With 25 years of experience engineering core infrastructure for global organizations like the European Commission, UST or Atos, I have a strong connection to the Swiss tech ecosystem, having architected critical platforms for Roche (Basel) and Hexagon (Zurich). Today, through my company Kubekub, I tackle the industry's most complex challenge: securely operationalizing Agentic AI at scale.
I partner with engineering teams to bridge the gap between AI experimentation and production reality, with a specific focus on helping organizations technically comply with the new EU AI Act. I build hardened Cloud Native platforms that enforce fine-grained authorization, isolate autonomous workloads, and provide deep observability. I bring the discipline of a veteran Platform Architect to the bleeding edge of AI—I don’t just draw the diagrams; I build the platform.

With 25 years of experience engineering core infrastructure for global organizations like the European Commission, UST or Atos, I have a strong connection to the Swiss tech ecosystem, having architected critical platforms for Roche (Basel) and Hexago... Show more

Philip is a systems engineer specializing in cloud-native platforms, systems administration, and infrastructure automation. He is not a car mechanic.

Philip is a systems engineer specializing in cloud-native platforms, systems administration, and infrastructure automation. He is not a car mechanic. Show more

Being a security researcher I break, build and analyse systems at a fundamental level. My work spans Cryptanalysis frameworks, source code auditing, attack tooling and vulnerability research including open source contributions

I practice more than just learning theory: from side-channel experiments on microcontrollers to designing static analysis tools and hybrid cipher research. I approach security with a builder’s mindset — understanding how systems fail so they can be made stronger.

Being a security researcher I break, build and analyse systems at a fundamental level. My work spans Cryptanalysis frameworks, source code auditing, attack tooling and vulnerability research including open source contributions I practice more than... Show more

Cloud Native Architect focused on Kubernetes-based platform engineering in secure and enterprise environments.

I design and operate resilient platform ecosystems — often within air-gapped or high-security contexts — where reliability, lifecycle management, and infrastructure depth matter.

Active in the CNCF community and international KubeCon speaker, I combine architectural thinking with hands-on experimentation. I maintain a private multi-node lab environment to continuously test distributed systems, networking patterns, storage strategies, and GitOps workflows beyond production constraints.

My work sits at the intersection of cloud-native innovation and real-world infrastructure — bridging Kubernetes, security, storage, and networking into scalable, long-term platform strategies.

Driven by continuous learning, system thinking, and building platforms that enable engineering teams to move fast — responsibly.

Cloud Native Architect focused on Kubernetes-based platform engineering in secure and enterprise environments. I design and operate resilient platform ecosystems — often within air-gapped or high-security contexts — where reliability, lifecycle ma... Show more

I am a Software and DevOps Engineer passionate about cloud-native technologies. I have contributed to various projects around the CNCF, and I currently work at Simplyblock as a software engineer, where I focus on enhancing cloud-native storage performance using spdk and csi.

I am a Software and DevOps Engineer passionate about cloud-native technologies. I have contributed to various projects around the CNCF, and I currently work at Simplyblock as a software engineer, where I focus on enhancing cloud-native storage perfor... Show more

Daniel Hiller is a software engineer with more than 20 years of work experience. He’s part of the KubeVirt community. KubeVirt is a Kubernetes add-on to run virtual machines on Kubernetes clusters. In the community he maintains, improves and automates CI, testing processes, GitHub automation and community data processing for the KubeVirt organization using Prow on Kubernetes and Golang.

Daniel Hiller is a software engineer with more than 20 years of work experience. He’s part of the KubeVirt community. KubeVirt is a Kubernetes add-on to run virtual machines on Kubernetes clusters. In the community he maintains, improves and automate... Show more

Schedule LinkedIn on Kubernetes.

Schedule LinkedIn on Kubernetes. Show more

Plamen Petkov is a DevSecOps and Kubernetes & Cloud-Native Solutions Architect with extensive experience in building resilient, secure, and highly automated systems. Currently based in Sofia, Bulgaria, he holds all three key Kubernetes certifications (CKA, CKD, and CKS) and specializes in GitOps, security automation, and scalable platform solutions. His recent work includes developing enterprise-grade Kubernetes platforms, cross-region logging systems, and comprehensive observability solutions. With a background that spans from early website development to modern cloud architecture, Plamen brings practical, hands-on experience in implementing production-grade cloud-native solutions that enable teams to work more efficiently.

Plamen Petkov is a DevSecOps and Kubernetes & Cloud-Native Solutions Architect with extensive experience in building resilient, secure, and highly automated systems. Currently based in Sofia, Bulgaria, he holds all three key Kubernetes certifications... Show more

James has been working in the Cloud and with Kubernetes for many years. He helped build a private cloud at GE Appliances, and moved into consulting migrating workloads to containers and Kubernetes for Enterprises. James is a Solution Architect with Isovalent at Cisco; where he helps companies navigate their adoption of Cilium. He also co-authored O'Reilly's Networking and Kubernetes.

James has been working in the Cloud and with Kubernetes for many years. He helped build a private cloud at GE Appliances, and moved into consulting migrating workloads to containers and Kubernetes for Enterprises. James is a Solution Architect with I... Show more

Senior Platform Engineer at ReeVo, focusing on Kubernetes and cloud native technologies. Key contributor to SIGHUP Kubernetes Distribution, working on making enterprise-grade Kubernetes accessible to teams of all sizes. Experienced in infrastructure automation, security patterns, and cloud native architectures. Passionate about open source and simplifying complex infrastructure challenges.

Senior Platform Engineer at ReeVo, focusing on Kubernetes and cloud native technologies. Key contributor to SIGHUP Kubernetes Distribution, working on making enterprise-grade Kubernetes accessible to teams of all sizes. Experienced in infrastructure ... Show more

Paras Thakur is a Technical Solutions Engineer at Google, where he leverages his expertise in cloud solutions. Beyond his role at Google, he actively contributes to the community through his YouTube channel, providing valuable resources and support for cloud and career development.

Paras Thakur is a Technical Solutions Engineer at Google, where he leverages his expertise in cloud solutions. Beyond his role at Google, he actively contributes to the community through his YouTube channel, providing valuable resources and support f... Show more

Shu Muto was a maintainer for Kubernetes Dashboard and several OpenStack Dashboard plugins since 2015. He organizes Kubernetes Upstream Training Japan to increase contributors and promotes open-source culture as an organizer of Cloud Native Community Japan. He is committed to fostering innovation and collaboration in the open-source community as a CNCF Ambassador, a TODO OSPO Ambassador and a OSPO Alliance Contributor.

Shu Muto was a maintainer for Kubernetes Dashboard and several OpenStack Dashboard plugins since 2015. He organizes Kubernetes Upstream Training Japan to increase contributors and promotes open-source culture as an organizer of Cloud Native Community... Show more

Senior SRE @ Netflix, Compute, previously Staff Engineer @ Spotify within Compute and Networking.

Senior SRE @ Netflix, Compute, previously Staff Engineer @ Spotify within Compute and Networking. Show more

Prithvi Raj is a Community Manager and Developer Advocate at Mirantis, working as part of the Open Source Program Office (OSPO) team. He is a CNCF Ambassador with 5+ years of experience in cloud native and open source communities. He currently leads community efforts for k0s, and has previously helped scale CNCF incubating projects including LitmusChaos and OpenEBS.

Prithvi runs the Platform & Resilience Engineering Meetup and actively supports the broader cloud-native ecosystem through community building, enablement, and advocacy.

He has served on Program Committees for multiple conferences, including KubeCon + CloudNativeCon, and is a seasoned speaker who has presented at 30+ respected conferences and meetups.

At Mirantis, he is leading community initiatives across k0s, k0rdent, OpenSDN, and other open-source projects and initiatives the company contributes to.

Prithvi is a co-organizer of Kubernetes Community Days (KCD) Bengaluru, and has previously organized and supported community events such as Chaos Carnival, LitmusChaosCon, and KCD Chennai. Prior to Mirantis, he worked with Harness, ChaosNative, and MayaData.

Prithvi Raj is a Community Manager and Developer Advocate at Mirantis, working as part of the Open Source Program Office (OSPO) team. He is a CNCF Ambassador with 5+ years of experience in cloud native and open source communities. He currently leads ... Show more

Senior solution architect and google cloud fellow , passionate about cloud native technologies and platform engineering.

Speaker at C2C EMEA and internal speaker for onepoint company.
blogger at medium around kubernetes and cloud

develop multicloud strategies for customers

Senior solution architect and google cloud fellow , passionate about cloud native technologies and platform engineering. Speaker at C2C EMEA and internal speaker for onepoint company. blogger at medium around kubernetes and cloud develop mul... Show more

Sanchita is passionate about DevSecOps, distributed systems and Cloud-Native Technologies. Her obsession with Kubernetes and CNCF is the heartbeat of her open-source journey. She has been serving in the Kubernetes Release Team for several cycles and was the Release Notes Lead for the v1.28 Kubernetes Release Team and Release Lead Shadow for v1.30,31&33. She was an LFX Summer Mentee'23 for CNCF organisation under the Kyverno project. She enjoys learning new concepts and technologies. She believes in giving back to the community, helping and mentoring others to get started on their first steps into open-source.

Sanchita is passionate about DevSecOps, distributed systems and Cloud-Native Technologies. Her obsession with Kubernetes and CNCF is the heartbeat of her open-source journey. She has been serving in the Kubernetes Release Team for several cycles and ... Show more

Mario has been active in the Kubernetes ecosystem since 2015, helping teams adopt containers and Kubernetes. As an early member of Mercedes Benz’s managed Kubernetes platform team, he helped build a global platform with nearly 1,000 clusters, an early example of what is now called "Platform Engineering."
He has seen Kubernetes and cloud native patterns evolve worldwide, balancing technical and leadership roles.

From October 2023 to March 2025, he served on the CNCF End User Technical Advisory Board.

Mario has been active in the Kubernetes ecosystem since 2015, helping teams adopt containers and Kubernetes. As an early member of Mercedes Benz’s managed Kubernetes platform team, he helped build a global platform with nearly 1,000 clusters, an earl... Show more

Louise is a software engineer at Canonical, working on open-source Kubernetes distributions such as Canonical Kubernetes and MicroK8s. She is passionate about building products that customers love to adopt and sharing lessons learned about distributed systems and Kubernetes.

Her journey began with degrees in Computer Science and International Business, which gave her a unique perspective at the intersection of technology and strategy. Starting her career in DevOps and later moving to backend engineering at RStudio/Posit PBC in the United States, Louise discovered her passion for Kubernetes and open-source ecosystems.

At Canonical she embraces the mission of making open source accessible to everyone. Community building, breaking down barriers, and knowledge sharing are at the heart of her work.

Louise is a software engineer at Canonical, working on open-source Kubernetes distributions such as Canonical Kubernetes and MicroK8s. She is passionate about building products that customers love to adopt and sharing lessons learned about distribute... Show more

Norwin Schnyder is a Cloud Software Engineer at Airlock and a Lecturer at the Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland. With over six years of experience in Kubernetes and various contributions to the Gateway API, he focuses on building secure, cloud-native ecosystems by leveraging the power of Kubernetes operators. Outside of his work, Norwin is a passionate sailor and has experience using Helm at sea.

Norwin Schnyder is a Cloud Software Engineer at Airlock and a Lecturer at the Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland. With over six years of experience in Kubernetes... Show more

With over 15 years of expertise in infrastructure, operations, and Kubernetes engineering, I am a highly skilled professional who is well-versed in advancing open-source and proprietary cloud-native products. I am currently collaborating upstream as a CNCF Ambassador and Kubernetes SIG Windows Tech Lead.

With over 15 years of expertise in infrastructure, operations, and Kubernetes engineering, I am a highly skilled professional who is well-versed in advancing open-source and proprietary cloud-native products. I am currently collaborating upstream as ... Show more

Currently, I work as Stream manager for 5G Core security monitoring & APIs at Orange, a global leader in telecommunications.
Before that, I have managed innovative 5G projects involving Edge Computing and k8s in collaboration with Google.
I have conducted studies and PoCs on Edge Computing, automated and deployed 5G NF, and provided k8s training to teams.
I contributed to building PaaS, CaaS, and BMaaS platforms with cloud Native solutions.
I'm also Kubestronaut (x5 K8s certified) and x2 GCP Professional Certified (Architect and Security).

Currently, I work as Stream manager for 5G Core security monitoring & APIs at Orange, a global leader in telecommunications. Before that, I have managed innovative 5G projects involving Edge Computing and k8s in collaboration with Google. I have ... Show more

Moritz is a platform architect, Open Source maintainer and contributor in the Kubernetes Ecosystem with a strong interest in information security and automation. He's employed at Form3 and currently operating a true multi-cloud Kubernetes platform across three cloud providers and bare-metal.

Moritz is a platform architect, Open Source maintainer and contributor in the Kubernetes Ecosystem with a strong interest in information security and automation. He's employed at Form3 and currently operating a true multi-cloud Kubernetes platform ac... Show more

Satyam is a Software Engineer in Mirantis’ OSPO, where he actively advocates for open-source adoption and contribution. He specializes in vendor-neutral, composable infrastructure that spans Kubernetes, cloud-native observability, and edge computing. He is also a regular contributor to projects such as K8s ClusterAPI and the k0s ecosystem. A frequent speaker at KubeCons and DevOpsDays, he shares practical lessons on building resilient, open-source distributed systems through talks and webinars.

Satyam is a Software Engineer in Mirantis’ OSPO, where he actively advocates for open-source adoption and contribution. He specializes in vendor-neutral, composable infrastructure that spans Kubernetes, cloud-native observability, and edge computing.... Show more

Edith, a Tech Evangelist at Percona, is a passionate contributor to the world of open source. Throughout her career, she has successfully contributed to the Apache Airflow project during her internship with Outreachy. She is also an Ambassador for the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. Recently, she relocated to the UK with a Global Talent Visa. Edith is part of the Kubernetes Shadow release 1.32 team and contributes to the Data on Kubernetes Community.

Edith, a Tech Evangelist at Percona, is a passionate contributor to the world of open source. Throughout her career, she has successfully contributed to the Apache Airflow project during her internship with Outreachy. She is also an Ambassador for th... Show more

Akhil works as a Software Engineer at Broadcom. An active contributor to projects in cloud native and container ecosystem. Akhil is a reviewer for containerd and a maintainer of kubernetes publishing-bot. He works mostly on container runtimes and kubernetes sig-node aspects.

Akhil works as a Software Engineer at Broadcom. An active contributor to projects in cloud native and container ecosystem. Akhil is a reviewer for containerd and a maintainer of kubernetes publishing-bot. He works mostly on container runtimes and kub... Show more

Jason Paolasini drives RBC’s hybrid cloud strategy, integrating on-prem and public cloud infrastructures using CNCF projects and Kubernetes. As a Kubernetes-first organization and CNCF Silver sponsor, RBC leverages open source frameworks to streamline security and operational efficiency. Jason fosters open source contributions while scaling multi-cluster environments to hundreds of thousands of cores, positioning RBC as a leader in financial cloud infrastructure.

Jason Paolasini drives RBC’s hybrid cloud strategy, integrating on-prem and public cloud infrastructures using CNCF projects and Kubernetes. As a Kubernetes-first organization and CNCF Silver sponsor, RBC leverages open source frameworks to streamlin... Show more

I'm an AI infrastructure engineer who builds GPU platforms that teams actually ship on. I've designed and scaled multi-tenant, hardware-isolated AI infrastructure for orgs like Rakuten, PhysicsWallah, GMR Group, covering everything from distributed training & inference to disaggregated serving and speculative decoding on Kubernetes.

I also hold top industry certifications including NVIDIA Certified Professional – AI Operations (NCP-AIO) and Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).

I'm a open-source contributor and built Fake Network Operator from scratch, a full Kubernetes operator to simulate InfiniBand and RDMA networking, because the tooling to test GPU networking without six-figure hardware simply didn't exist.

Based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Building in the open.

I'm an AI infrastructure engineer who builds GPU platforms that teams actually ship on. I've designed and scaled multi-tenant, hardware-isolated AI infrastructure for orgs like Rakuten, PhysicsWallah, GMR Group, covering everything from distributed t... Show more

Yash Gandhi is a Kubestronaut, works as a Vice President at Morgan Stanley’s Cloud Foundation Engineering Department, primarily responsible for the foundational engineering and architecture of the Multi-Cloud Kubernetes Platform for the Firm to suit various business applications needs within Financial Services. He has also been a speaker at KubeDay Singapore 2023, Cloud Expo Asia Singapore 2024 and 2025 and an evaluator for KubeCon proposals for KubeCon Japan, India and NA for 2025. His technical experience include plethora of technologies like Kubernetes, Gitops, Service Mesh, Golang, Terraform and many more.

Yash Gandhi is a Kubestronaut, works as a Vice President at Morgan Stanley’s Cloud Foundation Engineering Department, primarily responsible for the foundational engineering and architecture of the Multi-Cloud Kubernetes Platform for the Firm to suit ... Show more

Architect | Visionary Leader in DevSecOps, Cloud, Middleware, Cloud-Native Resilient and Serverless Cloud & Platform Architectures | Accelerating Enterprise Innovation at Global Scale | Mentor | Open source promoter

Being the best at what I do, seeking to deliver the best of me to others and trying to live a righteous life and be happy.
Growing as a person, always seeking improvement and success, providing everything in my scope, acquiring knowledge by learning from others, helping the growth of the workplace for mutual success.
I am an open-minded person, and free spirit, who likes to enjoy every moment, whether it is going out to enjoy sports, technology and family.

I lead digital transformation initiatives by designing open, scalable, and cloud-native architectures that empower global enterprises to innovate with agility and resilience. With deep expertise in middleware platforms and enterprise cloud solutions, I bridge the gap between strategy and execution. I am a visionary leader in DevSecOps, cloud-native, and serverless architectures, passionate about enabling interoperability, security, and performance across complex ecosystems. As a mentor, open source promoter, and founder, I am committed to shaping the next generation of technology leaders and advancing open innovation on a global scale.

Architect | Visionary Leader in DevSecOps, Cloud, Middleware, Cloud-Native Resilient and Serverless Cloud & Platform Architectures | Accelerating Enterprise Innovation at Global Scale | Mentor | Open source promoter Being the best at what I do, se... Show more

I’m a cloud-native engineer at Guidewire with strong involvement in the open-source ecosystem, contributing to Kubernetes and Cluster API release teams. I’ve supported multiple releases in documentation and release engineering roles. As a Certified Kubernetes Administrator and Google Cloud Community Top Writer, I actively share knowledge through technical writing and conference talks. I’m passionate about building, learning, and growing with the developer community.

I’m a cloud-native engineer at Guidewire with strong involvement in the open-source ecosystem, contributing to Kubernetes and Cluster API release teams. I’ve supported multiple releases in documentation and release engineering roles. As a Certified K... Show more