DevOps Institute Ambassador. CD.Foundation Ambassador. AWS Community Builder.
Engineer, leader, mentor, speaker. My focus is on CALMS. I am building a better understanding of DevOps as a driver for the organization. I am devoted to Serverless and CI/CD. I authored the framework for design the CI/CD: https://www.cicd.run/ .Host of Last Week In IT and DevOps In Agile Way podcasts.
Manuel is a senior DevOps evangelist, with a 25+ years international experience on both Dev and Ops solutions. He is a DevOps Institute Ambassador, CD Foundation Community Builder, Public Speaker (in events like DevOps World, DevOps Enterprise Summit, and BrightTalk's and TechStrong's programs and broadcasts), Business and Technical Challenges Solver.
Loving the terms “DevOps-ifier” and “DevOps-ologist”, with an extensive knowledge of both technologies and markets, he helps people practice DevOps principles in real world organizations, and achieve results in big DevOps transitions projects. When he’s not doing DevOps, he is a member of the BIEN (Basic Income European Network), and a registered supporter of the Italian CDTI (Club Dirigenti Tecnologie dell’Informazione) and SiFPA (Simple Function Point Association, now in IFPUG).
Melissa loves gardening, reading, playing with Mary Lou (Milou, the poodle), and working on side projects. She is a huge advocate for open source projects and developer experience. Some past projects include: running nodes on the lightning network, writing smart contracts, running game servers, building dev kits, sewing, and woodworking.
Viachaslau Matsukevich is an industry expert with over a decade of hands-on experience in various technology roles, including DevOps, Cloud, Solutions Architecture, Tech Leadership, and Infrastructure Engineering. He has delivered 20+ DevOps projects for Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies and holds certifications from Microsoft, Google, and the Linux Foundation.Viachaslau is an accomplished author of technology articles on Cloud-Native technologies and Kubernetes, featured on platforms like Red Hat Enable Architect, SD Times, Hackernoon, Dzone, and Medium. He is a meticulous technical reviewer for technology books and is currently authoring a book on Kubernetes.As an Industry Expert and Judge, Viachaslau has been recognized by prestigious awards programs, including SIIA CODiE awards and Globee Awards, and has judged over 20 hackathons. He is also the author of online courses covering DevOps and Kubernetes tools.In addition to his contributions, Viachaslau is committed to fostering DevOps education and has experience launching and running a DevOps school.
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