Director of Engineering at Kubecost (Acquired by Apptio / IBM)
🚀 Leading teams into the future of Kubernetes, DevOps, and cloud-native excellence.
🎲 TTRPG GM | 🧠 Human-Centric Tech Leader | 📡 Amateur Radio Operator (K5CV)
- 🧭 Engineering Leader | Driving strategic vision, platform scaling, and high-impact delivery across cloud-native, FinOps, and DevOps ecosystems
- 🛠️ Tech Focus: Kubernetes • ArgoCD • Terraform • Observability • Cost Optimization • Developer Experience
- 🧑🤝🧑 Passionate about mentorship, organizational health, and building sustainable engineering cultures
- 🧙 Outside the Terminal:
- 🎲 Game Master for Pathfinder 2e campaigns (yes, I write custom rules too)
- 🎨 Miniature painter & worldbuilder
- 📡 Licensed Amateur Radio Operator – K5CV on QRZ
- 🔊 Maintainer on Opencost, empowering cost visibility in Kubernetes
Here are a few tools and projects I’ve built or contributed to recently:
- 🧠 HelmScan — Docker image comparison tool to detect mismatches
- 📉 Opencost — Real-time Kubernetes cost monitoring
🧩 “Leadership is about enabling creativity, removing friction, and building humans—not just systems.”
—Cliff