supported chapter leads to develop awesome technical solutions. I am very into federated social media, devops... Show more

Mads is a Lead Engineer for the Edge Platform Team at the LEGO Group and Cloud Native Denmark Denmark organizer. He has been building Kubernetes based platforms at several companies and loves to focus the discussion away from the tech, and over to the human aspects of building and operating platforms. He is a father of 3 wonderful girls and a life-long scout.

Mads is a Lead Engineer for the Edge Platform Team at the LEGO Group and Cloud Native Denmark Denmark organizer. He has been building Kubernetes based platforms at several companies and loves to focus the discussion away from the tech, and over to th... Show more

Yash is working with Google as Software Engineer, and has 8 years of industrial experience with cloud architectures and micro-service development across Google and VMware.

He is been a speaker at multiple international conferences such as KubeCon + CloudNativeCon and Serverless Practitioners Summit for some of his open source projects and contributions across open source projects like K8s.

He is currently working with Security Command Center, a cloud security offering by Google Compute Platform.

Yash is working with Google as Software Engineer, and has 8 years of industrial experience with cloud architectures and micro-service development across Google and VMware. He is been a speaker at multiple international conferences such as KubeCon ... Show more

Dex is CEO and co-founder at HumanLayer, building an agentic IDE and collaboration platform that helps teams solve hard problems in complex codebases without devolving into slop. Dex coined the term context engineering in April 2025, has keynoted AI Engineer conferences and his practical, no-hype talks on agentic coding have over 1 million views on YouTube. Dex built lunar exploration tooling for NASA researchers in high school, and spent 10+ years in the Kubernetes/Infra space before getting into AI.

Dex is CEO and co-founder at HumanLayer, building an agentic IDE and collaboration platform that helps teams solve hard problems in complex codebases without devolving into slop. Dex coined the term context engineering in April 2025, has keynoted AI ... Show more

He studied his bachelor degree in Lübeck in Computer Science and came because of a short stay in Shanghai he went to the university of technology and the university of applied sciences in Darmstadt for a master degree in computer science. In the mean time he worked for Capgemini and switched to siticom (later Logicalis Connected), where he learned a lot on Network Automation, Kubernetes and DevOps.

He studied his bachelor degree in Lübeck in Computer Science and came because of a short stay in Shanghai he went to the university of technology and the university of applied sciences in Darmstadt for a master degree in computer science. In the mean... Show more

Tom leads the Business Unit Cloud & Platform Engineering at SQUER and is part of the leadership team in Munich. He is passionate about building cloud-native self-service platforms that empower engineering teams to move fast without compromising on security and governance. Before joining SQUER, Tom co-founded Unit 214, where he helped organizations modernize their software architecture and adopt cloud-native practices. When he's not designing Kubernetes-based platforms, you'll find him exploring the intersection of AI and infrastructure, which is exactly what brought him to this stage.

Tom leads the Business Unit Cloud & Platform Engineering at SQUER and is part of the leadership team in Munich. He is passionate about building cloud-native self-service platforms that empower engineering teams to move fast without compromising on se... Show more

Omoleye Julius is a Senior DevOps and Platform Engineer with extensive experience designing, modernizing, and scaling cloud-native infrastructure across AWS and Kubernetes environments. He has led cloud migrations, platform engineering initiatives, disaster recovery implementations, and modernization projects for organizations ranging from startups to enterprise-scale businesses across multiple industries.

With a background spanning DevOps engineering, backend development, cloud architecture, and technical training, Julius specializes in Kubernetes, Terraform, Platform Engineering, CI/CD automation, cloud cost optimization, observability, and AWS ecosystem technologies. He has helped organizations improve reliability, security, scalability, and operational efficiency through infrastructure automation and cloud-native best practices.

Beyond his professional work, Julius is passionate about knowledge sharing and community development. He has mentored aspiring cloud and DevOps engineers, organized technical bootcamps, and delivered training sessions focused on helping engineers build practical cloud and platform engineering skills.

When he's not architecting cloud platforms or automating infrastructure, he enjoys exploring emerging technologies, contributing to technical communities, and helping organizations navigate their cloud transformation journeys.

Omoleye Julius is a Senior DevOps and Platform Engineer with extensive experience designing, modernizing, and scaling cloud-native infrastructure across AWS and Kubernetes environments. He has led cloud migrations, platform engineering initiatives, d... Show more

Lin is the Head of Open Source at Solo.io and serves as Co-chair of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2026 and 2027. She is an active contributor to AAIF and CNCF projects, including agentgateway, kagent, Istio, and kgateway. She is the author of Sidecar-less Istio Explained and AI Agents in Kubernetes, a frequent speaker at industry conferences, and holds more than 200 patents.

Lin is the Head of Open Source at Solo.io and serves as Co-chair of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2026 and 2027. She is an active contributor to AAIF and CNCF projects, including agentgateway, kagent, Istio, and kgateway. She is the author of Sidecar-less... Show more

Garvit Varshney is a Software Engineer at Marvell Technology, where he works on cloud and networking solutions. He is skilled in the SONiC, SAI, VPP, DPDK, OpenSSL, Kubernetes, and cloud-native technologies, with a strong focus on delivering innovative solutions by leveraging cutting-edge technology.

Garvit Varshney is a Software Engineer at Marvell Technology, where he works on cloud and networking solutions. He is skilled in the SONiC, SAI, VPP, DPDK, OpenSSL, Kubernetes, and cloud-native technologies, with a strong focus on delivering innovati... Show more

Swaraj Pande is a Software Engineer at Red Hat working on scalable backend and AI-driven systems that accelerate customer issue resolution. He specializes in Kubernetes-native architectures, distributed systems, and production AI workloads. An Red Hat Certified Architect professional, Swaraj is passionate about cloud-native AI, open source technologies, and sharing practical insights through community talks and technical conferences.

Swaraj Pande is a Software Engineer at Red Hat working on scalable backend and AI-driven systems that accelerate customer issue resolution. He specializes in Kubernetes-native architectures, distributed systems, and production AI workloads. An Red Ha... Show more

Devops Technical Leader con más de 8 años de experiencia en los rubros de Telecomunicaciones, Banca, Startups y Aerolíneas. Es AWS Community Builder desde el 2022 en la categoría Cloud Operations, líder en Women in Technology Peru, cofundadora de la ONG Sol Diferente, Speaker y mentora. Actualmente, trabaja en Globant liderando un equipo internacional. Le gusta automatizar todas las tareas y motivar a más mujeres a entrar en tecnología.

Devops Technical Leader con más de 8 años de experiencia en los rubros de Telecomunicaciones, Banca, Startups y Aerolíneas. Es AWS Community Builder desde el 2022 en la categoría Cloud Operations, líder en Women in Technology Peru, cofundadora de la ... Show more

Mike Conrad is a platform engineer at Defense Unicorns, where he works on secure, portable deployment tooling for mission-critical environments. He's spent the better part of a decade helping teams understand that platforms should make developers faster, not create new obstacles. He's passionate about Kubernetes, open source, and building things that work the same way whether they're running in a data center or on a laptop. He's a Kubestronaut, holds multiple Azure certifications, and has a habit of finding security gaps in places nobody thought to look.

Mike Conrad is a platform engineer at Defense Unicorns, where he works on secure, portable deployment tooling for mission-critical environments. He's spent the better part of a decade helping teams understand that platforms should make developers fas... Show more

A Senior Cloud Support Engineer and EC2 Subject Matter Expert at Amazon Web Services (AWS) India, specializing in Linux and Container services. With deep expertise in managing enterprise-scale cloud infrastructure and security implementations, he excels in container orchestration platforms including Kubernetes, Amazon ECS, and Amazon EKS. Known for solving complex cloud challenges and guiding organizations through cloud migrations and modernization initiatives, he ensures the implementation of industry best practices for cloud-based workloads. As a certified public speaker and key member of the Containers focus area, he contributes actively to the cloud computing community through knowledge sharing and technical leadership. Beyond his professional achievements, he balances his dedication to customer success and technical excellence with his role as a devoted husband and father, seamlessly combining his passion for technology with family life.

A Senior Cloud Support Engineer and EC2 Subject Matter Expert at Amazon Web Services (AWS) India, specializing in Linux and Container services. With deep expertise in managing enterprise-scale cloud infrastructure and security implementations, he exc... Show more

Poushali Chattopadhyay is a DevSecOps Engineer at Daimler Truck Innovation Centre India, specializing in Application Security.
She focuses on securing modern cloud environments through implementation of Zero Trust Architecture across the cloud resources and application, automated DAST, SAST, and SCA integrations.
Her work involves building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines with embedded security controls for continuous protection.
She also contributes to advancing Cloud Security initiatives and leveraging AI for intelligent vulnerability detection.
She is passionate about driving automation and innovation to make security seamless within development lifecycles. Outside of work, Poushali enjoys exploring music and traveling to new places for creative inspiration.

Poushali Chattopadhyay is a DevSecOps Engineer at Daimler Truck Innovation Centre India, specializing in Application Security. She focuses on securing modern cloud environments through implementation of Zero Trust Architecture across the cloud resou... Show more

Kai Levin is a Cloud-Native Developer, Team Lead, and AI Community Lead at Ericsson, focused on cloud-native platform engineering, AI-native transformation, and open-source ecosystem engagement. He drives initiatives including AI-native release operations, Developer Persona, and Agile Persona, leads AI Community activities, initiated Ericsson ADP’s observability open-source engagement, and has published IEEE/ACM research on advanced networking in Kubernetes and cloud-native infrastructure.

Kai Levin is a Cloud-Native Developer, Team Lead, and AI Community Lead at Ericsson, focused on cloud-native platform engineering, AI-native transformation, and open-source ecosystem engagement. He drives initiatives including AI-native release opera... Show more

Over 20 years experience in software engineering, mostly in the defence domain at Thales. The last few years of this were focused on transformation first to containers then Kubernetes.

After Thales I worked on the cloud native team at Couchbase, working on their Golang-based Kubernetes operator. This included producing a custom Fluent Bit deployment for observability needs.

Calyptia (founded by the Fluent maintainers) then approached me to come work with them building out observability products before we were successfully acquired by Chronosphere. I then led the migration of all our infrastructure and SOC2 compliance before Chronosphere was again successfully acquired by Palo Alto. During this period I also became a core maintainer of the CNCF graduated Fluent project, primarily working on Fluent Bit.

I am now running an OSS consultancy for observability called Telemetry Forge leveraging our knowledge as well as working with customers in the defence domain again.

Over 20 years experience in software engineering, mostly in the defence domain at Thales. The last few years of this were focused on transformation first to containers then Kubernetes. After Thales I worked on the cloud native team at Couchbase, w... Show more

Working on all things related to networking for container workloads as part of the Azure Container Networking team at Microsoft. I graduated from Boston University with a BA/MS dual degree in Computer Science and a minor in Linguistics. My interests lie in distributed systems and networking.

Working on all things related to networking for container workloads as part of the Azure Container Networking team at Microsoft. I graduated from Boston University with a BA/MS dual degree in Computer Science and a minor in Linguistics. My interests ... Show more

Monika Rajput is a Senior Technical Consultant at Ahead, where she helps build real-world data and cloud solutions. Over the years, she’s worked with four early-stage startups, shaping products from idea to launch. Alongside her technical work, she’s passionate about helping others grow in tech. She has mentored over 200+ students and actively contributes to the community as a CNCF Ambassador and organiser of CNCF Gurugram.

Monika is also the founder of TMS: The Monika Rajput Stack, a podcast where she shares stories from the world of data, AI, and cloud, featuring people doing meaningful work in tech. She’s currently serving as a Program Committee Member for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon in China, Japan, and India. Her goal is to make technology more open, relatable, and accessible, especially for those who are just getting started.

Monika Rajput is a Senior Technical Consultant at Ahead, where she helps build real-world data and cloud solutions. Over the years, she’s worked with four early-stage startups, shaping products from idea to launch. Alongside her technical work, she’s... Show more

Ritvik Pandya is an engineering leader specializing in distributed systems, Kubernetes platforms, cloud-native architectures, and large-scale payment infrastructure.
He enjoys working at the intersection of architecture, platform engineering, and cross-team collaboration, helping organizations build systems that scale both technically and operationally. His experience spans platform engineering, payment processing, developer platforms, cloud modernization, and high-performance distributed systems.
Throughout his career, Ritvik has led initiatives involving Kubernetes, service mesh technologies, API gateways, event-driven architectures, observability platforms, and mission-critical payment systems. His work has focused on improving system reliability, reducing latency, increasing throughput, and enabling engineering teams to deliver complex solutions with confidence.
Ritvik is passionate about sharing practical lessons learned from building and operating systems at scale. His talks focus on real-world engineering challenges, including distributed systems design, platform engineering, cloud-native architectures, observability, reliability engineering, service mesh adoption, API management, and modern software delivery practices.
As a speaker, author, reviewer, and engineering leader, he aims to bridge the gap between architectural theory and production reality by providing actionable insights that engineering teams can apply immediately.

Ritvik Pandya is an engineering leader specializing in distributed systems, Kubernetes platforms, cloud-native architectures, and large-scale payment infrastructure. He enjoys working at the intersection of architecture, platform engineering, and cr... Show more