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Ellen is a Partner at boldstart. She joined the boldstart team in January 2021, after having worked with the team as a founder at Dark. Her role allows her to do exactly what she loves – investing and supporting founders building pre-product, dev-focused, enterprise companies.
Prior to boldstart and founding Dark, she worked in a variety of early stage product roles: at Lola on travel tooling, at Kickstarter on backer-facing projects, and at Microsoft on the first versions of cross-platform Office Mobile. The common thread is building tools that enable people to do creative work.
Ellen has an a M.B.A from Harvard Business School, and a B.S in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. She grew up in Rochester Hills, MI, but now lives in Somerville, MA with her husband and her cat, Gutenberg.
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Wait, people run Kubernetes on mainframes? Yes, they do! Check out Elizabeth's 2019 KubeCon talk on the matter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rgyb_9zCaeA
Elizabeth K. Joseph
After spending a decade doing Linux systems administration, today Elizabeth K. Joseph works as a developer advocate at IBM focused on IBM Z.
As a systems administrator, she worked for a small services provider in Philadelphia before joining HPE where she worked for four years on the geographically distributed OpenStack Infrastructure team. This team runs the fully open source infrastructure for OpenStack development and lead to an interest in other open source projects that have opened up their infrastructures. While working on OpenStack she wrote the book Common OpenStack Deployments.
She is a former member of the Ubuntu Community Council and the co-author of the 8th and 9th editions of The Official Ubuntu Book. At home, she serves on Board of Directors for Partimus.org, a non-profit in the San Francisco Bay Area providing Linux-based computers to schools and education-focused community centers in need.
Holger Wolf
Holger started his career as a software engineer at Hewlett Packard (HP) and then spent nearly 3 decades (!) working for IBM. Currently, he's e2e responsible for OpenShift on the IBM Z and LinuxONE platforms. Working closely with RedHat on getting OpenShift versions out and on new enhancements and functions.
Prior to that, Holger was responsible for System Tests of Linux Distributions on IBM zSystems and LinuxONE Platforms. Worked with Partners SUSE and RedHat to get their Enterprise Distributions on the IBM Platform. Led the test teams in Russia and the USA, with technical ownership of the test setup as well as driving test automation.
He started to take ownership of OpenShift on IBM zSystems (now IBM Z) and LinuxONE. Setting up the effort for getting OpenShift on the Platform and interlocking with RedHat.
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Chris is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and CTO for Instana, leading the technical strategy and development of Observability and IT Automation solutions at IBM. He is a recognized technology leader across programming languages, runtimes, platforms, observability, and automated IT operations. He has pioneered projects that fundamentally enhanced open-source communities and cloud-native platforms. He is currently focused on providing comprehensive real-time observability across the entire enterprise from Business to IT, and leveraging AI and Automation capabilities to enable organizations and teams to meet their operational objectives.
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Ben Sigelman is the General Manager of ServiceNow Cloud Observability, which solves for the reliability and performance of cloud and cloud-native applications while broadening the scope and leverage of the broader Now Platform.
Previously, he co-founded and was CEO of Lightstep, which ServiceNow acquired in 2021, and co-created both the OpenTracing and OpenTelemetry projects. Ben also helped define modern observability with his work on tracing and metrics monitoring at Google (the Monarch and Dapper projects) and was a pioneer in SRE best practices and tooling.
He holds dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science from Brown University.
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BJ Badyk is a human who desires an easier life. Nerd from birth, his curiosity led him down a path through the start of ISPs, Silicon Valley during the dot-com bubble, the last few years of the Playboy brand, and into the world of Adtech.
He currently runs the platform engineering team at Nexxen, where they work on unique ways of handling millions of requests per second with Kubernetes. The team was an early adopter of Talos Linux, which they now run at scale. He presented at TalosCon 2023 and continues to pursue simple solutions to complex problems.In his free time, he can be found listening to synth-wave, motorcycling, or roaming around the woods with his ham radios.------------TalosCon 2023: https://youtu.be/WpE1EyB3fSENexxen: https://nexxen.comFind BJ @LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bjbadykYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/transmissions
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Ashan Senevirathne is an experienced Product Owner and Senior DevOps Engineer with a proven track record in driving innovation and efficiency in telecommunications. Currently with Swisscom, leading the development of a cloud-native orchestration framework for 5G Core using Kubernetes. Adept at optimizing release engineering processes, championing CI/CD workflows, and fostering cross-functional collaboration. Recognized for his expertise in Kubernetes, GitOps, cloud-native principles, and network orchestration.
Joel Studler is a DevOps Engineer who currently works in a team that builds the cloud native 5G core at Swisscom. He is experienced in infrastructure automation, software-defined networking, and highly available databases. He is CK* certified and has written several CRD/Operator-based Kubernetes extensions. He is passionate about automation and user experience to make everyday life easier. Outside the tech sphere, he is an active musician both live and in the studio.Ashan & Joel's talk at KubeCon EU 2024: How We Are Moving from GitOps to Kubernetes Resource Model in 5G Core is now available on Youtube: https://youtu.be/crmTnB6Zwt8?si=I7QofgXQpc5n40y0
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A long-time open-source programmer and entrepreneur, Gabriele has a degree in Statistics from the University of Florence. After having consistently contributed to the growth of 2ndQuadrant and its members through nurturing a lean and DevOps culture, he is now leading the Cloud Native initiative at EDB.
Gabriele lives in Prato, a small but vibrant city located in the northern part of Tuscany, Italy - famous for having hosted the first European PostgreSQL conferences. His second home is Melbourne, Australia, where he studied at Monash University and worked in the ICT sector. He loves playing the Blues with his Fender Stratocaster, but his major passions are called Elisabeth and Charlotte!
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Special KubeCon EU 2024 Episode! ----
Liz Rice is Chief Open Source Officer with eBPF specialists Isovalent, creators of the Cilium cloud native networking, security, and observability project (recently acquired by Cisco). She was Chair of CNCF's Technical Oversight Committee in 2019-2022, and Cochair of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon in 2018. She is also the author of Container Security, published by O'Reilly. She has a wealth of software development, team, and product management experience from working on network protocols and distributed systems, and in digital technology sectors such as VOD, music, and VoIP. When not writing code, or talking about it, Liz loves riding bikes in places with better weather than her native London, competing in virtual races on Zwift, and making music under the pseudonym Insider Nine.
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Adrian Cockcroft has played an instrumental role in shaping the modern cloud computing landscape, particularly through his contributions at Netflix and later at Amazon Web Services (AWS). With a background in computer science, Cockcroft’s career has spanned various roles, including developer, architect, and executive positions, where his insights into scalable, resilient systems design have had a profound impact.
At Netflix, Cockcroft was the Cloud Architect responsible for leading the company’s migration to a fully cloud-based architecture. This pioneering work not only helped Netflix scale its services to millions of users worldwide but also served as a case study for many other organizations transitioning to the cloud. His approach emphasized the importance of microservices architecture, continuous deployment, and automation to achieve reliability, scalability, and agility.
After Netflix, Cockcroft joined AWS as Vice President of Cloud Architecture Strategy. In this role, he has been instrumental in guiding AWS customers and the industry at large on best practices for cloud adoption and optimization. His expertise in cloud computing, DevOps practices, and microservices architecture has made him a highly respected figure in the tech community.
Cockcroft is also known for his contributions to open source and for being an advocate for the adoption of cloud-native technologies. He frequently shares his knowledge and insights through speaking engagements at technology conferences, blog posts, and social media, making complex concepts accessible to a broader audience.
Throughout his career, Cockcroft has been recognized as a forward-thinker and a key influencer in the cloud computing domain, helping shape the strategies of some of the most significant players in the tech industry. His work continues to inspire many in the field of software engineering, DevOps, and cloud architecture.
Check out his latest blog on Platform Engineering: https://adrianco.medium.com/platform-engineering-teams-done-right-b3b3d4a8ad23
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Ramiro Berrelleza is one of the founders of Okteto. He has spent most of his career (and his free time) building cloud services and developer tools. Before starting Okteto, Ramiro was an Architect at Atlassian and a Software Engineer at Microsoft Azure. Originally from Mexico, he currently lives in San Francisco.
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Kelsey Hightower is a minimalist.
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Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D., is the founder & chief analyst at Platify Insights, the only analyst firm for technology platforms. Before that, he was SVP Product Management at Percona, the unbiased open-source database company, where he led product management, design, and community.
Previously he served as VP Products & Advisor at Docker, where he built a developer-focused product strategy with a product-led growth model, with his contributions resulting in a 4x year-over-year increase in ARR. His extensive experience includes acting as Executive in Residence at Scale Venture Partners, leading the DevOps transformation at travel-tech leader CWT (fka Carlson Wagonlit Travel), advising upon development, DevOps and data science at industry-analyst firms 451 Research (acquired by S&P Global) and RedMonk, and leading more than 250 open-source contributors at Gentoo Linux. He also spent more than a decade in computational & experimental drug discovery and biochemistry, including a fellowship at Mayo Clinic.
Donnie holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry and biophysics from Oregon State University, where he specialized in computational structural biology, and dual B.S. and B.A. degrees in biochemistry and chemistry from the University of Richmond.Follow Donnie on Linkedin & Twitter
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Pavel has been a Backend Engineer for years before switching to a DevOps role at Forter — the leading trust as a service unicorn startup. Three years ago, he transitioned into an Engineering Manager role in a team responsible for Forter's CI/CD pipelines and internal developer platform. Since becoming an EM, he has been focused on maintaining happy and effective teams, and he is passionate about developer experience.
Check out Pavel's blog: https://islandofsignal.com/ and his talk from PlatformCon 2023 https://2023.platformcon.com/talks/the-roadmap-impact-a-blueprint-for-success -
Nilesh is a Vice President at DBS Bank, where he leads the design and implementation of scalable and innovative solutions using hybrid cloud, big data, and emerging technologies. He has over 2 decades of experience as a software developer, architect, and leader in various domains such as BFSI, healthcare, and retail. He is a Microsoft MVP for Azure since 2018 and the first Docker Captain in Singapore for his excellent contributions to technical communities.Nilesh is passionate about learning, adopting, and experimenting with new technologies, and sharing his knowledge and insights through blogging, speaking, and organizing events. He is a certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert, DevOps, and Data Engineer Associate, and a co-organizer of the Microsoft Azure Singapore user group. He lives by the motto of coding with passion and striving for excellence.-------------------------------------
Follow Nilesh on social: YouTube: https://youtube.com/@nilesh-guleBlog: http://www.handsonarchitect.comTwitter: http://twitter.com/nileshguleLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nileshgule/Github: https://github.com/nileshgule
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A very special K8s4Humans episode with two absolute rockstars! 🤘🏼👨🏼🎤🇧🇷👨🏼🎤🤘🏼☸️ Marcelo Quadros is a Software Expert at Mercado Libre Brazil, the largest marketplace in Latin America. With over 13 years of experience, he specializes in developing and architecting complex systems for diverse domains. Currently, he contributes to the Cloud & Platform team, building a platform that manages over 26,000 microservices and supports 12,000 developers. Outside of work he likes to play with his daughter and loves to watch a good rock ’n’ roll concert.
☸️ Juliano is responsible for the Cloud & Platform teams at Mercado Libre, the largest marketplace and fintech in Latin America. He focuses on improving the experience and efficiency of the development team, creating and maintaining features and services in the Internal Development Platform (IDP), and all non-IDP infrastructure. He has been working in IT for over 20 years, leading teams with a very technical bias. Juliano loves playing video games, especially Zelda, and listening to Pink Floyd!
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Sebastien Goasguen built his first compute cluster in the late 90s when they were still called Beowulf clusters while working on his PhD; he has been working on making computing a utility since then. He has done research in grid computing and high-performance computing and with the advent of virtualization moved to cloud computing in the mid-2000s.
He is the co-founder of Trigermesh, the OSS cloud-native integration platform. Previously a Senior Director of Cloud Technologies at Bitnami and a senior Open Source Solutions Architect at Citrix, where he worked primarily on the Apache CloudStack project, helping develop the CloudStack ecosystem.
Sebastien is a project management committee member (PMC) of CloudStack and Apache Cloud and a member of the Apache Software Foundation, he focuses on the cloud ecosystem and has contributed to dozens of open-source projects. Sebastien is currently working for Nvidia and already has 3 O'Reilly books under his belt, available on Amazon:> The Kubernetes Cookbook> The Docker Cookbook> 60 Recipes for Apache CloudStack
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Pini Reznik is the CEO and Co-Founder of re:cinq, a Green Software Services business that is helping save the world by reducing carbon emissions produced by Software and IT systems. Former Software Engineer, long-time manager, tech executive, and entrepreneur.
Pini was previously, CTO and Co-Founder of Container Solutions, a Cloud Native Services business, where he participated in and led dozens of cloud-native transformations and collected extensive hands-on experience in both technical and organizational aspects of the transformation.He is also the author of O'Reilly's Cloud Native Transformation book.
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Ian has been in the software development industry for over 25 years, with the last 14 in management. That includes a long stint in AWS EC2 and a shorter stint at a quant hedge fund Two Sigma. Up until recently, he served as SVP of Core Engineering at Datadog, managing about half the engineering org that built the company's core data and platform systems. Ian is now enjoying his post-Datadog days and working on a new book about platform engineering.
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Hans does Platform Engineering at the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV) responsible for the NAIS platform. NAIS is an application platform built to increase development speed by providing our developers at NAV with the best possible tools to develop and run their applications.Previously Chief Consultant and DevOps Practice Lead for TietoEVRY where he drove culture and competency building for DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and Cloud Native practices internally and for customers in public government, telecom, banking, and insurance sectors.Open Source, DevOps, and Cloud Native evangelist. Member of the Node.js Foundation where Hans manages the test and release of official Node.js versions and the official Docker Image for Node.js with 10M+ downloads. Organiser of DevOps Bergen, Bergen NoSQL User Groups, and Co-Organiser of the DevOps Days Oslo Conference.
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Charity is an ops engineer and accidental startup founder at honeycomb.io. Before this, she worked at Parse, Facebook, and Linden Lab on infrastructure and developer tools, and always seemed to wind up running the databases. She is the co-author of O'Reilly's Database Reliability Engineering, and loves free speech, free software, and single malt scotch.
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