Aakansha Verma is an experienced cloud-native infra engineer. Specializing in secure cloud-native practices and Kubernetes, she excels in designing and implementing scalable and secure IT solutions while optimizing DevOps and security practices to enhance operational efficiency.
In her free time, she enjoys running, working out and watching history documentaries.

Software Engineer with 12+ years of experience, working on Infrastructure, distributed systems and databases. Leading infrastructure team at Rapido handling a scale (150K rps at edge), multiple self managed databases (mongodb/redis/kafka/cassandra) with 100s of TB of data. Prior to this was working as a Software Consultant at ThoughtWorks.

Akhil works as a Software Engineer at VMware by Broadcom. An active contributor to projects in cloud native and container ecosystem. Akhil is a maintainer for containerd and kubernetes publishing-bot. He works mostly on container runtimes and kubernetes sig-node areas.

Annie Mathew serves as the Director for Developer Productivity for the Asia region at Microsoft. In her current role, she leads a team of Global Black Belts and is responsible for driving the growth of Microsoft and GitHub developer tools and platforms in Asia.
Annie is a staunch advocate for creating an inclusive tech industry. She spearheads the “Code Without Barriers” program, which is dedicated to bridging the gender gap in cloud and AI. This initiative focuses on upskilling women within open-source communities and connecting them to
opportunities with Microsoft’s customers and partners. Annie’s career encompasses various roles in engineering, management, and board positions
across industries such as manufacturing, wireless, healthcare and software products.

Some of her notable achievements include:

• Founding board member of Startup Village
• First woman president of HIMSS India, a global nonprofit in healthcare technology
• Recipient of accolades from the Chief Minister of Kerala for her exceptional contributions to
the Startup ecosystem.
• Harvard certified corporate director and member of Women Execs on Boards

Beyond her professional endeavors, Annie is deeply involved in community activities. She enjoys traveling with her family and delving into a good book whenever she finds the time. Annie Mathew's unwavering commitment to innovation, diversity, and community impact makes her a compelling and inspiring speaker. She brings valuable insights and perspectives to any audience, making her an asset to any audience.

Anoop is a Staff Software Engineer at LinkedIn HQ in California, solving challenges within the large organization. He used to work as an SRE before this role on the LinkedIn web, mobile apps and the frontend APIs and has contributed to scaling LinkedIn from 500M to a 1B+ users. Anoop is particularly interested in client-side observability, including web, mobile, frontend APIs, and distributed systems.

A seasoned Technologist and senior manager in a Global Financial Organization .

Manual tester turned developer advocate. I talk about Cloud Native, Kubernetes & DevOps to help others adopt cloud native. I also create content – blog posts, webinars – & host Twitter spaces and strongly believe in collaborative learning and growth.

In addition, I'm also a CNCF Ambassador and the organizer of CNCF Hyderabad. When I am not working, I’m a food & travel blogger & love exploring eateries & going on road trips. You can find me at @TheTechMaharaj on Twitter.

CX Engineer at Grafana Labs, making visualization and observability beautifully actionable.

Bachchan James is the Co-Founder and CEO of Ezeelogin, a leading provider of SSH gateway software that simplifies and secures server access management. With close to two decades of experience in IT security and infrastructure, he is passionate about developing solutions that enhance operational efficiency and meet stringent compliance standards.

Barun likes hacking on low level stuff and fiddling around developer toolings. He currently is maintainer and leading the development efforts for KubeArmor, CNCF Sandbox project and works as a Software Engineer at Accuknox . He loves to speak at conferences talking about Open Source, Cloud Native and Security. He is a proud CNCF Ambassador. He has been associated and am actively mentoring with programs like Google Summer of Code and LFX Mentorship.

Website: https://barun.cc/
Past Talks: https://barun.cc/talks/
Github: https://github.com/daemon1024
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/barun-acharya/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/daemon1024/

Binoy Thomas is an expert in DevOps and SaaS deployment architectures, with a specialized focus on Vector Database (VectorDB) . Being part of Data and AI department, having extensive experience in validating RAG(Retrieval augmented generation ) with multiple embedding models and VectorDB indexing. With a track record of contributing to innovation and patenting, filed multiple USPTO applications(waiting on publication). Published US Patent are https://patents.justia.com/patent/20240259351 and https://patents.justia.com/patent/20240203046.

Article on MilvusDB usage: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/connecting-ibm-watsonxdata-milvus-attu-binoy-thomas-3jyyc/?trackingId=7dhiltyiQrCmgWXZ%2BQnSCw%3D%3D

Chinmay is a pragmatic engineer who believes good software engineering is about managing trade-offs well. He founded One2N to help startups solve their backend and reliability engineering problems during the growth phase. Talk to him any day about backend and reliability engineering, psychology, and playing percussion, he won't disappoint you.

He can be found on social media here.
- https://twitter.com/chinmay185 and
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/chinmay185/

Here's a link to all of Chinmay's recent talks - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMrAF6rR54XqfrY8wXOpkZFrLVtif6Bbh

Dr Roshy John (Ph.D. in Robotics And Ai)

“The Man who Kickstarted India's Driverless Car Revolution" – NASSCOM
14+ Years of hands-on experience in creating driverless car prototypes of Indian Road Scenarios
40+ International Patents Pending in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
TedX And Keynote Speaker
20+ Years of Overall Experience in Enterprise Level Robotics and Artificial Intelligence

Dr Roshy John did his Ph. D. in Robotics from NIT Tiruchirappalli, India. He has 20 years of experience in developing robots for different industries such as consumer electronics, automotive, retail, and banking. Dr.Roshy’s vision is to support the young generation to come out with inventions and technologies that eventually fuel the growth and transformation of our Nation to become a large indigenous technology provider rather than just being into IT services outsourcing.

Hello, I'm George. I'm here to improve the quality and performance of your applications. With over twenty-four years in software testing, robotic process automation, DevOps, and test automation, I'm ready to help you make your app delivery smoother and more reliable.

Throughout my career, I've spent over 45,000 hours in software testing, collaborating with Fortune 1000 companies. I once worked with a leading retailer to create a robotic test automation system that tripled their release speed by making their testing faster.

I also specialize in AI-driven products for test automation and managing project requirements. With a solid track record in pre-sales, I've handled over 1,000 RFPs, turning client challenges into practical testing solutions.

In the past two years, I've expanded into marketing, boosting our web presence and customer engagement. My efforts in targeted marketing campaigns have brought in over a million dollars in revenue.

Outside of work, I stay updated with the latest in software testing and technology.

OpenShift Security Architect at Red Hat. Interested in cloud native technologies and believe in the security first approach - leverage integrations to make security a natural part of the product lifecycle starting at the very early stage of product design, development, build and release process.

iam speaker

Senior Solution Engineer at IBS Software

Experienced Senior Cloud Engineer with a strong background in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in AWS Cloud, Kubernetes, Terraform, Continuous Delivery, Migration Projects, Continuous Integration, and monitoring. Passionate about learning new technologies, including Gen AI, to enhance skills and stay at the forefront of technological advancements

Veteran tech innovator with 20 years in the trenches. As an author and developer advocate, I'm on a mission to demystify data engineering, cloud architecture, and emerging AI technologies. My expertise spans big data platforms, serverless computing, and distributed systems. Passionate about empowering developers to harness the power of technologies like Apache Kafka and Kubernetes. With a track record of crafting robust enterprise solutions across diverse industries, I bring battle-tested insights on everything from data lakes to microservices. Let's code the future and push the boundaries of what's possible in tech.

As an Azure Data Platform Architect , I have a passion for developing and implementing innovative data solutions that drive business success. With a deep understanding of the Azure ecosystem and a wealth of experience in designing, building, and maintaining complex data systems

Monika is an experienced senior data engineer known for propelling early-stage startups through the entire product lifecycle—from ideation and validation to testing and successful launches and she really believes in community building

• Senior Data and Cloud Engineer @Ahead
• Worked with 4 early-stage startups
• Organizer at CNCF Gurgaon, India
• Mentored 60+ Students Currently

Senior Solution Engineer - SRE at IBS Software with 3 years of experience in AWS, Azure, and Kubernetes. I excel at orchestrating containerized applications and implementing Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles to ensure system reliability, scalability, and resilience. Proficient in leveraging cloud platforms and automation tools to optimize operations and enhance the overall performance of systems.

Nikhil is a passionate engineer with close to 15 years of IT experience . He currently works with enterprises to solve their modernisation needs , by helping them mature in their devsecops lifecycle . Over the years has taken special interest in kubernetes and the ecosystem around it.
Has an interest in anything and everything under the sun and beyond it . Hailing from Thrissur, Kerala , but currently settled in Bangalore with his wife and kid .

https://medium.com/@nikhil.rajan67/cks-the-easy-way-8c2d8eb5206e
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikhil-rajan/
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/container-deployment-gck-using-ocr-nikhil-rajan/?trackingId=RhTgZ2mASHyL0CAMDxfq%2FQ%3D%3D

Nitin Nair is a Senior Vice President and leads the network expansion initiative pan India for Mobility, Transportation, Travel and Logistics along with the overall South India business for Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC).

Previously, he held roles with Nissan Motors, Uber, and EY where he managed multiple teams solving for connected cars, tech-enabled urban mobility, and business advisory across India, the Middle East, Europe, and Oceania. With an overall experience of over 20+ years, he has a proven track record for delivering impactful results with organizations and teams working on tip-of-the-spear problem statements across varying geographies and scales.

As an industry and function leader, he has been instrumental in ONDC forging successful collaborations with various Central and State Government entities, large technology platforms, and startups. He is an alumnus of the University of Pune and IIM Kozhikode.

Hi there! I’m Oum Kale, a Software Engineer - R&D team at JFrog and a proud maintainer of LitmusChaos, a CNCF Incubating project. When I'm not deep into tech, I enjoy playing sports and am an International Rated Chess Player. I also have the honor of serving as a Program Committee Member for KubeCon. I look forward to connecting!

Prasanth Nair was selected to the Indian Administrative Service in the year 2007 securing an all-India rank 4 in the UPSC exam. Hailing from Thalassery in Kannur District, Prasanth grew up in Thiruvananthapuram and graduated in law from the University of Kerala with first rank.

He has served in various capacities in various sectors including Tourism, Excise, Taxation, Roads, Water supply, Shipping, Energy, Skill Development, shipping, tribal welfare etc. He headed two World Bank Projects, viz. Jalanidhi & KSTP. As District Magistrate in Kozhikode District of Kerala he earned the moniker of ‘Collector bro’ for his citizen friendly and participative approach in governance. He initiated ‘Operation Sulaimani’ to eradicate hunger under the umbrella project named ‘Compassionate Kozhikode’. Internationale Tourismus-Börse Berlin chose it as one of the 50 inspirational projects from around the world. Digital Empowerment Foundation and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation selected it for the social media for empowerment (SM4E) award. Prasanth is considered as a pioneer in using social media for governance in India and an expert in mass communication. He is the founder of India’s first tribal heritage village project, ‘En Ooru’ in Wayanad. He is the founding CEO of Unnathi, a specialised agency providing livelihood and scholarships for the upliftment of scheduled caste and tribal youth. Presently he is the Special Secretary to government handling Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Department. He is also the Managing Director of KAMCO, the pioneering agricultural tools and equipment manufacturer in India.

An avid film buff, Prasanth has co-scripted malayalam movies, directed short films, documentaries and musicals and acted as well. His short film, ‘Daivakanam’ was premiered at Cannes Film Festival, 2018. He has also acted in Malayalam movies. His recent documentary, “Fragrance of the Gods” is a powerful statement on bonded labour.

Prasanth writes in Malayalam and English with equal ease, and his articles have been widely published. He is the author of the best sellers ‘Collector Bro: The quixotic thallals of a civil servant’ and “Lifebuoy”. His latest shortstory collection ‘Broswamy kathakal’ is also a best seller. He has also served as a speaker at various academic and development forums including the UN University-Bonn, IIT, IIM, IRMA, LBSNAA etc.

Prithvi Raj KC, currently working as a Senior Consultant at Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India. I bring in 4 years of experience in Cloud and DevOps field specializing in Kubernetes. I am a DevOps Engineer at weekdays and Badminton player at weekends. Triple certified in Kubernetes (CKAD, CKA, CKS) and basically Kubernetes is my bread and butter in my day today life.

Raghavendra has 8+ years of experience building cloud native apps and has pioneered the use of cloud-native tech across organisations. He led cloud native initiatives at a Fortune 100 company in NYC. Raghavendra was a speaker at Web Summit 2022 and has delivered talks on developer tooling for the container ecosystem across India. Currently, he focuses on building Questodev, a platform enabling dev-tools companies to launch bite-sized developer tutorials with built-in next-gen coding environments.
1. Snippet of my talk at Docker Dev Tools Day 2.0, Bangalore, India
https://photos.app.goo.gl/G4jLG35n9kHKUqDSA
2. Snippet of my talk at Web Summit 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal
https://youtu.be/pIjpjzivo5I?t=23

DevOps Engineer | Technical Blogger | Public Speaker

Rajith Attapattu is the CTO and founder of Randoli. Rajith has spent the last five years helping organizations of all sizes adopt Kubernetes as well as studying organizations that have built platform engineering solutions.

These efforts resulted in Randoli building it's App Insights Platform with an emphasis on Faster troubleshooting, workload optimization, DevEx & Developer empowerment. Prior to Randoli he spent 11 years at Red Hat in Engineering and Consulting roles.

Ram Iyengar is an engineer by practice and an educator at heart. He was (cf) pushed into technology evangelism along his journey as a developer and hasn’t looked back since! He enjoys helping engineering teams around the world discover new and creative ways to work. He is a proponent of product development and engineering teams that put the community first.

Rudraksh is a generalist software engineer who likes digging into all things related to operating systems, networks and cloud. He has maintained a couple of open source projects in the CNCF landscape and currently maintains KubeArmor as a software engineer at AccuKnox. Other than computers, he likes to talk about music all kinds.

Sathish VJ is a Google Cloud Authorized Trainer, is recognized as a Google Developer Expert, and has held all Google Cloud technical certifications. He runs a popular YouTube channel for learning Google Cloud technologies - youtube.com/AwesomeGCP. He invests independently in early stage startups.

Co-Founder & Head-Product Engineering

Siddhant is a Product Executive at Devtron, CNCG Nashik Organizer and a Kubernetes enthusiast. He loves exploring different technologies and understanding their various use cases within the industry. He loves working with Kubernetes, Linux and various DevOps related tools. Apart from the technical exploits, he also enjoys focusing on physical and mental fitness, and creating content around the same.

people.redhat.com/sanujan

Passionate Software and DevOps engineer with well versed skills in Linux system administration. Currently intern at International Center for Free and Open Source Software(ICFOSS).
GItHub: https://github.com/pzerone/
Blog: https://sreejithiv.live/

Vinod is the founder of FlexiCloud Internet, a managed cloud hosting company. With a strong foundation in cloud migration and sales, my journey as Founder of FlexiCloud has been about delivering innovative and customized hosting solutions. Leading the company's vision, we've carved a niche in managed cloud services, addressing specific client challenges with strategic insights.

At Vultr, my role as Business Development Director in India honed my expertise in new business development, significantly contributing to our market expansion. Collaborating with a dedicated team, we engaged potential customers and nurtured long-term partnerships, laying the groundwork for sustained growth in cloud services.

Mr. V V Jacob is the Senior General Manager, Systems spearheading Malayala Manorama's IT and technology innovations. Experienced technologist with a demonstrated history of working in the media production industry. Skilled in Requirements Analysis, System Administration, IT Service Management, Unix, and Linux with a strong business development background.