Bio

Engineering leader with a proven record of delivering outcomes in early-stage organizations and emerging markets. Expertise in interfacing with customers to understand their needs and define products requirements in nascent markets. Experienced architect and leader with a passion for implementing innovative solutions while motivating teams towards collective success. Enjoys mentoring and building high performing collaborative teams. Open source enthusiast and maintainer of several open source projects. Currently, member of the Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) and former Steering Committee member in the Istio project. Enjoys creating technical assets that surface business value and can be consumed by broader audiences. Frequent speaker at meetups, podcasts, webinars and conferences. Author of Manning Liveproject 'Secure application deployment with Istio on Kubernetes'. Programming Languages: Go, C, C++, Node.js, Python, JavaScript Technologies: Microservices, Service Mesh, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, gRPC, Networking and TCP/IP stack, Security Protocols, Compiler - LLVM, Linux Kernel. Specialization: Software Architecture, Open Source strategy, Distributed Systems, Cloud Native Stack, Networking, Security.