Jooho Lee is a Toronto-based technology professional with over a decade of experience at Red Hat, working across cloud-native platforms and AI. He began in middleware support and later moved into OpenShift consulting, helping customers design and operate Kubernetes platforms at scale. Today, he is on the OpenShift AI Model Serving team, integrating KServe and LLM-D into Open Data Hub to enable production-grade, Kubernetes-native deployment and operation of AI/ML models. He is also a KServe committer, contributing to the project’s model serving and LLM inference abstractions.

Jooho Lee is a Toronto-based technology professional with over a decade of experience at Red Hat, working across cloud-native platforms and AI. He began in middleware support and later moved into OpenShift consulting, helping customers design and ope... Show more

Ana Margarita Medina is a Sr. Staff Developer Advocate, she speaks on all things SRE, DevOps, and Reliability. She is a self-taught engineer with over 14 years of experience, focusing on cloud infrastructure and reliability. She has been part of the Kubernetes Release Team since v1.25, serves on the Kubernetes Code of Conduct Committee, and is on the GC for CNCF's Keptn project, When time permits, she leads efforts to dispel the stigma surrounding mental health and bring more Black and Latinx folks into tech.

Ana Margarita Medina is a Sr. Staff Developer Advocate, she speaks on all things SRE, DevOps, and Reliability. She is a self-taught engineer with over 14 years of experience, focusing on cloud infrastructure and reliability. She has been part of the ... Show more

Marcus Ross is a Member of the Platform Engineering & Process Framework team in the biggest public healthcare company in germany. He's developing the next step in scalable telematics and healthcare digitalization by building platforms with Kubernetes, GitOps, and platform tooling that put the Golden Path ahead of cognitive load. Turn APIs to digital highways for medical healthcare services. He's also keen to turn AI into real value in his everyday work.

Marcus Ross is a Member of the Platform Engineering & Process Framework team in the biggest public healthcare company in germany. He's developing the next step in scalable telematics and healthcare digitalization by building platforms with Kubernetes... Show more

Kevin Klues is a distinguished engineer on the NVIDIA Cloud Native team. He is a former shadow member of the CNCF Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) as well as a sig-node maintainer, having been involved in the design and implementation of a number of Kubernetes technologies, including the CPU Manager, the Device Manager, the Topology Manager, the Kubernetes stack for Multi-Instance GPUs, and Dynamic Resource Allocation (DRA). Kevin holds a bachelors degree from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, a masters degree from Washington University in St. Louis, and a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley. When not working, you can usually find Kevin hanging out with his kids or enjoying a beer in the sun somewhere.

Kevin Klues is a distinguished engineer on the NVIDIA Cloud Native team. He is a former shadow member of the CNCF Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) as well as a sig-node maintainer, having been involved in the design and implementation of a number ... Show more

Joel is part of the team building the cloud native 5G core at Swisscom, where he works on moving from box-centric telco practices towards Kubernetes-first automation using GitOps, the Kubernetes Resource Model and custom Operators. He is a co-creator of the open source NetBox Operator and contributes to Sylva as well as the Cloud Native Telco Forum, pushing the industry conversation on modernising telco beyond containerised network functions. Joel spoke in the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 keynote on cloud native evolution in telecom and regularly presents at conferences like KubeCon, Open Source Summit and ContainerDays. Outside the tech sphere he is an active musician, both live and in the studio.

Joel is part of the team building the cloud native 5G core at Swisscom, where he works on moving from box-centric telco practices towards Kubernetes-first automation using GitOps, the Kubernetes Resource Model and custom Operators. He is a co-creator... Show more

Emin is working as a Solutions Architect. He has undertaken tasks such as producing solutions related to Enterprise Kubernetes, Cloud Architectures, Infrastructure as Code and CNCF Projects, and transferring best practices about DevOps culture, methods, Cloud adaptation in the Cloud-Native World.

Trying to help the community as a CNCF Ambassador and also as an AWS Container Hero. He is part of the official Cloud Native Community Group Istanbul Chapter and Kubernetes Community Days Istanbul event.

Emin is working as a Solutions Architect. He has undertaken tasks such as producing solutions related to Enterprise Kubernetes, Cloud Architectures, Infrastructure as Code and CNCF Projects, and transferring best practices about DevOps culture, metho... Show more

Sr. Software Engineer at Red Hat with 13+ years of global experience in 3G, 4G, and 5G network integration. US patent creator and Telco Automation expert. Active CNCF Program Committee member and speaker at KubeCon, Kubedays, and CNCF events. 2026 AAIF Ambassador and Event organizer and contributor to Kserve, AgentGateway, MCP, Kepler, and kube-compare projects. Currently focused on MCP ecosystem architecture and production standards for AI tool interoperability on Kubernetes.

Sr. Software Engineer at Red Hat with 13+ years of global experience in 3G, 4G, and 5G network integration. US patent creator and Telco Automation expert. Active CNCF Program Committee member and speaker at KubeCon, Kubedays, and CNCF events. 2026 AA... Show more

Raphaël is a Senior Technical Marketing Engineer with Cloud Native networking and security specialists Isovalent, creators of the Cilium eBPF-based networking project. He works on Cilium, Hubble & Tetragon and the future of Cloud-Native networking & security using eBPF.

An early adept of the DevOps principle, he has been a practitioner of Configuration Management and Agile principles in Operations for many years, with a special involvement in the Puppet and Terraform communities over the years.

Raphaël is a Senior Technical Marketing Engineer with Cloud Native networking and security specialists Isovalent, creators of the Cilium eBPF-based networking project. He works on Cilium, Hubble & Tetragon and the future of Cloud-Native networking & ... Show more

Ivan Porta is the founder of Todea, a Seoul-based cloud-native engineering consultancy serving private-sector enterprises across Korea, Japan, and APAC. He works with engineering teams on Kubernetes platform readiness, production implementation, and ongoing operations with a focus on platform engineering, observability, GitOps, and zero-trust architecture.

Ivan Porta is the founder of Todea, a Seoul-based cloud-native engineering consultancy serving private-sector enterprises across Korea, Japan, and APAC. He works with engineering teams on Kubernetes platform readiness, production implementation, and ... Show more

Cloud and Infrastructure Engineer with 6 years of experience in DevOps and distributed storage systems for Telco Cloud environments — from architecture design to day-2 operations and troubleshooting. Recently focused on integrating AI agents into Kubernetes observability to reduce manual toil in incident response, with a passion for sharing production-tested, reusable patterns with the open infrastructure community.

Cloud and Infrastructure Engineer with 6 years of experience in DevOps and distributed storage systems for Telco Cloud environments — from architecture design to day-2 operations and troubleshooting. Recently focused on integrating AI agents into Kub... Show more

I have been passionate about development since I was very young, with over eight years of deep involvement in the cloud-native ecosystem.
After applying my expertise at the highest levels of the French government, I joined Qim info as Head of the Cloud DevOps & AI at Qim info in Switzerland.
My role is to support cultural and technological transformations to overcome the challenges of Cloud Native platforms.

I am the founder of Photon, a globally recognized iPad application for managing lighting in cinema, concerts, and theater.
I combine technical expertise with a strong understanding of artistic needs to deliver innovative and high-performance lighting management solutions.

I have been passionate about development since I was very young, with over eight years of deep involvement in the cloud-native ecosystem. After applying my expertise at the highest levels of the French government, I joined Qim info as Head of the C... Show more

Abhineet Saxena is a Cloud Engineer with expertise in AWS, Linux, and DevOps practices, as well as an AWS User Group Leader and CNCF Community Leader. He has actively contributed to the tech community by organizing and speaking at events like Kubernetes Birthday Bash, Grafana Jaipur Kickoff, and Navigating the Cloud. With a strong focus on cloud technologies and open-source, Abhineet combines technical expertise with a passion for empowering others, motivating professionals and students to explore innovation and collaboration in the cloud and DevOps ecosystem.

Abhineet Saxena is a Cloud Engineer with expertise in AWS, Linux, and DevOps practices, as well as an AWS User Group Leader and CNCF Community Leader. He has actively contributed to the tech community by organizing and speaking at events like Kuberne... Show more

Eduard Keilholz is a seasoned software developer and cloud architect at 4Dotnet, where he specializes in Microsoft development and cloud technologies. With a passion for helping organizations build highly performant cloud software solutions, Eduard has made significant contributions in the field of cloud architecture.

He is the author of the book Azure Infrastructure as Code, which delves into infrastructure automation using Azure, and is a frequent international conference speaker. Eduard is also the founder of the DotnetFriday meetup platform, a community initiative hosted in the Netherlands that fosters collaboration and learning among .NET professionals.

In addition to his development and community activities, Eduard created SpreaView, a platform designed to give conference organizers and speakers deeper insights into their performance by automating speaker evaluations. His contributions to the Microsoft community have earned him the prestigious title of Microsoft MVP since 2020.

Eduard Keilholz is a seasoned software developer and cloud architect at 4Dotnet, where he specializes in Microsoft development and cloud technologies. With a passion for helping organizations build highly performant cloud software solutions, Eduard h... Show more

Nicola Racco is CTO @ CoNDENSE.tech, helping organisations modernize their platforms through cloud-native architecture, hybrid-cloud strategies, and solutions designed around data sovereignty requirements. His work ranges from serverless systems to scalable distributed architectures and Kubernetes-based workloads, across both public-cloud and private-cloud environments. His experience includes major projects on AWS, with a focus on building resilient, efficient platforms that integrate strong security and observability practices to support long-term growth and reliable operations.

Nicola Racco is CTO @ CoNDENSE.tech, helping organisations modernize their platforms through cloud-native architecture, hybrid-cloud strategies, and solutions designed around data sovereignty requirements. His work ranges from serverless systems to s... Show more

Carlos Mestre del Pino is a cloud solution architect at Microsoft in Amsterdam. With a focus on Kubernetes, Azure networking and Agentic AI, he supports Azure customers on their app modernization and platform engineering journeys. Member of the organizing team for the Dutch Cloud Native Days, he is a community oriented person which loves sharing knowledge and passion for technology.

Carlos Mestre del Pino is a cloud solution architect at Microsoft in Amsterdam. With a focus on Kubernetes, Azure networking and Agentic AI, he supports Azure customers on their app modernization and platform engineering journeys. Member of the organ... Show more

Aarno is a co-founder and partner of VSHN - The DevOps Company in Zürich, Switzerland. He has been working on DevOps and Platform engineering using Kubernetes and open-source software for over ten years.

Aarno is a co-founder and partner of VSHN - The DevOps Company in Zürich, Switzerland. He has been working on DevOps and Platform engineering using Kubernetes and open-source software for over ten years. Show more

George is a distributed systems expert and a hands-on engineering leader. He is a Director of Engineering at MongoDB, focusing on implementing cloud native technologies at enterprise scale. He is an Ambassador of the Data on Kubernetes community and the author of The Platform Engineering Playbook, by Packt. Most recently, he has been a speaker at global events like Kubecon, OpenSource Summit, Hashiconf, LeadDev, SaaStr, and more.

George is a distributed systems expert and a hands-on engineering leader. He is a Director of Engineering at MongoDB, focusing on implementing cloud native technologies at enterprise scale. He is an Ambassador of the Data on Kubernetes community and ... Show more

Karthik Ravi is a senior software engineer focused on AI/ML infrastructure and distributed systems. He works on Kubernetes-based workload scheduling, multi-cluster compute, and reliable self-service platforms for data and AI workloads. His engineering interests include heterogeneous workload controllers, accelerator resource management, admission control, and turning integration failures into repeatable platform-readiness tests.

Karthik Ravi is a senior software engineer focused on AI/ML infrastructure and distributed systems. He works on Kubernetes-based workload scheduling, multi-cluster compute, and reliable self-service platforms for data and AI workloads. His engineerin... Show more

Brian Teller is the founder of Teller’s Tech and host of Ship It Weekly, a podcast for practitioners working in DevOps, SRE, platform engineering, and cloud. He brings real-world experience from staff-level infrastructure work across Terraform, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Kafka, CI/CD, incident response, and operational guardrails. Brian is also a DevOps Institute Ambassador and ITIL Ambassador, and much of his work centers on helping engineers cut through hype, think critically, and make better decisions in production environments.

Brian Teller is the founder of Teller’s Tech and host of Ship It Weekly, a podcast for practitioners working in DevOps, SRE, platform engineering, and cloud. He brings real-world experience from staff-level infrastructure work across Terraform, Kuber... Show more

Prasanth Baskar is a Software Engineer and a core contributor to the CNCF Harbor project. loves mentoring new contributors through LFX Mentorship and also an active contributor to kitops, oras, kubernetes. I have spoken at KubeCon, OpenSSF Community day, CNCF Meetups and various foss communities.

Prasanth Baskar is a Software Engineer and a core contributor to the CNCF Harbor project. loves mentoring new contributors through LFX Mentorship and also an active contributor to kitops, oras, kubernetes. I have spoken at KubeCon, OpenSSF Community ... Show more

CTO at Warpnet, a decade deep in security and platform engineering, and co-organizer of BSides Groningen, BSides Amsterdam, and Cloud Native Groningen. Active open source contributor with a current research focus on automotive security, though on any given weekend he's just as likely to be tinkering with AI, reverse engineering an animal microchip, or soldering conference badges at 2am.

CTO at Warpnet, a decade deep in security and platform engineering, and co-organizer of BSides Groningen, BSides Amsterdam, and Cloud Native Groningen. Active open source contributor with a current research focus on automotive security, though on any... Show more

For more than 8 years, Tobias has been building and operating Kubernetes clusters and everything needed for a container ecosystem. With a strong focus on automation and security, Tobias guides the transition from legacy infrastructure to modern container platforms.

For more than 8 years, Tobias has been building and operating Kubernetes clusters and everything needed for a container ecosystem. With a strong focus on automation and security, Tobias guides the transition from legacy infrastructure to modern conta... Show more

Stefan is Head of Development at ControlPlane and an open source contributor to cloud-native projects. He is the creator of Flagger the progressive delivery operator for Kubernetes, and a core maintainer of the CNCF's Flux project. Stefan has over 20 years of experience with software development and he enjoys programming in Go and writing about distributed systems.

Stefan is Head of Development at ControlPlane and an open source contributor to cloud-native projects. He is the creator of Flagger the progressive delivery operator for Kubernetes, and a core maintainer of the CNCF's Flux project. Stefan has over 20... Show more

Suvin is a Senior Software Engineer at WSO2 and an open-source maintainer. Even though his work is more focused on Identity and Access Management in Kubernetes, he enjoys being a developer advocate speaking at events and leading tech communities. He is a Die-Hard fan of JavaScript, IAM, Sci-fi and TBBT. Suvin is known for his community work and in fact, you may meet him at many dev community events around South Asia. If you see him at any of these events, don’t forget to wave and say Hi!

Suvin is a Senior Software Engineer at WSO2 and an open-source maintainer. Even though his work is more focused on Identity and Access Management in Kubernetes, he enjoys being a developer advocate speaking at events and leading tech communities. He ... Show more

I help companies deliver impact by leading the design and implementation of Internal Developer Platforms, cloud architectures, and managing their critical applications in production.

I offer a unique combination of hands-on experience operating high-stakes applications at scale, in different business domains, and a wide breadth of knowledge spanning the whole software lifecycle, from the single line of code up to production operations.

I successfully migrated pipelines, delivered applications to production, guided teams to design and implement their IDPs, and more.

These are the some of the topics I talk about:
* How to design, build the team, and implement Internal Developer Platforms with DevEx in mind
* ArgoCD, FluxCD & GitOps
* Crossplane
* Kubernetes operators and custom resources
* Neo4j and graph databases
* Complexity theory and the Cynefin Framework
* Pipeline Design

I organize Cloud Native Trento -> https://community.cncf.io/cloud-native-trento/
I organized the Vienna DevOps Meetup group -> https://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-ziwnrlfj

I help companies deliver impact by leading the design and implementation of Internal Developer Platforms, cloud architectures, and managing their critical applications in production. I offer a unique combination of hands-on experience operating hi... Show more

Gauri Yadav, currently working as a DevSecOps and CloudSecOps Engineer, brings over 2 years of experience in the field. She has a passion for delving deep into security aspects of cloud and DevOps, and enjoys sharing her knowledge through articles and content creation on platforms like Medium and LinkedIn. Gauri is also actively participating in technical events and conferences such as AWS Community Day Mumbai, Aws Community Day Pune etc. She is dedicated to promoting women in tech and derives fulfillment from making positive contributions to the community, whether it involves creating content, offering mentorship, or assisting individuals.

Gauri Yadav, currently working as a DevSecOps and CloudSecOps Engineer, brings over 2 years of experience in the field. She has a passion for delving deep into security aspects of cloud and DevOps, and enjoys sharing her knowledge through articles an... Show more

Glenn is a Senior Solutions Architect Specialist at HashiCorp where he focuses on infrastructure lifecycle management. He works closely with enterprise customers to define strategies for operating infrastructure as code at scale and innovates on product integrations across networking, security, Kubernetes, and artificial intelligence domains. Prior to HashiCorp, Glenn worked at AWS in Professional Services, where he helped customers implement generative AI applications, enterprise backup architectures, data lakes, and cloud landing zones. Glenn is passionate about helping organizations optimize their cloud infrastructure and deployment workflows through automation and modern DevOps practices.

Glenn is a Senior Solutions Architect Specialist at HashiCorp where he focuses on infrastructure lifecycle management. He works closely with enterprise customers to define strategies for operating infrastructure as code at scale and innovates on prod... Show more

I find immense joy in collaborating with diverse teams, cultivating a positive work environment that encourages creativity and open communication. Emphasizing team development is essential to achieving successful outcomes and driving innovation in every aspect.
Embracing challenges and staying up-to-date with the latest technology trends keeps me motivated and eager to explore new opportunities.
I'm a Cloud Native Administrator, Developer, Architect and Fan!

I find immense joy in collaborating with diverse teams, cultivating a positive work environment that encourages creativity and open communication. Emphasizing team development is essential to achieving successful outcomes and driving innovation in ev... Show more

Blaize is a Microsoft MVP and has been interested in software development since childhood and wrote his first software while still in high school. Since that time, Blaize has had broad experience in all things IT ranging from a network administrator to a software architect and everything in between.

Blaize is a Microsoft MVP and has been interested in software development since childhood and wrote his first software while still in high school. Since that time, Blaize has had broad experience in all things IT ranging from a network administrator ... Show more

Tomas Vitvar is an Associate Professor at the Czech Technical University in Prague and a technology leader with over 20 years of experience in software engineering, DevOps, and cloud-native infrastructure. He collaborates with organizations such as Vodafone UK, IKEA, and Volvo on designing and operating Kubernetes-based and service-oriented platforms. His work spans full-stack development, infrastructure design, troubleshooting, and performance tuning. Tomas has contributed to numerous research and development projects in service-oriented computing and web engineering and has published over 40 papers in international venues such as IEEE Internet Computing and IEEE Software. He co-authored a book on Web and SOA technologies for e-government and has co-organized several research events, including the AAAI Spring Symposium at Stanford University. Tomas holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Czech Technical University in Prague and combines academic research with practical experience in large-scale system design and operations.

Tomas Vitvar is an Associate Professor at the Czech Technical University in Prague and a technology leader with over 20 years of experience in software engineering, DevOps, and cloud-native infrastructure. He collaborates with organizations such as V... Show more