Bio

I’m a leader and technical strategist with expertise in cloud-native architecture, patterns, and practices who thrives in interdisciplinary and cross-group settings. My background spans compilers to clouds with contributions in development, test, support, and research roles. I have deep experience in storage, virtualization, distributed systems, and operating systems. In recent years I’ve focused on Kubernetes, Observability, Service Meshes, Compliance, and tools that make developers grin and delivery pipelines predictable. I am collaborative in my approach to solving business challenges and have demonstrated success in customer-facing roles. The teams I build are open, diverse, and inclusive, and I am proud to foster a culture of continuous learning and kindness. I am passionate about the evolution of open source. In 2020 I established and launched the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Observability. I drafted the initial charter and presently serve as a co-chair for the TAG. Join us!