Enterprise-grade VM & Container Management Platform • Platform9 | Icebreaker

Enterprise-grade VM & Container Management Platform • Platform9 | Icebreaker

Members

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Account Executive • SUSE/Rancher Things! - West

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Vamsi Kiran Chemitiganti

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I am both a passionate technology expert and an industry vertical specialist. I lead teams globally across various practice areas including telecommunications/5G, finance, insurance, manufacturing, healthcare, and retail. A vast portion of my experience includes leading multiple cutting-edge implementations for a wide variety of Global Fortune 1000 clients. I'm skilled at customer interaction, building and managing high-performance teams across complex technical areas, while also collaborating closely with product teams to deliver significant product enhancements. My deep technical expertise spans the newer frontiers of enterprise computing - Containers, Big Data, AI, Cloud Services, Middleware, High Performance Computing, and their real-world business applications. I hold an MBA with a focus on corporate strategy, as well as a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science. To share my experiences, I actively blog at www.vamsitalkstech.com, covering topics at the intersection of technology and industry verticals. Through my multifaceted background and collaborative approach, I'm able to drive innovation, accelerate digital transformation, and establish AWS as a trusted strategic partner for our enterprise customers across these key industry sectors.

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IT Professional focused on Immutable Infrastructure in Private & Public Clouds

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Software Engineer

Apeksha Khilari

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I hold a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering from San Jose State University. My career in cloud technologies began as a Junior Cloud Support Engineer at Platform9, where I was first introduced to cloud infrastructure and earned my Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification. Following this, I joined Tamr, where I spent nearly four years advancing from Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Sr. SRE). During my tenure at Tamr, I obtained my Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) certification and gained extensive experience in cloud technologies, infrastructure automation, and system reliability. I worked across a wide range of tools and technologies, including GCP, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, GitOps (FluxCD/Flagger), Helm, Harness CD, Ansible, Python, Jenkins, and Linux. I also had the responsibility of managing Tamr's monitoring and observability stack for three years, while driving automation initiatives to reduce operational overhead and minimize manual errors through Python and Bash scripting. Now, I am excited to transition into the AI sector with my new role at Crusoe. This marks an important step in my career, as I look forward to leveraging my cloud engineering experience to tackle new challenges in AI. If there is a chance to form a connection, please find me at apeksha.khilari@gmail.com

Kaustubh Phatak

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Kaustubh is currently a staff engineer at Crusoe, building next generation green AI cloud. He has previously worked as an early-stage startup employee, is an infrastructure software enthusiast and holds a Master's Degree in Computer Science from the University of Southern California (USC).

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As a Customer Success Manager at Crusoe, I have over 20 years of experience in providing exceptional support and guidance for strategic enterprise customers across various industries and regions. My mission is to ensure customer satisfaction, retention, and growth by aligning Crusoe Cloud services with their business goals and objectives. I leverage my extensive background in IT service management, technical support, and project and program management to build and maintain strong relationships with customers, partners, and internal teams. I also have strong skills in negotiation, cross-functional teaming, crisis management, and customer relationship management. I am passionate about delivering value and innovation to customers and enabling their success.

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