Helping our technologist thrive and share their craft externally

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Mritunjay is software engineer with Chainguard, with active involvement in various open-source communities for almost three years now. He was previously an SDE Intern at HackerRank and Nirmata too. A speaker for two talks at KubeCon NA'21 and at the maintainer’s track talk at KubeCon EU’22, Mritunjay is a two-time Google Summer of Code scholar too where he contributed to CNCF's Buildpacks in 2021 while he played a pivotal role in shaping the CI of RTEMS with EPICS during his GSoC stint in 2020. In the Springs of 2021, he was an LFX Mentee for CNCF-Kubernetes where he contributed to building a kube-bench policy-report CRD adapter. He loves to write blogs and be a part of talks that can help the community prosper and apart from his tech side, he loves reading and writing poems and is currently trying to learn cooking and making some cool latte arts!

Mritunjay is software engineer with Chainguard, with active involvement in various open-source communities for almost three years now. He was previously an SDE Intern at HackerRank and Nirmata too. A speaker for two talks at KubeCon NA'21 and at the ... Show more

Partner at Vulk Cooperative - http://vulk.coop | Lead on CNCF CNF Testbed, Telecom User Group and CNF Conformance initiatives. OpenSource advocate, using Linux since 1994 with the 1.0 release and gnu tools on other unix systems before that. OpsDev geek. Elixir and Ruby programmer. Proponent of improving user experience (UX) in all endeavors including group collaboration, end-user applications, developer tools, APIs. Taylor has helped companies (startups to enterprise) with integrations and modernizing their platforms for over 18 years. This covers many domains such as networking, security and finance with companies including Nortel Networks, Bank of America, and IBM. He’s also helped design and run the technology needs of organizations such Lonestar Ruby Conference. Recent speaking experiences include ONS NA, ONS EU, KubeCon EU, China and KubeCon NA 2019.

Partner at Vulk Cooperative - http://vulk.coop | Lead on CNCF CNF Testbed, Telecom User Group and CNF Conformance initiatives. OpenSource advocate, using Linux since 1994 with the 1.0 release and gnu tools on other unix systems before that. OpsDev g... Show more

Ariel Shuper specializes in cloud native security solutions for containerized micro services. In his daily job Ariel leads Cisco's cloud native security platform which is using Istio as its core technology. Ariel joined Cisco following the acquisition of Portshift, where he managed the platform roadmap plans and worked closely with its customers and the Istio community to address security aspects of containers’ and Istio deployments in multiple environments (Kubernetes, RedHat, Rancher, External CA usage etc.).
Prior to Portshift, Ariel worked on serverless functions security as an entrepreneur and then at Aqua Security as a GM of its server-less unit. Ariel is also involved with other cloud native security technologies such as container’ sandboxing. Prior to that Ariel spent 5 years in various roles at Check-Point Technologies, focusing on security posture and network security in public clouds.
Ariel speaks in multiple events such as KubeCon NA (2018, 2019) Cloud Native Security day 2020 (KubeCon day 0) Meet-ups and community events.

Ariel Shuper specializes in cloud native security solutions for containerized micro services. In his daily job Ariel leads Cisco's cloud native security platform which is using Istio as its core technology. Ariel joined Cisco following the acquisitio... Show more

Rentian, a Software Engineer at CloudPilot AI, focuses on the Karpenter open-source project, contributing to karpenter-provider-alibabacloud and -aws. He has also contributed to various projects and serves as a Karmada Reviewer, the Member of the Volcano and Hwmaeistor communities, and the Creator of volcano-global. In 2024, he received the KubeCon 2024 Dan Kohn scholarship and participated in LFX Mentorship, supporting multi-cluster in Volcano.

Rentian, a Software Engineer at CloudPilot AI, focuses on the Karpenter open-source project, contributing to karpenter-provider-alibabacloud and -aws. He has also contributed to various projects and serves as a Karmada Reviewer, the Member of the Vol... Show more

Weiqing has been working in big data computation frameworks since 2015. She is currently a software engineer in Streaming Infra team at LinkedIn, working on Flink, Samza, K8s, etc. Before that, she worked in Spark team at Hortonworks. Weiqing enjoys speaking at conferences. She presented in Spark Summit 2017, HBaseCon 2017, KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2019, ApacheCon 2020, Flink Forward San Francisco 2022 and Flink Forward Seattle 2023.

Weiqing has been working in big data computation frameworks since 2015. She is currently a software engineer in Streaming Infra team at LinkedIn, working on Flink, Samza, K8s, etc. Before that, she worked in Spark team at Hortonworks. Weiqing enjoys ... Show more

I'm a Kubestronaut & cloud architect with 11+ years leading app modernization & cloud-native transformations. I architect & deploy solutions across multi-cloud/hybrid environments, optimizing performance, scalability, & security. Passionate about sharing insights to accelerate digital growth. Excited to speak at KubeCon!

I'm a Kubestronaut & cloud architect with 11+ years leading app modernization & cloud-native transformations. I architect & deploy solutions across multi-cloud/hybrid environments, optimizing performance, scalability, & security. Passionate about sha... Show more

Senior Software Engineer at Cloudera with over 4 years of experience managing Rancher, OpenShift, and AWS EKS clusters. Skilled in handling complex infrastructure, optimizing Kubernetes workloads, and improving observability. Passionate about scalability, performance tuning, and cloud-native technologies, I have worked on enhancing monitoring, tracing, and alerting across large-scale systems. Excited to share insights and real-world learnings at KubeCon

Senior Software Engineer at Cloudera with over 4 years of experience managing Rancher, OpenShift, and AWS EKS clusters. Skilled in handling complex infrastructure, optimizing Kubernetes workloads, and improving observability. Passionate about scalabi... Show more

As a software engineer with 1 year of experience in release engineering, I have worked on optimizing build pipelines and troubleshooting CI/CD workflows. While I have some experience in DevOps, I have keen interest in GenAI, RAG and building AI-driven solutions to enhance automation and efficiency. I explore new techniques in machine learning, NLP, and scalable AI architectures. Excited to share my insights, I look forward to contribute to the KubeCon community and learning from industry experts

As a software engineer with 1 year of experience in release engineering, I have worked on optimizing build pipelines and troubleshooting CI/CD workflows. While I have some experience in DevOps, I have keen interest in GenAI, RAG and building AI-drive... Show more

As a cloud-native expert at Tencent, I am specializing in the development of intelligent scheduling systems on the Tencent Kubernetes Engine. My work focuses on optimizing cloud resource utilization while maintaining business stability. CNCF Ambassador and co-founder of the CNCF Landscape Project Crane, I am a active speaker at notable conferences such as IstioCon, KubeCon, DevOpsDays, QECon, etc. I am author of "Key to Kubernetes Production Adoption" and translator of "Cloud FinOps".

As a cloud-native expert at Tencent, I am specializing in the development of intelligent scheduling systems on the Tencent Kubernetes Engine. My work focuses on optimizing cloud resource utilization while maintaining business stability. CNCF Ambassad... Show more

Neelanjan Manna is a software engineer at Harness, where he develops Chaos Engineering at scale for enabling continuous resiliency for all digital services. He is a maintainer to the LitmusChaos project, a CNCF incubating project for performing Chaos Engineering in cloud-native environments. He has been advocating for Chaos Engineering adoption and best practices through open-source conferences including KubeCon NA 2022, KCD Bengaluru 2022-23, and KCD Sri Lanka 2022 among others.

Neelanjan Manna is a software engineer at Harness, where he develops Chaos Engineering at scale for enabling continuous resiliency for all digital services. He is a maintainer to the LitmusChaos project, a CNCF incubating project for performing Chaos... Show more

Mario is a Senior Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat. He works on Podman and on container-based developer tools. He has been a CNCF Ambassador and the tech lead of the Eclipse Che project. He has co-created the Devfile (a CNCF Sandbox Project). He has been a speaker at conferences such as KubeCon, LinuxCon, JavaOne and FOSDEM.

Mario is a Senior Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat. He works on Podman and on container-based developer tools. He has been a CNCF Ambassador and the tech lead of the Eclipse Che project. He has co-created the Devfile (a CNCF Sandbox Project). H... Show more

Saranya is a Senior Software Developer at Harness and is a maintainer of LitmusChaos, a Chaos Orchestration framework designed for implementing chaos engineering in cloud-native environments. She likes contributing to the Open Source community, where her primary focus involves architecting and executing Litmus Chaoscenter. Saranya is a regular speaker in the Chaos Engineering community events and has spoken in conferences like KubeCon, ArgoCon, GIDS, KubeDays, KCDs, etc.

Saranya is a Senior Software Developer at Harness and is a maintainer of LitmusChaos, a Chaos Orchestration framework designed for implementing chaos engineering in cloud-native environments. She likes contributing to the Open Source community, where... Show more

Benazir organises Cloud Native Rejekts - a b-side conference before KubeCon week and is an avid community builder. Based in Berlin, she also organises Kubernetes & Cloud Native Meetups.

Benazir organises Cloud Native Rejekts - a b-side conference before KubeCon week and is an avid community builder. Based in Berlin, she also organises Kubernetes & Cloud Native Meetups. Show more

Cullin works as an Observability Engineer at United Wholesale Mortgage, consulting with DevOps, Cloud and Development teams to promote observability best practices. He was awarded the Dan Kohn Scholarship Fund for KubeCon 2023 in Chicago.

Cullin works as an Observability Engineer at United Wholesale Mortgage, consulting with DevOps, Cloud and Development teams to promote observability best practices. He was awarded the Dan Kohn Scholarship Fund for KubeCon 2023 in Chicago. Show more

With two years of experience at Adobe, I've worked with Backstage to enhance internal developer platforms. At KubeCon, I'm excited to share insights on optimizing workflows and building scalable solutions that empower teams to innovate faster.

With two years of experience at Adobe, I've worked with Backstage to enhance internal developer platforms. At KubeCon, I'm excited to share insights on optimizing workflows and building scalable solutions that empower teams to innovate faster. Show more

Anuradha is an expert in the field of Telecom & Tech and currently working as a Senior Engineer at Sri Lanka Telecom. He has 20Y+ of industry experience in strategy, architecture, engineering, design, planning, implementation, & maintenance of CSP/DSP Networks. He is actively involved in the strategy formation of his company’s DX & Softwarization (SDN, NFV, Cloud). He is also a regular invited speaker at many int. conferences including KubeCon + CloudNativeCon & Open Source Summit China (2019).

Anuradha is an expert in the field of Telecom & Tech and currently working as a Senior Engineer at Sri Lanka Telecom. He has 20Y+ of industry experience in strategy, architecture, engineering, design, planning, implementation, & maintenance of CSP/DS... Show more

Raj, an experienced engineer, has excelled in programs like Google Summer of Code (Prometheus) and the Linux Foundation Mentorship (Keptn). He's a maintainer for LitmusChaos and contributes to CNCF projects like Kyverno and SigNoz. As a developer and Site Reliability Engineer, he advocates cloud-native practices and shares his knowledge on building resilient systems at various conferences like KubeCon and meet-ups.

Raj, an experienced engineer, has excelled in programs like Google Summer of Code (Prometheus) and the Linux Foundation Mentorship (Keptn). He's a maintainer for LitmusChaos and contributes to CNCF projects like Kyverno and SigNoz. As a developer and... Show more

Zeal is well versed in infrastructure, automation, security and compliance for frameworks - both as an external auditor and as an internal stakeholder. She has served on the Board of Advisors of PCI Council representing Google for 2021/22. More recently she is intrigued by the software supply chain security and securing the open source software.
She is a frequent speaker at conferences like CNCF’s Kubecon (‘20,’22), Linux Foundations Member Summit (‘22), and ISACA EuroCACS (‘19).

Zeal is well versed in infrastructure, automation, security and compliance for frameworks - both as an external auditor and as an internal stakeholder. She has served on the Board of Advisors of PCI Council representing Google for 2021/22. More recen... Show more

Emily Fox is a DevOps enthusiast, security unicorn, and advocate for Women in Technology. She promotes the cross-pollination of development and security practices. She has worked in security for over 14 years to drive a cultural change where security is unobstructive, natural, and accessible to everyone. Her technical interests include containerization, least privilege, automation, and promoting women in technology. She holds a BS in Information Systems and an MS in cybersecurity. Serving as chair on the Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s (CNCF) Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) and co-chair for KubeCon+CloudNativeCon China 2021, Europe 2022, North America 2022, Europe 2023, and CloudNativeSecurityCon 2023, she is involved in a variety of open source communities and activities.

Emily Fox is a DevOps enthusiast, security unicorn, and advocate for Women in Technology. She promotes the cross-pollination of development and security practices. She has worked in security for over 14 years to drive a cultural change where security... Show more

Ash Narkar is a maintainer of the Open Policy Agent project. Ash has over 5 years of experience working on large-scale distributed systems. Ash is a Senior Software Engineer at Styra, Inc. working on OPA development and integrations. Previously he was a Principal Engineer at Verizon Labs where he worked on their IoT platform. Ash also worked as a Software Engineer at Cyan, Inc. where he contributed to the core components of their SDN platform. Ash has presented the OPA project at KubeCon, Open Source Summit, Kubernetes meetups, and more.

Ash Narkar is a maintainer of the Open Policy Agent project. Ash has over 5 years of experience working on large-scale distributed systems. Ash is a Senior Software Engineer at Styra, Inc. working on OPA development and integrations. Previously he wa... Show more

Anjana is a Director of Developer Relations at WSO2. He has built up his expertise in data analytics and enterprise integration by leading several products at WSO2. He has also helped numerous customers in implementing their integration strategies. He has been involved in the Ballerina programming language project (https://ballerina.io/), in the design and implementation of the language and its runtime. His latest venture is with the Choreo project (https://wso2.com/choreo/), working on its ecosystem engineering and evangelism activities. Anjana presents frequently in events, such as DevOps Pro, ApacheCon, API World, WSO2Con, KubeCon, BallerinaCon, DeveloperWeek, and many tech meetups. He is also the author of the very first Ballerina book: https://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Ballerina-Programming-Novice-Professional/dp/1484251385/.

Anjana is a Director of Developer Relations at WSO2. He has built up his expertise in data analytics and enterprise integration by leading several products at WSO2. He has also helped numerous customers in implementing their integration strategies. H... Show more

Ankur Kothiwal is a Computing Engineer at CERN. He is actively involved in open source, currently serving as a maintainer and a CNCF Ambassador.
In the past, he participated in and mentored various open source outreach programs and has also been a committee member for KubeCon Paris 2024.
He loves to speak and write about open-source and cloud-native technologies.

Ankur Kothiwal is a Computing Engineer at CERN. He is actively involved in open source, currently serving as a maintainer and a CNCF Ambassador. In the past, he participated in and mentored various open source outreach programs and has also been a ... Show more

Ariel is the Principal Product Manager at Cisco. He looks into New Technologies Ventures, Cloud Applications Security at Cisco. Prior tp Cisco. Ariel was the Vice President of product management at Portshift Security, specializing in cloud native identity based security for micro services. He specialized in serverless environments as an entrepreneur prior to joining Aqua. He also focuses on other innovative cloud native technologies such as sandboxing.

Prior to Portshift, Ariel was the head of serverless security offering in Aqua security and prior to that Ariel spent 5 years in various roles at Check-Point Technologies, focusing on security posture and network security in public clouds. He previously also led the product management team of Mellanox.

Ariel has previously spoken at events such as Microsoft Tech Summit, Build, KubeCon/CloudNativeCon, and various serverless events.

Ariel is the Principal Product Manager at Cisco. He looks into New Technologies Ventures, Cloud Applications Security at Cisco. Prior tp Cisco. Ariel was the Vice President of product management at Portshift Security, specializing in cloud native ide... Show more

Leader in vocational education（cloud native）

Leader in vocational education（cloud native） Show more

A technical leader in security and protocols area in Data Domain in Dell Technologies, has 15+ years of experience in the Software industry. Her domain expertise lies in popular file transfer protocols such as SMB, NFS and protocol Security and storage. She has worked with Samba community and has done contributions to Open Source Samba project.

A technical leader in security and protocols area in Data Domain in Dell Technologies, has 15+ years of experience in the Software industry. Her domain expertise lies in popular file transfer protocols such as SMB, NFS and protocol Security and stora... Show more

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I’m a passionate engineer at it’s core, solving problems is my passion. I enjoy teaching anything I can to other people and I’m always thrilled to learn from others.

I’m a passionate engineer at it’s core, solving problems is my passion. I enjoy teaching anything I can to other people and I’m always thrilled to learn from others. Show more

With over 25 years of experience in product and engineering management, Maneesh's impressive background includes leading product portfolios targeting developers and operations for both IT and OT. During his three years at Wind River, he spearheaded product management for Studio Developer, a DevSecOps toolchain for embedded software. Additionally, Maneesh spent 21 years at IBM, where he directed product and engineering for several key portfolios, including Rational Software Architecture and Design, IBM DevOps, Z AIOps (including Z Monitoring and Automation), and IBM Cloud Network Operations.

With over 25 years of experience in product and engineering management, Maneesh's impressive background includes leading product portfolios targeting developers and operations for both IT and OT. During his three years at Wind River, he spearheaded p... Show more

Lakmal Warusawithana is the Senior Director - Technology Evangelism of WSO2. Lakmal has a long history of working in open source, cloud, and DevOps technologies and has been Vice President of Apache Stratos PaaS Project. Lakmal has contributed many WSO2 cloud native projects including WSO2 Kubernetes API Operator focuses on reducing the complexity of API Management systems. He has also presented at numerous events, including ApacheCon, CloudOpen, QCon, JaxLondon, Cloud Expo, Cloudstack Collaboration Conference, WSO2Con, KubeCon, ContainerCamp, DeveloperWeek, API Summit and many tech meetups.

Lakmal Warusawithana is the Senior Director - Technology Evangelism of WSO2. Lakmal has a long history of working in open source, cloud, and DevOps technologies and has been Vice President of Apache Stratos PaaS Project. Lakmal has contributed many W... Show more