Featured Keynote Speakers

Chris Aniszczyk is an open source executive and engineer with a passion for building a better world through open collaboration. He’s currently a CTO at the Linux Foundation focused on developer relations and running the Open Container Initiative (OCI) / Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). Furthermore, he’s a partner at Capital Factory where he focuses on mentoring, advising and investing in open source and infrastructure focused startups.

At Twitter, he created their open source program and led their open source efforts. For many years he served on the Eclipse Foundation’s Board of Directors representing the committer community and the Java Community Process (JCP) Executive Committee. In a previous life, he bootstrapped a consulting company, made many mistakes, lead and hacked on many eclipse.org and Linux related projects

Jonathan Bryce is the Executive Director of Cloud & Infrastructure at the Linux Foundation, where he leads both the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and the OpenInfra Foundation—two of the largest and most influential open source communities in the world. With over 15 years of open source leadership, Jonathan co-founded the OpenStack project, guiding its evolution into a global ecosystem that supports a multi-billion-dollar market and serves as the de facto standard for open cloud infrastructure. Before his open source career, Jonathan spent over a decade in data center infrastructure and co-founded one of the industry’s earliest cloud computing companies, which grew into a billion-dollar business following its acquisition by Rackspace. Passionate about open collaboration, infrastructure innovation, and empowering users, contributors, and ecosystems worldwide, Jonathan frequently speaks at international conferences on open source strategy, infrastructure modernization, cloud-native technologies, and open source AI initiatives.

Saiyam Pathak is the Head of Developer Relations at vCluster and the founder of Kubesimplify, a platform dedicated to making cloud-native and AI technologies accessible for all. He has previously worked with Civo, Walmart Labs, Oracle, and HP, contributing across multiple dimensions of Kubernetes — from machine learning platforms and scaling strategies to multi-cloud environments and managed Kubernetes services.

A strong advocate of open source and community learning, Saiyam actively empowers developers through blogs, workshops, and meetups. He is a CNCF TAG Operational Resilience co-chair, a Kubestronaut, and a YouTuber focused on practical Kubernetes content.

You can find him on X (Twitter): @saiyampathak

AI Platform Engineer blending Kubernetes savvy with MLOps rigor. I design and run scalable, cost-aware GPU platforms for training and LLM inference—GitOps-driven, observable, and secure. Passionate about autoscaling-to-zero, fractional GPUs, and making model serving fast, reliable, and simple for data scientists. Curious builder, metrics nerd, and fan of turning complex AI stacks into push‑button platforms.

Building and scaling enterprise-grade machine learning platforms from the ground up is my passion. At AstraZeneca, I’m at the forefront of developing a robust, ML platform and LLM Inference Engine using a powerful suite of open-source technologies. This platform empowers our data scientists and machine learning engineers to accelerate the development and deployment of impactful AI solutions.

Adarsh is a Principal Engineer and heads the Infrastructure Platform team,
Previously a Senior Consultant at ThoughtWorks, he brings 14 years of experience in distributed systems and cloud-native infrastructure.

He is a CNCF community builder, co-organizing CNCG Kochi and Kubernetes Community Days Kochi, and a speaker at various Cloud Native and Technology Conferences.

Srivatsa Katta is the CTO of Rapido. He leads the technology vision behind Rapido’s open-source, platform-first architecture spanning over 150 microservices.

Previously a Principal Consultant at ThoughtWorks, he brings nearly two decades of experience building blockchain, AI and distributed systems at scale.

Sonali Srivastava is a Senior Developer Advocate at InfraCloud Technologies – an Improving Company, and an organizer of the Women in Cloud Native CNCF Community Group. She has worked across key areas of the cloud-native landscape, from authoring the Linux Foundation course Mastering Kubernetes Security with Kyverno to enabling scalable testing workflows with Testkube and driving adoption of GitOps-based quality practices.

A strong advocate for open source, Kubernetes security, policy-as-code, and cloud native technologies, Sonali regularly shares knowledge through talks, blogs, technical documentation, and community events. She has spoken at events such as KubeCon, KCD, FOSS United, and CNCF community meetups, and advocates for inclusion, mentorship, and career returners in open source.

Find her on X: @sonali_talks

Jim Bugwadia is a co-founder and the CEO of Nirmata, the Kubernetes policy and governance company. Jim is an active contributor in the cloud native community and currently serves as co-chair of the Kubernetes Policy and Multi-Tenancy Working Groups. Jim is also a co-creator and maintainer of Kyverno, the policy engine built for Kubernetes.

Ashwath Kumar is the Head of Security at Razorpay. A seasoned Principal Engineer and Texas A&M alumnus, he specializes in cloud security, architecture reviews, and red teaming. Ashwath has a proven track record of leading large teams to solve complex security hurdles. He is a frequent speaker at Blackhat, OWASP, and Nullcon, with research cited over 800 times.

Faeka is Platform Engineer at Slice Financial Bank, an international speaker, and a contributor to several open-source Kubernetes-native projects. She has served on the Kubernetes Release team 5 consecutive releases and leads several community initiatives across CNCF, Google, GitHub and Microsoft.

Avi Kothari is a Senior Platform Engineer at Sarvam, where he leads the infrastructure and platform systems that power AI products used at scale. He specializes in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, reliability, and developer platforms, focusing on building robust foundations that enable rapid product innovation.

With experience across startups and high-growth engineering teams, Avi has designed and operated critical infrastructure, improved system reliability, and built scalable platforms that support both developers and production workloads. He is passionate about creating engineering systems that are simple, reliable, and capable of supporting the next generation of AI applications.

Vinayak Gavariya is an AI Engineer leading Developer Relations at Sarvam, where he works at the intersection of research, engineering, product, GTM and community. He focuses on helping developers build with AI through great products, integrations, documentation, education, and community.
Over the years, he has organized 100+ technical events, led AI initiatives that improved product performance and adoption, and built communities that have empowered thousands of developers across India. His passion lies in making cutting-edge AI technology accessible, practical, and impactful for every developer.

Uma Mukkara is the head of Resilience Testing at Harness. Previously, Uma was a co-founder of ChaosNative and MayaData, both of which he helped lead to successful acquisitions. He also co-created the popular CNCF open source projects openEBS and LitmusChaos, which he continues to actively maintain. Uma speaks regularly about chaos engineering and cloud native DevOps topics at various industry events, as well as meetups and conferences related to site reliability engineering. He is passionate about building solutions around resilience through chaos testing in the cloud native space. Uma holds a master’s degree in telecommunications and software engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago.

Tittu Varghese is the In-Charge of AI Infrastructure Engineering at National Payments Corporation of India, leading the platform and infrastructure initiatives powering AI systems at scale. With deep expertise in distributed systems and critical infrastructure engineering, he has worked across multiple roles focused on building, scaling, and operating high-performance technology platforms. Tittu is also an active open-source enthusiast and contributor, passionate about cloud-native technologies, developer ecosystems, and large-scale engineering innovation.

Kubernetes and cloud native enthusiast focused on platform engineering, community learning, and mentorship. A Golden Kubestronaut who has trained and mentored multiple engineers in Kubernetes and cloud native practices, with a passion for helping aspiring engineers build strong foundations in modern infrastructure technologies.

Manoj K R is a Platform Engineering professional specializing in large-scale Kubernetes and cloud-native infrastructure, with a strong focus on automation, security, and reliability. He works closely with Siddiq, Engineering Manager at Motorola Solutions, who leads CPS Infrastructure and drives platform strategy, cloud modernization, and operational excellence for mission-critical public safety systems.

Handling largest cloud in BFSI Sector.

Aqeel Nazeer is a Senior Infrastructure Engineer on Shopify’s Continuous Deployment team, where he builds the systems that ship code safely across Shopify’s global fleet. He focuses on deploy infrastructure that keeps pace with AI-accelerated engineering without sacrificing safety. Before Shopify, he worked at Amazon, Cookpad, and Cucumbertown.