Instructors

Learn from Kubernetes Experts

Our instructors design and deliver practical Kubernetes training. We offer a breadth of courses for multiple stakeholders, whether you’re new to Kubernetes or responsible for running it.

Boskey Savla

Senior Technical Marketing Architect at VMWare

Boskey Savla is Technical Marketing Manager @VMware focusing on Cloud Native Applications, she has 15 years of experience in systems and operations.

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Cora Iberkleid

Part Developer Advocate, part Advisory Solutions Engineer at VMware

Cora Iberkleid is part Developer Advocate, part Advisory Solutions Engineer at VMware, helping developers and enterprises navigate and adopt modern practices and technologies including Spring, Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes, VMware Tanzu, and modern CI/CD.

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Dwayne Ghant

Staff Platform Field Engineer at VMware

Dwayne Ghant is a Staff Platform Field Engineer at VMware.

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Eitan Suez

Instructor at VMware

Eitan is an instructor who joined VMware via the acquisition of Pivotal. In this capacity, Eitan has delivered training on the Tanzu Application Service (TAS), on Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated Edition (TKGI), and on Platform Automation with Concourse.

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Eric Shanks

Senior Technical Marketing Architect

Eric Shanks is a Senior Technical Marketing Architect at VMware where he helps customers build solutions on Kubernetes.

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Eric Smalling

Docker Captain and Senior Developer Advocate at Snyk

Eric is a Docker Captain and Senior Developer Advocate at Snyk.io where he helps developers secure the applications, containers and Kubernetes platforms they build and deploy to.

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Hart Hoover

Senior Field Engineer at Kong

Hart Hoover is a Senior Field Engineer at Kong. His expertise lies in technical training, consulting, community building, Linux-based operating systems, computing automation, and cloud application architecture.

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Javier Salmeron

Member Of Technical Staff at VMware

Javier has a PhD in Computer Engineering. He has worked for several years in both researching and teaching the application of cloud-native technologies to High Performance Computing.

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John Gardner

Staff Technical Solutions Architect at VMware

A technologist with deep experience in many aspects of software, systems and application development.

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John Harris

Staff Field Engineer at VMware

Hi! My name is John and I'm a Staff Field Engineer @ VMware where I work with customers to help design and implement Kubernetes solutions, in addition to contributing back to upstream open source projects.

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Jonathan Smith

Director in VMware’s Cloud Native Field Engineering and Education

Hi everyone! I am a Director in VMware’s Cloud Native Field Engineering and Education organization. My team works with customers to both teach Kubernetes and Cloud Native concepts as well as help implement solutions in this fast-changing space.

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Jose Antonio Carmona

Technical Staff at VMware

Jose Antonio Carmona is a member of the Technical Staff at VMware. As part of the Bitnami team, he contributes to maintaining an extensive catalogue of apps on different formats such as VMs, containers or Helm charts.

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Josh Rosso

Staff Cloud Native Architect at VMware

I am a Staff Cloud Native Architect at VMware and have been working in the Kubernetes space for the last 3.5 years.

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Juan Ariza

Member of the Bitnami Content team at VMware

As part of the Bitnami Content team (VMware), Juan Ariza is responsible of maintaining a catalog of more than 130 apps on different formats such as VMs, containers, or Helm charts.

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Lee Xie

Senior Education Engineer at VMware

Works on creating and delivering Kubernetes based education.

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Mamadou Bah

Senior Cloud Native Field Engineer

I am a senior Cloud Native Field Engineer at VMware with a focus in helping customers with the adoption of Kubernetes, how to operate cloud native based infrastructures, and how Kubernetes works and how to best to use it.

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Neil Winton

Staff Solution Architect at VMware Tanzu

Loves helping other people to learn, grow and develop

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Nicholas Seemiller

Software Engineer at BetterUp

Helped to bring VMware’s flavor of Kubernetes to the Open Source community.

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Nick Stogner

Founder and Principal Consultant of Upgear

Nick Stogner is the Founder and Principal Consultant of Upgear.

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Nigel Brown

Senior Open Source Community Manager at VMware

Based in Austin, Texas and focused on Cloud Native Technologies like containers and Kubernetes.

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Olive Power

Staff Solution Engineer at VMware

Olive works on upstream Kubernetes, and helps customers design and build their Kubernetes platforms.

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Patricia Bogoevici

Director for Kubernetes Services in the Modern Application Platform Business Unit at VMware

Patricia Bogoevici is a Director for Kubernetes Services in the Modern Application Platform Business Unit at VMware. Patricia has a strong background in consulting services, helping companies implement digital transformation solutions.

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Rachel Leekin

Kubernetes Field Engineer at VMware

I’m a Kubernetes Field Engineer at VMware where I help customers through their Kubernetes journey.

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Rich Lander

Independent consultant and Platform Field Engineer

I am an independent consultant and Platform Field Engineer. I was an early adopter of Docker and Kubernetes and have spent the past few years helping enterprises adopt cloud native technology.

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Ryan Schneider

Lead Technical Trainer at VMware

Passionate about architecture and building great systems. Excited about the cloud native movement that the Kubernetes community is driving.

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Scott Lowe

Principal Field Engineer at Kong, Inc.

Focused on Kubernetes and related cloud-native technologies. Helps customers deploy and deliver applications with cloud-native and open source technologies.

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Sean Davis

Software Development Manager at Amazon

Sean Davis is a Software Development Manager at Amazon.

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Sean McGinnis

Staff Open Source Engineer at VMware

I am a Staff Open Source Engineer at VMware. For the last several years I have focused on storage and infrastructure automation to enable flexible, cloud native technologies.

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Steve Sloka

Sr. Member of Technical Staff at VMware

Steve is a Sr. Member of Technical Staff at VMware working as a maintainer of Contour as well as a Kubernetes contributor since early 2015.

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Syeda Habib

Platform Services Solutions Architect at VMware

Syeda is a Solutions Architect, with 7 years of experience in education and training. In delivering Kube Academy content, Syeda is excited to combine her passion for education and technology.

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Tiffany Jernigan

Senior developer advocate at VMware

Tiffany is a developer advocate at VMware. She's focused on Kubernetes and related cloud-native technologies. You can find her on twitter @tiffanyfayj.

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Tim Carr

Product Line Manager at VMware

Tim Carr is a Product Line Manager at VMware and a member of the Heptio acquisition.

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