Abubakar Siddiq Ango is a Developer Evangelism Program Manager at GitLab, where he finds better ways for the Developer Evangelism team to engage with the community and measure its impact. He is a Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist and when not working, he engages with the community through the CNCF, Google Developer & Hashicorp user groups and other developer communities. He is also the Lead Organizer of the Kubernetes Community Days Africa (KCD Africa), a Google Developer Expert (Cloud) and a CNCF Ambassador.
Why I am excited to be an ambassador: I am looking forward to engaging & contributing to the community.
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Why I am excited to be an ambassador: I believe the ambassador programme is perfectly timed to come out of hibernation as people yearn for more day-to-day information on the CNCF and where to get started. I've been here a while now and I am happy to help be that guide on their cloud-native journey.
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Why I am excited to be an ambassador: Becoming an ambassador is such a huge dream. I love to open-source and cloud-native projects, willing do more contributions and spread the spirit of open-source enthusiasts to others.
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Why I am excited to be an ambassador: Ambassadors are a point of reference in the cloud native community and help many initiatives come to life. I want to empower talented individuals to realize their ambitions and help the CNCF to reach a wider community through events, meetups, and mentoring. I want to make a difference by empowering others.
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Why I am excited to be an ambassador: Just happy to be a part of the new program and help other ambassadors :)
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Why I am excited to be an ambassador: I'm excited to be an ambassador to further help and mentor other folks coming into the cloud native space and guide them in the right direction. I'm also excited because I can continue working on the outreach of the CNCF and show organizations how they can contribute and help grow the projects and unlock innovation.
", @@ -1893,38 +1698,6 @@ ], "image": "chamod-perera.jpg" }, - { - "name": "Chao Zheng", - "bio": "Chao is a highly skilled cloud native technology professional with over 5 years of experience working on and contributing to several CNCF projects, including Kubernetes, OpenYurt, TiKV, and ChaosMesh. Chao is a passionate advocate of open source technology and regularly speak at events such as KubeCon and cloud native meetups. Additionally, Chao is a cohost and organizer of various cloud native meetups, including Cloud Native @ Scale and the Bay Area Cloud Native Infra Meetup.
Why I am excited to be an ambassador: I am excited to be an ambassador for a few reasons. It is a great honor to join a group of enthusiastic open source advocators who are dedicated to advancing the field of cloud native technology. Also, I find it exciting to connect with people who share my passion for this technology and can share insights and perspectives that help drive innovation. Last but not least, I am eager to use my skills, experience, and passion to contribute more to the cloud native community and help others unlock the full potential of the cloud native technology. Being an ambassador provides me with a platform to give back to the community, collaborate with individuals share same passion, and help drive the growth and adoption of cloud native technology.
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Why I am excited to be an ambassador: I'm thrilled to become a CNCF ambassador because I believe in the power of this community to make a positive impact on the world. By supporting open source projects and encouraging adoption, I can help ensure that more people and organizations benefit from the values of open source software. In addition, I'm passionate about promoting open source to young students in Europe. By encouraging them to get involved, I can help create a new generation of open source enthusiasts who are equipped with the skills and knowledge to succeed in the tech industry. Overall, I'm excited to contribute my time and energy to this important cause and to help make a difference in the world of open source.
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Why I am excited to be an ambassador: July is going to make it 2 years since I transitioned to the cloud native ecosystem. The thing with moving to a new field is that you’d often times struggle with imposter syndrome or ask yourself if you made the right decision to switch when things become overwhelming. Nevertheless, I woke up every day trying to do better and put my best foot forward. Less than two years down the line and I’ve been selected as a CNCF Ambassador. What? That’s so exciting for me and it makes me super proud of myself for not being scared to take a chance on myself and learn in public. Now, I can create and share cloud native learning resources, guides, and how-tos with the community on a global scale.
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Why I am excited to be an ambassador: I'm excited to be an ambassador because I like exploring the CNCF ecosystems and having fun doing it. It's also rewarding to share content with the community and meet people from all over the world. Thanks to the community, I have obtained many opportunities in my professional career, and now it is time to give back.
", @@ -3190,33 +2894,6 @@ "slack_id": "George", "image": "giorgi-keratishvili.jpg" }, - { - "name": "Grace Nguyen", - "bio": "Grace is an engineering undergrad at the University of Waterloo and has experience in DevOps and security. She has been a member of the Kubernetes Release Team through various roles for almost 2 years. She is also a contributor to SIG-security. Grace is also involved in supporting diversity in tech, venture capital and various other shenanigans.
Why I am excited to be an ambassador: Everything I know about open-source, I learned through the cloud-native community. The amount of expertise, and more importantly care, that this community possesses is paramount. I'm excited to continue this tradition of excellence and onboard the next generation of open-source contributors, especially those still in school and underrepresented in tech.
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", @@ -3425,38 +3102,6 @@ ], "image": "harsh-manvar.jpg" }, - { - "name": "Harshita Sao", - "bio": "Harshita Sao is an engineering student and contributor to several areas of the upstream Kubernetes project through SIGs, including Release, Contribex, etc. She has been a member of the Release Team since Kubernetes v1.25 and has been Comms Lead for the v1.27 release cycle.
Why I am excited to be an ambassador: I'm thrilled to be an ambassador, as I'm learning about the CNCF ecosystem, contributing to its different projects, and sharing my knowledge and experience with others so that they, too, can begin their journey in this incredible ecosystem. Being an ambassador allows me to learn more about the ecosystem, work and network with amazing people, and find new ways and opportunities to share knowledge with others and help grow this wonderful community.
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\n\nHe loves engaging with the community and has been a prolific speaker and event program committee member across ArgoCon, GitOpsCon, Kubecon over the years. A native of Sweden, earning his B.Sc in information systems from the University of Gothenburg, he now resides in California with his family.", @@ -3647,37 +3292,6 @@ ], "image": "hui-li.jpg" }, - { - "name": "hui zhang", - "bio": "
I started my career in cloud-native technology as a test developer for related software products in 2017. Last year, I became a Senior Operation Manager at NetEase Open Source Program Office, which focuses mainly on open-source community governance. I have my own public account where I usually publish some articles about analyzing the source code of Kubernetes. At present, I mainly work on the distributed storage system Curve, but I am also interested in Chaos Engineering(https://chaos-mesh.org/zh/blog/page/3/), Kubernetes, and Engineering efficiency. I was invited to participate in the 2020 Cloud Native Day, 4-5 of the industry's more famous cloud-native meetups, and successfully hosted 5-6 cloud-native meetups.
Why I am excited to be an ambassador: The only way to the future of basic software is Open Source. Open Source visualizes trust. Trust is everything.
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Why I am excited to be an ambassador: I'm excited to be a CNCF ambassador because it offers a unique opportunity to actively contribute to the world of cloud-native technologies, which is a dynamic and rapidly evolving field. As an ambassador, I can foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among a diverse group of professionals, ultimately advancing the adoption and understanding of cloud-native practices. It's an inspiring role that allows me to be at the forefront of innovation and connect with experts and enthusiasts in the CNCF ecosystem, all while promoting the growth of these transformative technologies.
", @@ -4285,34 +3899,6 @@ ], "image": "https://www.cncf.io/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/1611887010893.jpg" }, - { - "name": "Jie Ding", - "bio": "As a former middleware developer, I encouraged my company to move a part of our business to a Kubernetes environment. This gave me the opportunity to explore cloud native projects like Knative, KEDA, and Dapr, which I integrated into our projects to better embrace the cloud native ecosystem. Furthermore, I've contributed to various CNCF projects and participated in TAG works. Now, I'm in charge of reviewing translations for the CloudEvents Specification and promote CE in China. Also, I organized several local CloudEvents Meetups to share experiences among CE adopters in China. And I used to organzie Apache RocketMQ Meetup in Beijing.
Why I am excited to be an ambassador: To begin with, I've learned a lot from CNCF projects and I'm eager to share these insights with other OSS enthusiasts by promoting CNCF. Furthermore, with my transition from a developer to the Director of OSS Community Strategy, becoming a CNCF ambassador allows me to gain a deeper understanding of CNCF, which will be invaluable in achieving my top priority this year: assisting my company in joining CNCF and submitting our latest project for the CNCF sandbox.
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Why I am excited to be an ambassador: It's awesome to get to know so many great people and work with leading technology that's responsible for changing multiple industries. The community that keeps Kubernetes open and welcome is a special thing, and I hope to maintain such standards myself. I also enjoy helping connect the folks using open source tooling with the resources they need to be successful, and being an ambassador keeps me connected.
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Why I am excited to be an ambassador: As a maintainer, I am truly enthusiastic about being a CNCF ambassador because the foundation contributes significantly to the success and growth of numerous open-source projects. By becoming an ambassador, I can give back to the community by promoting CNCF's initiatives, spreading awareness about its contributions, and helping others discover the value of cloud native technologies.
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", @@ -5158,8 +4707,7 @@ "Technical" ], "category": [ - "Technical Oversight Committee", - "Ambassadors" + "Technical Oversight Committee" ], "image": "kevin-wang.jpg" }, @@ -5360,43 +4908,6 @@ ], "image": "https://www.cncf.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/n8MwLvTY_400x400.jpg" }, - { - "name": "Lachlan White", - "bio": "Working as the CTO of LAB3, one of the fastest growing Microsoft Partners in the Southern Hemisphere, with a focus on leveraging Cloud-Native solutions for enterprise and regulated clients. Large background in the use of IaC especially Terraform and ways of working in the ANZ region. Extremely fortunate to run both the Melbourne and Brisbane HashiCorp User Group (Meetup)
Why I am excited to be an ambassador: I can't wait to connect with some of the most active and intelligent ambassadors for the CNCF space and learn from them
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\nIn addition to his role at Layer5, Calcote serves in various industry bodies, including as a SIG chair in Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), and formerly, participated in the delivery of Redfish 1.0 in the Distributed Management Task Foundation (DMTF), and Docker Benchmark 1.0 in Center for Internet Security (CIS). He is a startup advisor, Docker Captain, Cloud Native Ambassador, O’Reilly author, and speaker in the cloud native ecosystem.
\nCalcote is a maintainer of open source projects, including Meshery, Service Mesh Interface, and Service Mesh Performance. Calcote holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a master’s degree in Business Administration from California State University, Fresno and retains a list of industry certifications.
\nMeetup: Cloud Native Austin", @@ -5761,39 +5272,6 @@ ], "image": "https://www.cncf.io/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Indigirka_at_minus_46C.jpg" }, - { - "name": "Lukonde Mwila", - "bio": "Lukonde is a Senior Developer Advocate at AWS. He has years of experience in application development, solution architecture, cloud engineering, and DevOps workflows. He is a life-long learner and is passionate about open-source and developer communities. Nowadays, Lukonde spends the majority of his time contributing to the cloud-native ecosystem. He specializes in Kubernetes, service meshes, and GitOps (ArgoCD and Flux). YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/LukondeMwila
Why I am excited to be an ambassador: I'm excited to be an ambassador because it's an opportunity to contribute to help provide enable for those who are part of the cloud native community, as well as those wanting to join. In addition to that, I'm excited to be a part of a group of individuals who are passionate about the development and adoption of cloud-native technologies. I'm also very keen to help expand the cloud-native footprint in Africa.
", - "company": "AWS", - "pronouns": "He/Him", - "location": "Johannesburg, South Africa", - "linkedin": "", - "twitter": "https://www.twitter.com/Luke9ine", - "github": "https://github.com/LukeMwila", - "wechat": "", - "website": "", - "youtube": "", - "slack_id": "Lukonde Mwila", - "languages": [], - "projects": [ - "Argo", - "Envoy", - "external-secrets", - "Flux", - "Helm", - "Istio", - "k3s", - "Kubernetes", - "Open Policy Agent (OPA)" - ], - "expertise": [ - "Technical" - ], - "category": [ - "Ambassadors" - ], - "image": "lukonde-mwila.jpg" - }, { "name": "Marcus Noble", "bio": "Marcus is a platform engineer and his main area of focus in recent years has been around CI/CD, Go, Kubernetes, containers and DevOps but originally started out as a web developer and JavaScript enthusiast. A self-described “tinkerer”, when not building Kubernetes solutions, Marcus likes to dabble with 3D printing and experimenting with smart home tech. He can be found blogging online at www.MarcusNoble.co.uk and giving talks at meetups & conferences.
Why I am excited to be an ambassador: I am excited to leverage the support of the CNCF to better help others within out community through shared knowledge and experience. I'm excited for the opportunity to meet more amazing people in the cloud native space and learn from their experiences and expertise.
", @@ -5860,49 +5338,15 @@ "pronouns": "He/Him", "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/mario-constanti/", "twitter": "https://twitter.com/bavarian_bidi", - "github": "https://github.com/bavarianbidi", - "wechat": "", - "website": "", - "youtube": "", - "priority": "", - "category": [ - "End User TAB" - ], - "image": "mario-constanti.jpg" - }, - { - "name": "Mario Loriedo", - "bio": "Mario is a Senior Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat. He works on container-based developer tools. He co-maintains the CNCF Devfile project and leads the Eclipse Che project. He has been a speaker at conferences such as KubeCon, LinuxCon, JavaOne and FOSDEM.
Why I am excited to be an ambassador: I am excited to be part of the CNCF ambassador program because that will help share my knowledge and my experience as a developer using and developing Kubernetes with others. I am also looking forward to meet with other ambassadors.
", - "company": "Red Hat", - "pronouns": "He/Him", - "location": "Paris, France", - "linkedin": "", - "twitter": "https://www.twitter.com/mariolet", - "github": "https://github.com/l0rd", - "wechat": "", - "website": "", - "youtube": "", - "slack_id": "Mario Loriedo", - "languages": [], - "projects": [ - "Argo", - "Backstage", - "CRI-O", - "Devfile", - "Dex", - "Helm", - "Istio", - "Kubernetes", - "KUDO", - "Operator Framework" - ], - "expertise": [ - "Technical" - ], + "github": "https://github.com/bavarianbidi", + "wechat": "", + "website": "", + "youtube": "", + "priority": "", "category": [ - "Ambassadors" + "End User TAB" ], - "image": "mario-loriedo.jpg" + "image": "mario-constanti.jpg" }, { "name": "Matthias Hauber", @@ -6121,41 +5565,6 @@ "category": [], "image": "matt-farina.jpg" }, - { - "name": "Matt Jarvis", - "bio": "Matt Jarvis is a Director of Developer Relations at Snyk. Matt has spent more than 15 years building products and services around open source software, on everything from embedded devices to large scale distributed systems. Over the last decade, Matt has worked in the cloud and cloud native spaces from OpenStack, Mesos and now to Kubernetes, and now spends most of his time thinking about security. Matt is a regular speaker at conferences across the world, including KubeCon, DockerCon, FOSDEM and All Things Open, a past winner of the OpenStack Outstanding Community Contributor award, and in 2021 was named one of the Top 100 influencers in Open Technologies in the UK. Matt is also a board director of OpenUK, and the co-founder of Cloud Native Manchester, Cloud Native Edinburgh, Kubernetes Community Days UK and the virtual Cloud Natives UK.
Why I am excited to be an ambassador: I’m excited to be a CNCF Ambassador as an opportunity to give back to our community, helping others to learn and contribute. I also want to expand the community in the UK and across Europe, continuing the awesome cross pollination between all of the local communities which we’ve built over the past couple of years.
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Why I am excited to be an ambassador: Excited to promote CNCF projects, initiatives and culture through community events and meetups.
", @@ -6573,43 +5982,6 @@ ], "image": "nate-waddington.jpg" }, - { - "name": "Neependra Khare", - "bio": "Neependra is the Founder and Principal Consultant at CloudYuga. He provides training in Cloud Native Technologies like Kubernetes, Prometheus and others. He authored the first Kubernetes introduction course for the CNCF on Edx. Currently he runs the Kubernetes & Cloud Native Online meetup and one of the organiser of KCD Bengaluru. He writes blogs and hands-on lab at https://cloudyuga.guru .
Why I am excited to be an ambassador: I am excited to be an ambassador to do more events in Bengaluru and India in general. Be an ambassador would give me opportunities to collaborate with folks across to globe to bring the best content out for community.
", - "company": "Cloudyuga Technologies", - "pronouns": "He/Him", - "location": "Bengaluur, India", - "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/neependra/", - "twitter": "https://www.twitter.com/neependra", - "github": "https://github.com/nkhare", - "wechat": "", - "website": "", - "youtube": "", - "slack_id": "neependra", - "languages": [], - "projects": [ - "Argo", - "cert-manager", - "Envoy", - "etcd", - "Falco", - "Helm", - "Istio", - "k3s", - "KEDA", - "Kubernetes", - "KubeVirt", - "Kyverno", - "Rook" - ], - "expertise": [ - "Technical" - ], - "category": [ - "Ambassadors" - ], - "image": "neependra-khare.jpg" - }, { "name": "Nick Jones", "bio": "Serial meetup organiser, including Cloud Native and Kubernetes Edinburgh, CNK Manchester, as well as larger events such as Kubernetes Community Days UK. Currently employed as Head of Cloud Native and Platform Engineering at EscherCloudAI, helping to build a next-generation managed Kubernetes service tailored for AI workloads backed by a sustainable approach to running infrastructure. Passionate about new technology, but simultaneously romantic about the old with a penchant for decrepit Silicon Graphics and Sun Microsystems hardware. Sporadically blogs at https://dischord.org
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.
", @@ -6723,38 +6095,6 @@ ], "image": "nikhita-raghunath.jpg" }, - { - "name": "Noah Abrahams", - "bio": "Noah's career and ethos is focused around enabling Open Source contributors, and keeping the community as accessible and welcoming as possible. Currently, he focuses on enablement and mentoring of future speakers and evangelists. He has previously gotten his hands dirty doing deep DevOps work across the ecosystem, but now prefers to help the next cohort do that instead.
Noah has been involved with the CNCF since 2016, and ran the Las Vegas Kubernetes meetup for many years. He also helps with many other events from Kubecon Program Committee, to running the Contributor Summit, to smaller local events.
Why I am excited to be an ambassador: I'm excited to be an ambassador so I can help as many people as possible learn, grow, and be their best selves in the Cloud Native ecosystem. It is the most human way I can think of to represent this community.
", - "company": "Oracle", - "pronouns": "He/Him", - "location": "Las Vegas, Nevada, United States", - "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/noahabrahams/", - "twitter": "https://www.twitter.com/nabrahams", - "github": "https://github.com/qedrakmar", - "wechat": "", - "website": "", - "youtube": "", - "slack_id": "nabrahams", - "languages": [], - "projects": [ - "Argo", - "Cloud Custodian", - "Fluentd", - "Helm", - "Kubernetes", - "Open Policy Agent (OPA)", - "Prometheus" - ], - "expertise": [ - "Technical", - "Non-Technical" - ], - "category": [ - "Ambassadors" - ], - "image": "noah-abrahams.jpg" - }, { "name": "Nuno Do Carmo", "bio": "Known as the Corsair and a massive Windows fan in the Cloud Native community, he set his mission to help running the amazing Cloud Native projects on WSL2 and create \"technologically inclusive\" blogs at https://wsl.dev. He's also a Tech Writer for SUSE where he contributes to the man OpenSource projects, such as Kubewarden, Epinio, Elemental, Rancher Desktop. His principal traits are that he has 4 cats at home (read: a lot of patience) and provides Swiss chocolate during events (read: community oriented)
Why I am excited to be an ambassador: The most important point and motivation is the community! To be able to meet persons from different backgrounds and still share a same passion for Cloud Native ecosystem. And as a \"rare\" Windows fan in Cloud Native, one of my personal goals is to bring more docs/blogs/talks in running projects on WSL2 and make it even more inclusive for the million of Windows users around the world.
", @@ -7286,72 +6626,6 @@ ], "image": "pradyumna-krishna.jpg" }, - { - "name": "Prateek Nayak", - "bio": "I'm the Chief Technology Officer at Innablr, a top cloud engineering and platform consultancy in Melbourne. My role involves setting the technology direction for Innablr and guiding our clients through their transformation journey. I've been fortunate to work with some big companies in Melbourne, where I've helped them modernise their tech stacks with cloud native platforms that deliver applications quickly and securely. I started out as a developer and gradually transitioned to cloud engineering and DevOps. I'm really enthusiastic about the Kubernetes ecosystem and even co-organise the Melbourne Kubernetes User Group. We have recently started the Cloud Sustainability User Group Australia / New Zealand to build the comunity around the topic of sustainability.
Why I am excited to be an ambassador: I'm thrilled about becoming a CNCF Ambassador because it would serve as validation for the work I've done building the Melbourne Kubernetes community over the past few years. As an ambassador, I will have the opportunity to amplify my efforts and further expand the community.
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Why I am excited to be an ambassador: I am excited to represent the chaos engineering community as a CNCF ambassador and to also work with fellow ambassadors in helping curate more resources, events, and opportunities for the broader community. As an ambassador, I hope to take forward the cloud-native values amongst various folks keen on joining the ecosystem. I also look forward to learning a lot on this journey from my fellow ambassadors.
", @@ -7665,32 +6939,6 @@ ], "image": "raphael-pinson.jpg" }, - { - "name": "Reda Benzair", - "bio": "passionate about Cloud Native Computing Foundation technology since 2016. We create the First \"Cloud native cloud France », a non-profit organization, in order to increase the CNCF audience and grow up interest in the native cloud philosophy. contributor and organizer of th the Meetup /Cloud-Native-Computing-Paris/ and the Kubernetes Community Days France.
Why I am excited to be an ambassador: Continue to increase the French community and increase their visibility recognition.
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Why I am excited to be an ambassador: I love being part of and collaborating with the cloud-native OSS community. In addition to the great benefit of using OSS, I strongly believe that adopting the methodology used to write, maintain and release OSS widely benefits any organization. CNCF makes cloud-native OSS accessible to everyone, and I am excited to take part in fostering the CNCF ecosystem and increasing the OSS adoption.
", @@ -9177,27 +8425,6 @@ ], "image": "https://www.cncf.io/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/0.jpg" }, - { - "name": "Suraj Narwade", - "bio": "Suraj is a Platform Engineer at uSwitch (End User Community Member) with focus on Kubernetes, Open Source and cloud native technologies. He is interested in Open Source Community and Developer Experience.\n\nMeetup Organizer: https://www.meetup.com/kubernetes-openshift-India-Meetup/", - "company": "RVU", - "pronouns": "", - "location": "Bangalore, India", - "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/surajnarwade/", - "twitter": "https://twitter.com/red_suraj", - "github": "https://github.com/surajnarwade", - "wechat": "", - "website": "", - "youtube": "", - "slack_id": "", - "languages": [], - "projects": [], - "expertise": [], - "category": [ - "Ambassadors" - ], - "image": "suraj-narwade.jpg" - }, { "name": "syed asad raza", "bio": "Hi Team, I am DevOps and MultiCloud Engineer and happy to become a CNCF member to add some input to this journey.
Why I am excited to be an ambassador: It provides a platform to connect with other professionals in the industry, share knowledge and expertise, and contribute to the growth of the community. As an ambassador, one can learn about the latest developments and trends in the cloud-native ecosystem and play a role in shaping the future of the industry.
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Why I am excited to be an ambassador: I love to work with the community to build a better cloud-native community and make it easy for everyone to use it and contribute back.
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Vineeth is a cloud, distributed systems enthusiast and maintainer to OpenTelemetry Operator, a contributor to Kubernetes, Cortex, and Open Policy Agent. He worked as a shadow for previous Kubernetes releases and was also a docs lead for Kubernetes 1.18 release. He is currently working as a Product Manager with Timescale. Previously, he was a CNCF mentee with Cortex and Open Policy Agent and a Google Summer of Code intern with The Postgres Operator. Vineeth co-founded and organizes CNCF Hyderabad meet-ups and also gave several talks on CNCF technologies.
Why I am excited to be an ambassador: I have been in the CNCF community for almost 5 years now, learned a lot, and contributed to many projects. Looking forward to playing an active role in CNCF projects, communities and events.
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Why I am excited to be an ambassador: As an ambassador, I'm excited to help continue to make the cloud native community as kind and inclusive as it can be. I've always felt very welcome in this community, and I hope to be able to extend that same feeling to others.
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Why I am excited to be an ambassador: Being a CNCF ambassador is a recognition of my involvement in open source and cloud-native technology promotion over the past few years. After becoming a CNCF ambassador, I can better promote CNCF technology and organize more in-person and virtual events. At the same time, I can also receive more support from CNCF.
",