John Dietz
CEO of Konstruct | Director, Civo
Platform Engineering Paladin
STATS
Strength: Leadership, carrying organizational weight, resilience
Intelligence: Architecture, problem-solving, technical depth
Charisma: Public speaking, podcasts, community building
Wisdom: Strategic thinking, pattern recognition, experience
Dexterity: Context switching, shipping fast, adaptability
ACTIVE QUEST
Konstruct at Civo
Civo Cloud
Leading Konstruct as CEO while serving as Director of Enterprise Cloud Solutions at Civo. Building a platform engineering solution for managing cloud accounts, GitOps infrastructure, and platform tools. Launching Colony for bare metal Kubernetes. Continuing the mission to democratize cloud native adoption.
CORE SKILLS
View All →RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS
View All →Kubefirst Live: 50 Episodes
Produced 50 episodes of Kubefirst Live, the official podcast featuring cloud native conversations, platform engineering insights, and community stories
Two Successful Exits
Completed two successful acquisitions: Kubefirst acquired by Kubeshop in 2022, then Kubeshop acquired by Civo in 2024
Serial Entrepreneur
Bootstrapped Integrity Test Solutions at age 22 and ran it for 19 years before co-founding Kubefirst/Konstruct
Open Source Pioneer
Launched Kubefirst as an open source project, now featured on the CNCF landscape with active community adoption