K8s in Production & Cost Reduction when running K8s on Cloud

After setting up the basic Kubernetes Cluster on the Cloud, we all worry about the day 2 operations and the cost. We are happy to announce that in the upcoming online meeting we are bringing two practitioners to come and share their knowledge for the same.

• 7:30 PM - 7:40 PM IST - Welcome and Introduction - Neependra Khare
• 7:40 PM - 8:20 PM IST - Learnings from two years of Kubernetes in production - Vaidik Kapoor, Engineering Leadership Mentor
• 8:29 PM - 9:00 PM IST - How to cut AWS, Google, or Azure cost for Kubernetes - Laurent Gil, Co-Founder CAST AI

Speakers :

• Vaidik Kapoor- He is an experienced engineering leader with a focus on building products, infrastructure and high-performance organizations. He has a deep interest in DevOps, SRE, cloud-native technologies, software architecture and technology leadership as a craft. Currently, he is working as a freelance technology consultant helping startups in India rethink their approach to software delivery, operations, architecture, DevOps and technology leadership. Prior to this, he worked at Blinkit (formerly Grofers) as VP Engineering (DevOps & Security).
• Laurent Gil - Laurent is a co-founder of CAST AI, a Kubernetes automation and cost optimization platform. Before that, Laurent was co-founder and Chief Product and Business Officer at Zenedge, a cloud-native cybersecurity company acquired by Oracle Corporation in early 2018. Prior to Zenedge, Laurent was CEO and co-founder of facial recognition and machine learning company Viewdle, acquired by Google in 2012. Laurent holds degrees from the Cybernetic Institute of Ukraine (Doctorate Honoris Causa), the Wharton School of Business (MBA), Supélec (M.Sc., Computer Science and Signal processing), the Collège des Ingénieurs in Paris (Post-graduate degree, Management), and Summa Cum Laude of The University of Bordeaux (B.S. Mathematics).