I am a Cloud Native Specialist on the Azure Global Black Belt Team at Microsoft. I focus on containers, microservices, Kubernetes, and supporting Open Source solutions in the Azure cloud platform. I have been working in technology for over 25 years and have a mixed background from application development to infrastructure. I am based in Denver, CO and I enjoy exploring the mountains and the outdoors. I have spoken at a number of public events including KubeCon (Austin, Copenhagen, Shanghai, & San Diego) as well as the Open Source Summit (Tokyo, Scotland, & San Diego). I look forward to seeing people and sharing ideas about open source and cloud native technologies.