Kubestronaut Program

I am a highly experienced IT professional with more than 17 years of experience in the industry. I’m an ex – Director of R&D in Microservices and Cloud Native development, with vast experience in several major domains like SDK, Security, Public Clouds, CI/CD, Backing Services, Observability all on an architecture predominantly based on open-source and Kubernetes by adopting the DevOps culture. I am a member of the Kubernetes GitHub organization via regular contributions to the Kubernetes documentation.

My personal website: https://www.adityasamant.dev/ My blog on Hashnode: https://blog.adityasamant.dev/ Kubernetes and Istio are the main CNCF projects that I work with.

Community leader and CNCF ambassador, Alessandro has spent the last few years building cloud native infrastructures for Microsoft customers, animating the Dutch community, and training others to pass the CKx exams. He has passion for all things cloud native, he’s been around open source for 25 years and recently founded a startup that offers innovative Namespaces-as-a-service for developers. Twitter handle: @bongo

Why I am excited to be an ambassador: Because I was before and it was awesome!

Kubernetes Platform Engineer and DevOps.

Andreas is a platform engineer consultant at Devies Cloud & Engineering. He has 15+ years of experience in IT and provides products and services for internal development teams. He’s an organizer of the Gothenburg chapter for CNCF communities.

I’m working in technology inudstry for more than two decaded, currently working as DevOps Architect. I’ve spent most of my tech career in telco industry, while most of my recent work has been in hybrid cloud platform by Azure. Generally everything kubernetes is my keen interest with particular interest in cluster security.

Senior platform Engineer with a respectable career spanning over 10+ years of experience implementing cloud-based platforms and applications in heterogeneous enterprise environments. Certified Kubernetes specialist and a co-creator of the Kubernetes Platform Accelerator at Sourced Group. I am also an AWS-certified professional solutions architect. Blog: https://medium.com/@asankanissanka

AWS/Azure/GCP/VMWare/Kubernetes Cloud/DevOps/Platform/SRE Freelancer || AWS Community Builder || AWS Certification SME || 11x AWS || 5x Azure || 4x VMware || Kubestronaut(5x Kubernetes) || 3x Hashicorp

Barisi is a Senior Platform Engineer who is fascinated by cloud computing. He enjoys building scalable solutions for thorny problems.

I am running kubernetes/openshift at several customers in Switzerland . I visit Cncf meetups in Switzerland. I have many years experience with devops/gitops and software development.

As a Cloud Native Telco Architect, I specialize in designing telecommunications networks using Kubernetes and related software.

My expertise includes advanced Kubernetes networking solutions like Multus, Whereabouts, SRIOV-Device-Plugin, Spider-Pool, and Userplane Acceleration (DPDK).

I’m passionate about sharing my knowledge and have created a Udemy course on Kubernetes networking (https://www.udemy.com/course/kubernetes-baremetal-networking-using-gns3).

Additionally, I create content about Kubernetes-related topics on my Medium blog (https://medium.com/@futuredon) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuAdwhfPswT1hDezzRGnTKg)

I have taught hundreds of DevOps engineers at Fortune 100 companies how to successfully use Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift, Prometheus, Istio, Spinnaker and other cloud-native tooling to package, deploy, and orchestrate microservice applications at scale. I give frequent talks at industry conferences to share my expertise with the community and write technical blogs with the RX-M team at https://rx-m.com/blog/.

I’m a Japanese IT infrastructure engineer working at NRI. I work with CNCF technologies in building financial IT systems. I have been using Kubernetes, Linkerd, and Prometheus for many years and have sufficient know-how.

I am a freelance cloud-native engineer and trainer based in France

Daniel is a Sr Software Developer at Solo.io with a focus in DevOps, and a maintainer with the Istio project. Prior to Solo, I was apart of SUSE Rancher.

Danilo is a Senior DevOps Architect at Amazon, specializing in AWS container solutions, Security and DevOps practices. With a Master’s in Computer Science, he leverages Infrastructure as Code to drive modernization and transformation in IT operations. His qualifications include an AWS Certified Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer and an extensive array of Kubernetes credentials from CNCF (CKA, CKAD, CKS, KCNA, KCSA). Danilo leads significant cloud migration projects across Europe, working with public sector entities to harness cutting-edge cloud solutions.

Community leader in my location, I have spent the last few years building cloud native infrastructures for my customers, animating the internal company community, and support others to pass the Cloud Natives certification exams. My passion are for all things about and around cloud native. I am focused on Virtualisation, Observability, GitOps, Event Autoscaler…

I help people understand and get on the cloud technologies preferably in the Kubernetes ecosystem. I am very passionate about producing quality software that can be operated by the teams that create it. I have more than 20 years of experience in SW development and infrastructure and hands-on experience in dozens of technologies. I don’t blindly rush to new tech adventures, but I try to be reasonable, pragmatic, and security-aware. I love CNCF tools such as ArgoCD, Traefik, Knative, Prometheus, CloudNativePG and many others, as they enable you to take make a difference in real projects.

Dennis is a Technical Architect (Cloud / DevOps) at Infosys. In his role, he is responsible for designing and developing solutions for clients, mainly cloud and DevOps related. He specialises in cloud infrastructure, container orchestration, CI/CD pipelines and application modernisation. He is active in a number of tech meetups in his city, and actively promotes cloud-native and DevOps solutions. Open-source software is another thing he is very passionate about and he believes that the best comes from collaborating with others and giving back to the community, a way to create and learn together.

SVP SaaS and Digital Technology @ MYCOM OSI | AWS Ambassador. Talks Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, Release Engineering, and Reliability Engineering | https://medium.com/@micheldirk

As DevOps Engineer, I work with a team of professionals to deliver high-quality solutions for various clients using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), GitOps I have successfully implemented and maintained multiple AKS clusters, automated deployments and configurations, and ensured security and compliance standards.

Douglas Luna, a passionate Cybersecurity Specialist, brings his expertise in Kubernetes, Cloud Security and DevSecOps to highly regulated environments. Since discovering CNCF technologies in 2019, he has started learning about and actively contributed to the community by organizing KCD São Paulo (Brazil) in 2024. Share his knowledge journey at blog.douglasluna.com – feel free to get in touch!

I am a passionate technologist with a focus on cloud-native technologies, particularly Kubernetes. As a co-organizer of Cloud Native Lithuania Meetup, I have helped to build a strong community of like-minded professionals where everyone is sharing their own experience. In addition to my meetup involvement, I am a speaker at technology conferences and currently work as an SRE at Vinted, where I bring my expertise in Kubernetes to help ensure the reliability and scalability of our systems.

Why I am excited to be an ambassador: I’m excited to be an ambassador because it enables me to connect with like-minded other ambassadors, share our knowledges and expertise and will help to educate and promote cloud-native technologies to a wider audience. The role also provides access to exclusive events and resources, as well as opportunities for professional growth and career development. Overall, being a Cloud Native Foundation Ambassador is a great way to give back to the community!

I’m a regular guy who just loves tech, crypto, series and spend time with family and friends, i enjoy work as much as hanging out with them, father of 2 cats and a dog!

I am a junior DevOps that have been working with Kubernetes for the past year. Interested in specializing in cloud-native technology in general.

Giorgi is very actively participating in community He plays role as AWS Community Leader in Tbilisi also Ambassador for CD foundation, CNCF chapter lead also he conducts meetups to grow DevOps/SRE/Platform Engineering awareness in Georgian community.

All about kubernetes and cloud native

Guille is a Platform Engineer focusing his professional path in cloud, infrastructure as code, Kubernetes and DevOps methodologies. Guille is constantly learning new technologies and trying to be up to date with latest news in the industry. Also Guille is certified in Kubernetes and a CNCF Kubestronaut; he is also certified in Terraform and in AWS with Practitioner, Solutions Architect Associate, SysOps Administrator Associate and Developer Associate. He enjoys his personal life drinking beers with friends, playing football in a team and listening electro music.

Hoon Jo is a Cloud Native and Cloud Solutions Architect at Megazone soft. He had several presentations on cloud-native technologies in Ubucon Asia, Openinfra Asia, HashiTalks, Openstack & Kubernetes Korea and so on. And he relays valuable information from the global to local community and makes clips to understand easily in Korea. My interests are highly are kubernetes and related cloud native products. I am fully sure cloud-native help to change the world as well as business model efficient way. Here is my channel. – Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/HoonJo/ – Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/HoonJo

Why I am excited to be an ambassador: In my view, Korea is not rapidly catching up with the latest information from worldwide due to the language barrier and other reasons. Thus, I hope I will relay a lot of highly valuable information from cloud-native resources to Korean communities. Plus, if cloud-native resources could be better digested after cooking, I will cook them to bite easily, such as clips. As an ambassador, it pushes me to be more active and be responsible. It is a really exciting journey in 2023 🙂 hopefully.

I’m passionate about technology and i try to learn something new every day. I like reading books and watching podcast, tinkering with electronics and 3D printers. In my free time enjoy training martial arts, hiking in the mountains and riding my mountain bike.

Consultant, Open Source enthousiast

I have a strong interest in cloud-native and have become skilled in Kubernetes, OpenShift, and related technologies. As CTO, I assist our colleagues, customers, and partners at Conclusion Xforce in their journey towards cloud-native transformation. By co-hosting the Conclusion Xforce Meetup (https://www.meetup.com/Xforce-Kennissessies/), I am able to share my knowledge and collaborate with other members of the community.

I am Julien Sudan, a Senior Cloud Native Engineer with extensive experience in architecting secure, scalable cloud infrastructures and implementing DevSecOps practices. Currently working at Container Solutions in Amsterdam, I excel in using technologies like Kubernetes and Terraform to optimize cloud deployments whether on prem or in the Cloud. I actively contribute to the cloud-native community by sharing insights through presentations at conferences and writing detailed articles for the Container Solutions Blog. My technical proficiency and commitment to continuous learning are demonstrated by a comprehensive suite of certifications, including CISSP, Kubestronaut, and several cloud-specific credentials.

Co-founder of the Nordic meetup alliance, Cloud Native Nordics, where he also organize the Aarhus group, and tries to help the nordic community as much as possible, e.g. setting up KCDs and more. Kasper also serves as Co-Chair for KubeCon+CloudNativeCon EU/NA 2024/2025. He works as Staff Platform Engineer at Lunar where he in the past has shared many experiences with Cloud Native tech at meetups and conferences. Kasper wrote his master thesis, “KubeCloud – A Small Scale Cloud Computing Environment”, on how Universities could leverage small-scale cloud environments built out of Raspberry Pis running Kubernetes.

Why I am excited to be an ambassador: I’m excited to be an ambassador, because it’s a great community of like-minded people. I hope to meet and learn from the other awesome Ambassadors, and help grow the adoption of Cloud Native technologies even more here in the Nordics.

Hello! I’m Khushboo Khatter, an IT professional with over 8 years of experience. I have a passion for cloud technologies and enjoy exploring cutting-edge CNCF tools. My enthusiasm for Kubernetes runs deep, and I love diving into its complexities. Let’s connect on LinkedIn and explore the exciting world of cloud-native technologies together! Feel free to reach out: www.linkedin.com/in/khushbookhatter

He is a regular attendee at Cloud Native Aalborg and KCD Danmark and a passionate open-source evangelist. He started his journey as a developer and, later, in 2016, began working with Puppet; with that, he learned and enjoyed what would later be known as GitOps while he also experienced working with lots of Yaml and IaC. After that, he noticed that binary artifact distribution and management were an often overlooked field of expertise. That led him to later greenfield Artifactory for a large enterprise and get involved with everything around it, including its newest biggest user, the company’s new Kubernetes clusters. A lot of Kubernetes and Cloud Native later, with some added certifications and today, he is an experienced Cloud Native professional and recognised Kubestronaut.

I am a life science researcher and bioinformatician turned platform engineer. I am currently working as a Kubernetes consultant with a special focus on security. I use Rancher, Neuvector, Cilium, and multiple other technologies.

Cloud Native/DevOps Enthusiast. Experience in ML and data engineering

Matthias Hauber is a DevOps and Cloud Engineer at PRODYNA. As part of the Managed Services team, he is responsible for the seamless operation of a large number of Kubernetes clusters and Azure environments for various customers. As a trainer for Kubernetes, Terraform and Azure, he has already been able to share his knowledge in numerous workshops.

I am a Devops Consultant at WhizUs and working at the moment on Azure, managing AKS clusters with Terraform, implementing GitOps with ArgoCD, etc. I have joined a few Meetups in the last months which was organized WhizUs: https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/vienna-devops-security/ At the next Meetup, I want to hold a talk about ArgoCD App-of-Apps and Applicationsets, it will be a start for me to hold talks at Meetups We have joined also the KCD Austria 2023 and KubeCon Paris this year.

Olawale is a Sr. Cloud Support Engineer at AWS, serving as a subject matter expert in container services and a technical domain authority for multiple services. With diverse experience in managing enterprise-scale cloud infrastructure and security, proficient in Kubernetes, Prometheus, Kyverno, GitOps, he specializes in efficiently running container technologies and actively supports organizations in cloud migrations and modernizations. A member of Containers security focus area, certified public speaker, tech writer, and DevOps/DevSecOps specialist, Olawale is passionate about integrating security practices into the software development lifecycle and continuously improving agile practices. You can find my writings here: https://medium.com/@whaleberry

Experienced DevOps Engineer. With a passion for exploring new technologies and taking on challenges. He is solution oriented, analytical and a positive resource who works hard to find good and new solutions. Not afraid to break things.

K8s | AWS | Linux | servers | infrastructure Following the above listed “key” skills ,I’m currently working as Sr. DevOps Engineer / TechLead within my company. We build our cloud offering with focus on confidential computing. So I’m in daily touch with managing physical servers, clouds, operating Linux OSs and Kubernetes clusters at scale. Furthermore I act also as Internal Linux Trainer.

I studied CyberSecurity and work in Security and DevOps. I use a lot of Falco, argo and NATS. I like playing CTFs and learning about cool projects to host in my homelab.

DevOps Engineer with automate everything motto. My current interest is Platform Engineering. Some of CNCF technology I have mostly worked on is k8s, Argo, Flux, Terraform, Prometheus, Thanos, Grafana, Istio.

I am Ravindra. For past three years, I worked as developer’s favourite engineer, well as a DevOps engineer; building cloud native solutions for humans, warehouses and robots. I bring in a decent expertise of open source software solutions along with a high bar of enthusiasm and energy to the table. I love exploring new technologies and how they matter to business. Working in startups, I finally learnt to meditate in chaos. They give me the adrenaline that I will ever need. Thanks for stopping by, keep hustling!

My name is Rajeev Sinha and technology excites me. I have close to 18 years of IT experience in various domains – Linux/Unix/Clusters/ Storage /Backup/ Kubernetes/ CI-CD / Monitoring – splunk/ Prometheus/grafana…etc. CNCF technologies- kubernetes / Prometheus

My name is Sander van Bruggen, and I work as a DevOps Engineer at Fullstaq. I recently discovered a passion for the Cloud Native environment, particularly Kubernetes. I am dedicated to learning as much as possible about CNCF technologies.

Simen works as a developer and technical architect in a platform team, with a focus on Kubernetes, Ansible/AWX, Hashicorp Terraform and Azure. As a Kubestronaut, Simen is looking forward to be a more active part of the CNCF community.

Simen is half Cloud Engineer, half Platform Engineer, full on bodger. I enjoy making things work in ways they necessarily weren’t supposed to, this sometimes makes it into written words on different blogging platforms. Professionally I create Cloud Native platforms, with the customers HCL based IaC tool of choice, running Kubernetes managed by Flux and Helm. After hours I contribute to Open Source projects like LinuxServer.io and engage in Norwegian communities involving programming and tech.

I’m interested in Kubernetes, IaC, Argo CD, and all things that are cloud-native in general. I have a MSc in Computing Science Distributed Systems and Software Engineering, and am looking to contribute to open-source projects and collaborate on freelance projects.

Linux/Network/Security/Cloud/Container geek

Stan Hoe is a Solution Architect based in the APJ region, specializing in Cloud Native Security. As one of the first in the world and the first in Singapore to attain the prestigious title of Kubestronaut, Stan brings unparalleled expertise to the field and is dedicated to educating organizations and communities about the importance of cloud native security, serving as a vocal advocate for robust practices. Some of the cloud native security tools that Stan specializes in include Trivy, Kube-Bench, Kube-Hunter, Tracee, Starboard, and Chainbench.

Stan is also an active participant and speaker at prominent CNCF and cybersecurity events, including ISC2 Secure Singapore, KubeDay Singapore 2023, StandCon 2023, and K8SUG Meetups, where he covered an array of cloud native security topics such as: • Combatting the Unknowns with Aqua Tracee & eBPF • Cloud Native: The Security Awakens • Zero-day RCE Vulnerability Spring4Shell: What does it mean in Cloud Native? • Understand the 3 Essential Pillars of Cloud Native Security He holds a plethora of professional certifications across cybersecurity, cloud, and cloud native domains, including the 5 cloud native certifications, CISSP, CCSP, CSSLP, CCSK, CCZT, CEH, and more. His published paper, which received the Best Paper Award at IEEE SOLI 2021, can be accessed at: “ASIST: Automated Strategic Partners Ranking and Recommendation System Using NLP and Security Intelligence,” 2021 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics (SOLI), 2021 (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9672369).

I have been working in the IT industry for 16+ years and has enormous hands-on and managerial experience with the most innovative DevOps projects using Kubernetes,  OpenStack, AWS, GCP, and Bare-Metal tech stacks. My professional achievements are numerous certificates, including SEI Software Architecture Professional Certificate, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP Certifications, and many others. Along with his outstanding architect skills and vast industry knowledge, I am proficient in critical problem-solving and excels in dealing with non-standard production issues.

Stephan is a SystemEngineer and Teamlead mainly focused on technologies from VMware and opensource communities. Starting in 2009, he dealt with bare metal server but worked his way through the entire stack up into the cloud native domain. He is doing Meetups, writing techincall blogs and simply loves to play with new technology.

For many years now, I have been a strong advocate for the development and promotion of free and open-source software. My passion for this cause has led me to actively participate in various initiatives, such as organizing the Cloud Native Luxembourg meetups and being part of the French localization team of CNCF Glossary. I’m dedicated to promoting the benefits of open-source software, believing it to be more secure, reliable, and conducive to innovation. Additionally, I leverage my expertise to help teams harness cloud-native technologies, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.

Why I am excited to be an ambassador: Drawing from my passion for open-source, I will strive to promote the ethos of collaboration, emphasizing the merits of open-source projects within the CNCF landscape and encouraging more entities to contribute and participate. I am committed to guiding the next generation of cloud native enthusiasts. Through mentorship programs and hands-on training sessions, I aim to reduce the learning curve for newcomers and ensure they have the necessary tools and knowledge to thrive within the ecosystem. In essence, as a CNCF Ambassador, my overarching goal is to be a catalyst for growth, learning, and innovation within the Cloud Native community, ensuring that it remains at the forefront of technological progress while upholding the values of collaboration, inclusivity, and open-source spirit.

Hello, I’m Tobias. My focus lies in bridging the gap between cloud and AI technologies. Actively engaged in the Kubeflow project, I contribute and advise on crafting robust cloud MLOps environments for clients, empowering their data science endeavors. We’re hosting multiple Kubeflow and Kubernetes Meetups in Münster, Dortmund and Cologne, Germany to which I would love to welcome you!

I’m working for Proact and Conoa as devops specialist, building Cloud Native Infrastructure at day and I’m a homelab tinkerer at night, experimenting with Kubernetes on other opensource platforms (such as illumos and FreeBSD). At my employer I am involved in organising in-person as well as online events, focused on Cloud Native and Kubernetes. I currently have a member seat in the CNCF Marketing Committee representing Conoa. My specialty is anything Cilium, but I work with technologies throughout the landscape. Currently blogging at https://medium.com/@norlin.t and https://kubernaut.eu/

My career journey began as a Technical Support Engineer and I transitioned into a DevOps Engineer role by continuously learning new tools and technologies. Over the past 6+ years, I have gained valuable experience working with modern DevOps tools and public cloud providers. I am also passionate about sharing my knowledge with others and have contributed technical articles on Hashnode to help others in the tech community. I believe that continuous learning and sharing knowledge is essential in the technology field. In addition to my technical expertise, I strongly advocate for the principles of open-source, collaboration, and shared responsibility. Blog link: https://iamunnip.hashnode.dev/

Vijay is a Platform Engineer at Morgan Stanley with focus on building a platform to enhance developer experience. He is interested in exploring and harnessing various cloud native technologies.

I am a computer engineer with a keen interest in cloud-native technologies, particularly those under the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). I actively participate in and run several Meetups focused on Kubernetes and other CNCF projects, fostering a community of learning and innovation.

Vivek Yadav, a Lead DevOps Engineer at UKG, specializes in Platform Engineering, Cloud, DevOps, and Kubernetes, with a strong emphasis on Developer Experience. He is passionate about Cloud Native technologies, Linux, and DevOps. In his leisure time, he loves delving into the intricacies of Linux and Kubernetes internals.

As a Cloud Architect at SAMSUNG SDS Cloud Division, I design Networks, Storage, and Security using Kubernetes. I am also passionate about exploring Cilium and organizing Kubernetes meetups within my company.

After completing my apprenticeship in 2016, I spent seven years working full-time for a telecommunications company as a DevOps engineer. In that role, I provided and maintained a container platform (PaaS) utilising CloudFoundry and Kubernetes. Currently, I work as a DevOps/Platform Engineer at an SME, where my responsibilities include supporting and developing our Kubernetes-based container platform, as well as education and enabling colleques and customers on their Cloud Native journey.

Yongkang is a Principal Containers Specialist based in Singapore supporting Asia Pacific. He shifted the focus on Cloud Native technologies few years ago. He is now fully certified on Kubernetes (KCNA, CKA, CKAD and CKS). He embraces Open Source and dedicated to help the community. He is organizing the largest Kubernetes Meetup in Singapore. http://k8sug.com He created the automation scripts which can be found from GitHub to allow people to spin up a new Kubernetes Cluster in minutes. http://g.k8sug.com In addition, he created his YouTube channel to focus on Kubernetes Day 1 and Day 2 Data Management and Security. http://y.k8sug.com

Why I am excited to be an ambassador: I’m super excited to be part of the Cloud Native Ambassadors program. I am pretty sure I will enjoy being able to work with other peers globally to learn and share.

Yuki Nanjo is a Cloud Solution Engineer, Application Developer, DevSecOps Engineer. Running Application on Kubernetes and Optimize CI/CD pipelines to accelerate innovations! My Blog here: https://namyusql.hatenablog.com About Kubernetes, Azure pipeline, and so on.