Ambassadors

Been working in software since 1998 and from the early days was drawn to performance engineering, observability and more recently on DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering. I am an active contributor to the CNCF project Keptn, I am a podcaster, I create YouTube tutorials and occasionally blog as well! Besides IT I am passionate about salsa dancing 🙂

Why I am excited to be an ambassador: The success of any community depends on the people that actively drive community activities (bringing people together, educating, making them feel comfortable ..) and the members of the community that then want to join, grow and eventually contribute back to that community. I am excited to get the chance to help grow the community with my goal to inspire many others to do the same

Key Researcher & Lecturer, Public Speaker, Creator of the Software Bill of Behavior (SBoB) and maintainer of the Kubernetes Storm Center for cloudnative intelligence

Backstory: Living intentionally is hard when routine takes control. I grew up wanting to be a scientist, studying Biochemistry, starting med school, and ultimately earning a PhD in General Relativity to explore how humans perceive ‘reality.’ When US funding cuts ended that path, I realized academia left me without agency.

In the private sector, I discovered the value of risk. The Cloud Native paradigm let me experiment, fail fast, and try again without fear of lasting damage. In positive-sum collaborations, I saw how my algorithms could shape real-world outcomes, and how taking calculated risks created visible change for people and systems alike. This freedom to test ideas with relatively low cost revealed a new kind of agency, an immediacy and measurable connection to the meaning of work.

My vision is to empower others to leverage cloud native technology with respect for the human element, security, and risk. Because having agency means creating reality for our society, for each one of us, one epsilon at a time.

Fabrizio Lazzaretti is a Managing Consultant specializing in software architecture at Wavestone. He has over a decade of expertise in software architecture, development, and DevOps. He is a maintainer of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) project CloudEvents. Recognized for his proficiency as both a team player and leader in software development, architecture, and Scrum, he excels in dynamic work settings. His primary areas of expertise lie in event-driven architecture and microservice design within cloud environments. Currently, he is actively engaged in enterprise architecture within the insurance sector.

I’m a product management-converted developer with a long-standing interest in data and data management technologies and an enthusiast for cloud native computing. I containerized my first database in 2016 and explored the possibilities of cloud native technologies. I’m particularly keen on container runtimes, CI/CD, streaming & messaging and orchestration. You can follow my experiments and discoveries at https://geraldonit.com

Mohammad Reza is a Senior Software Engineer at DoiT International with multiple years of experience in DevOps and Software Engineering. He actively contributes to the Kubernetes as part of the Release Team and has published multiple research papers and his PhD thesis on cloud-native technologies, particularly service meshes such as Istio and Cilium. He is writing about Cloud-Native technologies on his LinkedIn page and his personal blog. You can also find his previous talks in various venues on his Youtube channel.

Hi, I’m Simon Schrottner, dedicated to building vibrant communities and mentoring individuals in the cloud-native ecosystem. I’m primarily focused on OpenFeature, a vendor-neutral open standard for feature flag management, where I work to drive innovation and adoption. I’m deeply committed to open source and love contributing to projects that empower developers and organizations to embrace scalable, modern solutions. I also enjoy connecting with the global tech community, sharing knowledge, and collaborating on exciting cloud-native initiatives

Tiago is a Principal Containers Specialist SA at AWS, where he helps startups optimize their container and cloud-native strategies. With experience in DevOps, GenAI, and SaaS architectures, he collaborates with businesses to design scalable and efficient cloud solutions. Tiago also actively contributes to the tech community as an organizer of KCD Brazil and meetups focused on promoting cloud-native technologies.