Solomon Hykes began his career as a System Administrator at Fairgame in 1999 and later worked as a Junior Software Engineer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center in 2002. In 2003, he became self-employed and worked as a Tech Mentor & Instructor until 2004. Solomon then joined CEIS as a Trusted Infrastructure Engineer from 2004 to 2006. Solomon Hykes then joined SmartJog as a Solutions Engineer from 2006 to 2007.

Daniel Bryant is the Head of Product Marketing at Syntasso. His technical expertise focuses on ‘DevOps’ tooling, cloud/container platforms, and microservice implementations. Daniel is a long-time coder, platform engineer, and Java Champion, contributing to several open-source projects. He also writes for InfoQ, O’Reilly, and The New Stack and regularly presents at international conferences such as KubeCon, QCon, and JavaOne. In his copious free time, he enjoys running, reading, and traveling.

Amit Bar-Oz, Sr. Solution Architect at Komodor showcasing the all-encompassing capabilities of Komodor's Kubernetes Platform including first-class-citizenship support for cluster add-ons, CRDs, and ecosystem integrations.

This is a re-recording of the LIVE workshop from DevOpsDays Tel Aviv In today's fast-paced technology landscape, creating a robust developer platform is essential for streamlining software development processes and ensuring efficient collaboration across teams. In this talk, we will explore how you can build your own developer platform in just 90 minutes using a powerful combination of Backstage, ArgoCD, and Kubernetes (K8s).

For years, the potential of AI in operations has been a hot topic, often promising more than it delivers. As Kubernetes environments grow increasingly complex, the limitations of traditional monitoring and troubleshooting tools become glaringly apparent. But with the rise of GenAI, a new question emerges: Is AI finally ready to transform the way we manage and optimize Kubernetes Operations?

Ellen is a Partner at boldstart. She joined the boldstart team in January 2021, after having worked with the team as a founder at Dark. Her role allows her to do exactly what she loves – investing and supporting founders building pre-product, dev-focused, enterprise companies. Prior to boldstart and founding Dark, she worked in a variety of early stage product roles: at Lola on travel tooling, at Kickstarter on backer-facing projects, and at Microsoft on the first versions of cross-platform Office Mobile. The common thread is building tools that enable people to do creative work.

Elizabeth K. Joseph After spending a decade doing Linux systems administration, today Elizabeth K. Joseph works as a developer advocate at IBM focused on IBM Z.

In 2024 everyone already knows that deploying and managing a single vanilla cluster is pretty easy, but past a certain scale, things become messy and very unmanageable. Join Komodor's own Marino Wijay for an exclusive LIVE workshop focused on enhancing Kubernetes Reliability. In this session, we'll explore the tools and cultural shifts required for a successful implementation of Kubernetes, that actually delivers on its promised value!

Maintaining a few K8s clusters is hard enough. Maintaining 1000+ clusters is virtually impossible without embracing new tooling and paradigm shifts. Join us for an insightful LIVE workshop exploring the possibilities of Kubernetes Fleet Management with Komodor, lead by Itiel Shwartz* In this session, we will dive into the challenges of multi-cluster management and how Komodor's comprehensive platform simplifies operations. Discover how to gain real-time visibility into your clusters, automate routine tasks, and troubleshoot issues across your entire fleet efficiently.