BLN DevOps May edition #46

Details
Join us at the spacious Cisco offices for yet another delightful DevOps meet-up, hosted by Cisco! -> Call for talks is open until 18.05.

Tentative Agenda
18:30 Open Doors

18:55 Cisco Introduction

19:00 Talk 1 - Jérôme Petazzoni - It's always DNS, Kubernetes edition

19:25 Talk 2 (Lightning) - Schlomo Schapiro - The DevOps Driving School - Elevator Pitch

19:45 Food and Refreshments

20:15 Talk 3 - Bill Mulligan - Buzzing Across the eBPF Landscape and Into the Hive

20:40 Talk 4 (Lightning) - Kai Kuckein - OpenTelemetry Unleashed: Powering Modern Observability

20:50 Networking

22:00 Close

Talk 1 - Jérôme Petazzoni - It's always DNS, Kubernetes edition

Jérôme was part of the team that built and launched Docker. He worked there for 7 years. These days he teaches Kubernetes at Enix, a French Cloud Native shop. When he's not busy with computers, he collects musical instruments. He can arguably play the theme of Zelda on a dozen of them.

Talk 2 (Lightning) - Schlomo Schapiro - The DevOps Driving School - Elevator Pitch

Schlomo Schapiro is an Agile IT and Open Source enthusiast dedicated to advancing an agile mindset and a DevOps-orientated culture in IT. He works as Associate Partner / Principal Engineer at Tektit Consulting in Berlin, is author of several Open Source projects, conference speaker and regularly publishes blog and magazine articles. Schlomo focuses on IT strategy, IT governance, technology and architecture management, security and compliance automation, related organisational changes, business continuity, open source and cloud technologies - and is available as a Principal Engineer for short-term support.

Talk 3 - Bill Mulligan - Buzzing Across the eBPF Landscape and Into the Hive

Bill Mulligan is a cloud native pollinator, community builder, and Cilium maintainer. He has given talks, written articles, and appeared on podcasts on a wide range of topics around cloud native. While at CNCF he restarted the Kubernetes Community Day program. He is currently at Isovalent growing the Cilium and eBPF communities.

Talk 4 (Lightning) - Kai Kuckein - OpenTelemetry Unleashed: Powering Modern Observability

Kai is a Senior Sales Engineer at Cisco Systems, where he excels in developing and closing strategic deals with a focus on value-based sales cycles. He is also the founder of Cisco Pride Germany, an initiative that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion within the corporate environment. Outside of work, Kai is deeply involved in community service, notably as the leader of the Wiesbaden Pride, which he grew from 2,000 participants to over 10,000. His expertise in leveraging agile methods for volunteer management and event organization makes him a sought-after speaker and leader in both professional and volunteer settings.

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