Distinguished Architect at Red Hat specializing on cloud technologies, security, enterprise integration and automation. I work with organizations seeking to leverage Open Source technologies to solve real world business challenges.Open Source evangelist. I focus on the intersection of technologies and communities to showcase how collaboration can bring individuals with similar passions together to spread knowledge. These principles are the foundation of the Communities of Practice (CoP) concept, an area for which I am passionate, and have successfully built large and thriving communities at a global scale.Maintainer and contributor to multiple Open Source projects including Helm, the package manager for Kubernetes and sigstore which provides tooling to support development efforts to sign and verify content to protect the Software Supply Chain.Writer who frequently publishes content in both short and long forms. Avid blogger highlighting how various technologies and concepts can be leveraged to drive awareness and capabilities. Author of several publications including "Learn Helm" and "Kubernetes Secrets Management".Public speaker with experience at venues ranging from webinars and local meetups, to large scale enterprise conferences. Prior speaking engagements include Red Hat Summit, DevOps Enterprise Summit, GitOpsCon and KubeCon + CloudNativeCon.Traveling the world is one of my true passions. The ability to experience the sights, sounds, and smells of each destination provides the spark for demonstrating how technology and collaboration can drive real innovation.