Director of Engineering at Kubecost (Acquired by Apptio / IBM)
๐ Leading teams into the future of Kubernetes, DevOps, and cloud-native excellence.
๐ฒ TTRPG GM | ๐ง Human-Centric Tech Leader | ๐ก Amateur Radio Operator (K5CV)
- ๐งญ Engineering Leader | Driving strategic vision, platform scaling, and high-impact delivery across cloud-native, FinOps, and DevOps ecosystems
- ๐ ๏ธ Tech Focus: Kubernetes โข ArgoCD โข Terraform โข Observability โข Cost Optimization โข Developer Experience
- ๐งโ๐คโ๐ง Passionate about mentorship, organizational health, and building sustainable engineering cultures
- ๐ง Outside the Terminal:
- ๐ฒ Game Master for Pathfinder 2e campaigns (yes, I write custom rules too)
- ๐จ Miniature painter & worldbuilder
- ๐ก Licensed Amateur Radio Operator โ K5CV on QRZ
- ๐ Maintainer on Opencost, empowering cost visibility in Kubernetes
Here are a few tools and projects Iโve built or contributed to recently:
- ๐ง HelmScan โ Docker image comparison tool to detect mismatches
- ๐ Opencost โ Real-time Kubernetes cost monitoring
๐งฉ โLeadership is about enabling creativity, removing friction, and building humansโnot just systems.โ
โCliff



