QUEST LOG

Leading Konstruct as CEO while serving as Director of Enterprise Cloud Solutions at Civo. Building platform engineering solutions for managing cloud accounts, GitOps infrastructure, and platform tools. Launching Colony for bare metal Kubernetes. Continuing the mission to democratize cloud native adoption.

Joined Kubeshop to accelerate Kubefirst growth. Expanded the platform across multiple cloud providers, grew the open source community, and landed on the CNCF landscape. Built partnerships and drove enterprise adoption before the Civo acquisition.

Co-founded Kubefirst with Jared Edwards, building the platform during nights and weekends while working full-time. Completed a year-long stealth enterprise pilot before open-sourcing the project. Born from frustration with 18-month Kubernetes adoption timelines.

Played an instrumental role in USA Today's public cloud migration. Championed Kubernetes adoption since 2017, building the foundation for cloud native infrastructure at scale. This experience revealed the pain points that would later inspire Kubefirst.

Built performance engineering expertise across defense contractors and enterprise technology companies. Developed deep understanding of systems at scale and the importance of automation and reliability.

Bootstrapped first company at age 22. Ran a successful software and services business for 19 years, developing entrepreneurial skills and business acumen that would later fuel the Kubefirst journey.