Michael Dame - The Kubernetes Operator Framework Book: Overcome complex Kubernetes cluster management challenges with automation toolkits

Overcome complex Kubernetes cluster management challenges with automation toolkits

Michael Dame

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To my wife, Meaghan, my parents and sister, the boys of Gold Team and Gamma Tetarton, and all of the amazing mentors and colleagues who have guided me along in my career, helping me to grow into a better engineer.

Mike Dame

Michael Dame is a software engineer who has several years of experience in working with Kubernetes and Operators. He is an active contributor to the Kubernetes project, focusing his work on the Scheduler and Descheduler sub-projects, for which he received a 2021 Kubernetes Contributor Award. Michael has a degree in computer science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and has worked on the Kubernetes control plane and OpenShift Operators as a senior engineer at Red Hat. He currently works at Google as a software engineer for Google Cloud Platform.

I want to thank Meaghan, for supporting and encouraging me throughout the writing process, and the many brilliant colleagues who took the time and had the patience to teach me everything I know about Kubernetes.

Mustafa Musaji is an experienced architect and engineer in the enterprise IT space. He develops and designs open source software solutions for large organizations looking to adopt transformational changes within their IT estate. Mustafa currently works at Red Hat as an associate principal solutions architect, where he supports customers in the journey to cloud-native applications. That involves not only discussing using container-based deployments but also the underlying orchestration and dependent services.

Drew Hodun is the co-author of O'Reilly's Google Cloud Cookbook. He has had a number of roles at Google, both customer-facing and in product engineering. His focus has been on machine learning applications running on the Google cloud and Kubernetes for various clients, including in the autonomous vehicle, financial services, and media and entertainment industries. Currently, Drew works as a machine learning tech lead working on AI-powered EdTech products. He has spoken at a variety of conferences, including Predictive Analytics World, Google Cloud Next, and O'Reilly's AI Conference. (Twitter: @DrewHodun)

Thomas Lloyd III is an information technology professional who specializes in systems and network administration. He currently works in the non-profit sector, lending his skills and experience to St. Catherine's Center for Children located in Albany, NY. Prior to this. he worked for a variety of private sector companies, where he honed his skill set. He has an A.A.S. in systems and network administration and is currently in the process of earning his B.S. in technology from SUNY Empire.

I'd like to thank the countless individuals who have helped me throughout my education and career. I wouldn't be where I am today without the endless support of my family, friends, professors, and many colleagues who gave me guidance and the opportunity to succeed.