Senior Engineer and a Cloud Solutions expert leading critical role at Microsoft Corporation, contributing my skills and knowledge to one of the world’s foremost prominent software technologies development organizations globally. In my role, I actively engage in shaping and implementing innovative cloud solutions, showcasing my expertise in the dynamic field of technology.
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", @@ -2039,6 +2093,24 @@ ], "image": "arun-gupta.jpeg" }, + { + "name": "Arvind Singh", + "bio": "Hi, I’m Arvind Singh, a seasoned DevOps and SRE professional with over 12 years of experience. I specialize in Kubernetes, cloud technologies, and automation, having worked with companies like Shoreline to streamline incident management and auto-remediation processes. As the founder of ventures like FutureApp and AlertMend.io, I’m passionate about creating solutions that save time and improve operational efficiency. Currently, I’m focused on growing AlertMend.io and exploring business opportunities across Asia in the DevOps and IT services sectors.
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", + "company": "NHN Enterprise", + "pronouns": "He/Him", + "location": "Incheon, South Korea", + "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeongdo-lee", + "twitter": "", + "github": "", + "wechat": "", + "website": "", + "youtube": "", + "category": [ + "Kubestronaut" + ], + "slack_id": "", + "image": "jeongdo-lee.jpg" + }, { "name": "Jeremy Garcia", "bio": "Jeremy is the VP of technical community and open source at Datadog, where he's responsible for developer advocacy, training, documentation, technical writing, multiple engineering teams, and the open source programs office. An ardent but realistic open source advocate with a pragmatic approach, he is the founder of LinuxQuestions.org, which is one of the largest independent open source communities on the web. An early podcaster, he's currently a presenter on Bad Voltage. He's also on the board of the Linux Fund. Before joining Datadog Jeremy ran a consultancy helping organizations implement open source programs, find viable open source business models, and grow technical communities. He's spoken at a variety of conferences, had a column in Linux Magazine, was an ambassador for Opensource.com, and regularly blogged about the intersection of business and open source. Outside of technology he is an avid runner and foodie, and long time Buffalo Bills fan.
", @@ -8600,6 +8816,24 @@ "slack_id": "", "image": "johannes-wetzel.jpg" }, + { + "name": "Jokūbas Mordas", + "bio": "I am an experienced IT professional with a passion for DevOps culture. Committed to making an impact through mentoring and empowering those around me. I strive to foster a collaborative and innovative environment where everyone can thrive. Keep Improving!
", + "company": "Centric IT Solutions", + "pronouns": "He/Him", + "location": "Kaunas, Lithuania", + "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jokubasmordas", + "twitter": "", + "github": "", + "wechat": "", + "website": "", + "youtube": "", + "category": [ + "Kubestronaut" + ], + "slack_id": "", + "image": "jokubas-mordas.jpg" + }, { "name": "Jon Zeolla", "bio": "Jon Zeolla is the founder of Zenable, where they are revolutionizing corporate governance by integrating cloud-native security and compliance with artificial intelligence. Previously he co-founded Seiso where he received the 2021 Start-Up Innovator of the Year Award and currently serves as strategic advisor, guiding key business decisions and company growth.
He is also a CNCF Ambassador, SANS Instructor for SEC540: Cloud Security and DevSecOps Automation, and an active member of CNCF TAG Security.
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Why I am excited to be an ambassador: I strongly believe in raising awareness about how people can help the CNCF community beyond just coding, and encourage more individuals to get involved in whatever capacity they can. I am excited to produce content, promote cloud native technologies, participate in major events, and connect with global communities.
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", + "company": "The Japan Research Institute, Limited", + "pronouns": "He/Him", + "location": "Tokyo, Japan", + "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/junichi-miyagawa-ab67bb228/", + "twitter": "", + "github": "", + "wechat": "", + "website": "", + "youtube": "", + "category": [ + "Kubestronaut" + ], + "slack_id": "", + "image": "junichi-miyagawa.jpg" + }, + { + "name": "Junyeong Jang", + "bio": "My name is Junyeong Jang, and I am a developer at BespinGlobal. I am passionate about leveraging Cloud Native technologies and artificial intelligence to create innovative and efficient software solutions. With a focus on continuous improvement, I aim to develop scalable systems that drive both performance and user experience.
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Why I am excited to be an ambassador: Recognizing that language might be a barrier for people to understand the CNCF ecosystem and projects, I will focus on sharing knowledge in Portuguese. I'm also looking forward to fostering the ecosystem around our observability tooling, with a particular focus on OpenTelemetry but not limited to it.
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", @@ -10026,6 +10332,24 @@ "slack_id": "Kimi", "image": "kimi-huang.jpg" }, + { + "name": "Kimihiko Abe", + "bio": "I am conducting research and development on data processing infrastructure leveraging Kubernetes and accelerators such as GPUs and FPGAs.Additionally, I am working on Layer 3 network verification technologies utilizing container-based routing technologies.
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", @@ -10394,6 +10718,24 @@ "slack_id": "", "image": "kunchala-vikram-babu.jpg" }, + { + "name": "Kyeongjin Jeong", + "bio": "Kyeongjin has transitioned from being a System Operator, System Administrator, and System Engineer to working as a Cloud Engineer, and is currently active as a DevOps engineer. Through experiences as a Cloud Engineer and DevOps Engineer, Kyeongjin developed an interest in cloud-native systems and Linux systems, which naturally led to a focus on Docker and Kubernetes. While Kyeongjin's blog is temporarily inactive, it will be back soon under a different URL. Currently, Kyeongjin is working as a DevOps Engineer at InfoGrab. Blog : https://velog.io/@ralook/posts
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", @@ -12872,6 +13250,24 @@ "slack_id": "", "image": "ng-kong-phui.jpg" }, + { + "name": "Nguyen Doan", + "bio": "Hello, greetings to those who are passionate about cloud-native technologies. Like everyone else, I really enjoy exploring and delving into new things within CNCF tools, then applying these insights to my company and sharing them with others.
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Why I am excited to be an ambassador: As a CNCF Ambassador, I'm really excited about formalising the ability to build bridges across the CNCF ecosystem, helping communities collaborate and support each other in their Cloud Native journey. I look forward to being able to leverage the resources and support provided by the CNCF to bring the best to the community events that I'm a part of.
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", + "company": "emnify", + "pronouns": "He/Him", + "location": "Berlin, Germany", + "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/renan-rodrigues-39b7478b/", + "twitter": "", + "github": "https://github.com/renanqts", + "wechat": "", + "website": "", + "youtube": "", + "category": [ + "Kubestronaut" + ], + "slack_id": "renanqts@gmail.com", + "image": "renan-rodrigues.jpg" + }, { "name": "Rene Schach", "bio": "I started my career as a platform engineer, enabling teams within an organization to use the cloud in an easy, fast and governed way. This also included defining a robust baseline and maintaining Kubernetes clusters for more than 100 teams. I am now working as a Cloud Consultant, solving problems together with our customers while focusing on empowering people to create a permanent benefit for them. I am mainly working in the Google Cloud space, focusing on automation and application hosting. I enjoy running an everything-as-code approach (GitOps, IaC) to create robust and reproducible environments. I am a big fan of Kubernetes and its ecosystem, there's always something new that you can learn.
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", + "company": "", + "pronouns": "", + "location": "Paris, France", + "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-phan-chan-the/", + "twitter": "", + "github": "https://github.com/richardpct", + "wechat": "", + "website": "", + "youtube": "", + "category": [ + "Kubestronaut" + ], + "slack_id": "", + "image": "richard-phan-chan-the.jpg" + }, { "name": "Rick Geerts", "bio": "[rick ~]$ vim About
Founder of Digital Athletes. Consultant with a strong DevOps mindset. Actively working with open-source, container, orchestrator, cloud, and automation technologies. Open-minded and always eager to learn. In my spare time, I tinker around on my homelab, which I use to self-host applications (automated as much as possible) and try out new technologies.
:wq
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", @@ -17254,6 +17722,24 @@ "slack_id": "sotoiwa", "image": "soto-sugita.jpg" }, + { + "name": "Sourav Bera", + "bio": "• Solution Architect at Microsoft, specialized in AKS and GKE. • Linux Certified. • Community Speaker, Judge, and Mentor. • Organizes and speaks at CNCG Chapter (Delhi, Gurugram, Noida), Azure Developer Community, and Microsoft Reactor Program. • Expert in Managed Kubernetes Services. • Researcher and Hackathon Advocate: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zeo-shark/details/publications/ • Active on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zeo-shark/
", + "company": "MICROSOFT", + "pronouns": "He/Him/They/Them", + "location": "Delhi, India", + "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/zeo-shark/", + "twitter": "https://x.com/TweetSauravBera", + "github": "https://github.com/Zeo-shark", + "wechat": "", + "website": "https://bento.me/souravbera", + "youtube": "https://www.youtube.com/@souravberaMS", + "category": [ + "Kubestronaut" + ], + "slack_id": "Zeo-shark", + "image": "sourav-bera.jpg" + }, { "name": "Sreenivasa Rao Vadalasetty", "bio": "Sreenivas is a cloud consultant with 20+ years of experience in IT, specialized in Cloud Architecture, Microservices, and DevSecOps. Prior to this, he was a senior consultant with AWS Professional Services. He has helped Fortune 500 companies realize their business outcomes in their cloud migration journey and led large scale IT projects at global level. He enjoys exploring the latest developments in IT and identifying business enablers.
", @@ -18319,6 +18805,24 @@ "slack_id": "U05854Y58RW", "image": "tharanath-g-prabhu.jpg" }, + { + "name": "Thisura Wijesekera", + "bio": "I began my career as a system engineer with a strong passion for Linux, which laid the foundation for my journey into the DevOps world. With around 5 years of experience, I’ve developed a deep interest in the CNCF landscape, particularly about kubernetes and tools like ArgoCD, Helm, Kyverno, and Keda. I’m eager to further my skills and make impactful contributions to cloud-native infrastructure and platform engineering efforts.
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\nPrior to his role, Thomas was SUSE’s President of Engineering & Innovation and was responsible for the rapid growth of SUSE’s expanding portfolio. He has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry, serving in various global leadership and executive roles in engineering and product innovation.
\nThomas holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Geneva, and lives in France.
", @@ -19821,6 +20325,24 @@ ], "image": "https://www.cncf.io/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/xin-zhang-2.jpg" }, + { + "name": "Xu Jin'An", + "bio": "An experienced infrastructure professional, you have been part of deployment teams implementing diverse platforms using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Ansible and Terraform. Your deployments span big data systems at Petabyte scale, enterprise storage, and Azure Cloud environments. With expertise in cloud solutions, containerized applications, and AI/ML workloads on NVIDIA AI Enterprise, you specialize in leveraging Terraform and Kubernetes to modernize workloads and streamline cloud-native infrastructure deployments.
", + "company": "PCS Security Pte Ltd", + "pronouns": "He/Him", + "location": "Singapore, Singapore", + "linkedin": "", + "twitter": "", + "github": "", + "wechat": "", + "website": "", + "youtube": "", + "category": [ + "Kubestronaut" + ], + "slack_id": "", + "image": "xu-jin'an.jpg" + }, { "name": "Xunzhuo Liu", "bio": "I am a software engineer at Tencent Cloud Mesh team, specializing in the cloud-native field with a focus on Service Mesh and API Gateway technologies. I am an active contributor to the open-source community and currently maintain several CNCF projects, including Envoy, Istio, Aeraki-Mesh, and Merbridge. I had the honor of attending as a speaker at KubeCon 2023 Shanghai and am the founder of the Envoy Gateway China community, where I strive to build connections in the open-source realm. In my spare time, I share my knowledge through blog posts on www.liuxunzhuo.com and also work on recording video tutorials, with a passion for helping others and promoting cloud-native technologies.
Why I am excited to be an ambassador: As an ambassador, I am thrilled about the opportunity to further engage with the cloud-native community and contribute to its growth and development. I am excited to share my knowledge and experience in CNCF technologies, and help others understand and adopt these technologies. Being an ambassador also allows me to learn from others, stay updated with the latest trends, and continuously improve my skills. Moreover, I am passionate about promoting open-source culture and believe that being an ambassador will provide a great platform to do so. Lastly, I look forward to fostering connections and collaborations within the community, which I believe is the essence of the open-source movement.
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