Who are we? Where can you find us? What are we up to? Here are some of the Gophers of Microsoft. Feel free to reach out to say throughout GopherCon or any time at all.
I am a Principal Cloud Advocate at Microsoft. I spend the majority of my time contributing to KEDA and the KEDA HTTP Addon. I also created the Athens project. My focus is generally Go, Kubernetes and other Cloud Native technologies.
I am a Gopher and Cloud Advocate at Microsoft with a focus on Go and Cloud Native. Alongside Go, I love working with Linux and Open Source, Containers, Kubernetes, and Python. I currently live in Toronto, Canada with my wife and our two boys.
Please feel free to chat to me about anything Go or Cloud Native related at Microsoft, as well as any of our open source projects such as KEDA, the KEDA HTTP Add-On, Dapr, etc...
I work at Microsoft as a Software Engineer in Azure Identity. I started my Go journey roughly about a year ago to work on the development of a Go SDK for Azure App Developers to integrate to the Microsoft Identity Platform for all authentication scenarios. I have loved working on open source projects here at Microsoft and love the community I get to be a part of as a Gopher.
Feel free to chat with me if you want to know more about the project I work on or are interested in contrubuting or just want to say hi to a fairly new Gopher.
@patil_abhidnya | GitHub | LinkedIn
I work at Microsoft as the Product Marketing Manager for Visual Studio Code and for JavaScript, Python, and Go on Azure. I've been using Go for a number of years, building personal projects in my spare time, and I enjoy contributing to open source projects. My first in-person Go conference was GopherCon 2017!
Besides Go, I enjoy working with JavaScript/TypeScript for browsers and Node.js, Linux, and containers, and I've published two books with Packt.
@ItalyPaleAle | GitHub | LinkedIn
I work at Microsoft as a Senior Software Engineer for Application delivery team in Azure Networking. I became a Gopher 2 years ago when I started contributing and leading Application Gateway Ingress Controller which is a Go-based Kubernetes ingress controller. Right now, I am using Go, C# and Cloud-Native principles to build the next generation of delivery services for Azure. When not gophering around, I am usually found in a nearby climbing gym practicing bouldering and top roping (and some yoga).
I'm an active contributor to the CNCF project Dapr (Distributed Application Runtime) and part of the Dapr OSS Engineering team at Microsoft. I have been a Gopher for just one year. When not working in Go I am primarily writing Python or Bash. In my free time I fly planes (C172SP G1000), run marathons, learn (spoken) languages, and write/perform/produce music.
@berndverst | GitHub | LinkedIn
Maintainer for Porter.
@carolynvs | GitHub | carolynvanslyck.com
I am a Principal Software Engineer Lead for Azure Cloud Native Compute team building Kubernetes upstream features and features for Azure Kubernetes Service with a focus towards cloud infrastructure. Maintainer of Cluster API Provider Azure, contributor to Cluster API, Image Builder, and associated SIG Cluster Lifecycle projects.
I enjoy building things for the cloud while being surrounded by inspiring coworkers. I seek and create projects that have profound impact in people's lives. You can usually find the projects I'm building on Github (https://github.com/devigned).
@davidjustice | GitHub | LinkedIn
I am an Azure Software Architect working on HTTP APIs and SDKs. I have also authored several best-selling Windows & .NET programming books as well as many MSDN magazine feature articles and columns. And presented at many technology events including Go Northwest. I am a co-founder of Wintellect, a software consulting and training company where I built WintellectNOW and authored many videos available on the platform.
I'm a Senior Software Engineer and primary maintainer of the Azure SDK for Go.
I am a Principal software engineering manager at Microsoft and the original author of the Azure Data Explorer and MSAL Go SDKs. Prior to my work at Microsoft, I was Google's first Network Systems Engineer (a type of SRE focused on networks), where I built their first fully autonomous network control and orchestration systems. In a previous life I worked for the Lucas Companies providing infrastructure for film and video game development. I’m an author on the upcoming book, Go For DevOps, that will be debuting at your local retailer next year. You can find my video courses at https://golangbasics.com and my blog at http://golangsre.com.
@johnsiilver | GitHub | LinkedIn
I'm a Senior Content Developer at Microsoft, working on the Azure experience for Go developers for docs.microsoft.com. Fun fact about me, I don't have a smartphone! 📵 It's all part of my slight obsession with building systems of productivity. 😅
@joshduffney | GitHub | LinkedIn
I'm a Program Manager at Microsoft, working with the Azure SDK for Go team, and I am just beginning my journey with Go. Feel free to connect with me; I'd love to hear what you're working on with Go!
@kimberly_ying | GitHub | LinkedIn
I'm a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft, working on the Azure Cosmos DB Go SDK. Long time developer on Cosmos DB's SDK, love writing blogs, docs, samples. I live in Redmond, WA (USA) but I'm originally from Argentina. I love the outdoors, a hot cup of coffee, fantasy books, and I do HEMA longsword fencing on my free time.
I'm a Software Engineer at Microsoft, working in the Playwright team. Besides that, I'm also maintaining playwright-go as a side project, a Go language binding for Playwright to automate Chromium, WebKit, and Firefox with a single API. In my free time, I love to contribute to other Open Source projects or participate in uncommon runs around the globe.
@maxibanki | GitHub | LinkedIn
I'm a Product Manager at Microsoft responsible for the Azure SDK for Go. I've worked in Go on and off for the past couple of years, mostly in the area of client libraries and Terraform providers. I am also working on the processes and tooling to produce client libraries for Azure Cloud services.
@mkistler82 | GitHub | LinkedIn
I'm a Software Engineer on the Incubations Team in the Office of the Azure CTO. I love thinking about how developers' lives can improved though next-gen tools. I currently work on Dapr and some personal projects using WebAssembly and streaming data solutions. Previously, I was a cloud engineer at a large bank and a consultant specializing in Microservices, API strategy, mobile and content management. My client engagements included digital transformation and technology modernization with numerous Fortune 500 companies.
I'm a Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft, on the Azure SDK for Go team. I also work on the Azure SDK for C++ and Azure SDK for Embedded C SDKs.
I'm a developer on the Azure SDK for Go team, currently working on the azservicebus package. I'm excited to work on what I think is a killer use case for Go w/ the SDK - writing lightweight message processors!
(looks at others on the list) Err...I have also used Kubernetes. I like it. More people should use it, it's just neat.
I am a software engineer on the Azure SDK for Go team. I am currently working on the aztables, azsecrets, and azkeys libraries.
@seankane942 | GitHub | LinkedIn
Tim Raymond is a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft working on supporting infrastructure for 5G core network functions. He has experience working on both the frontend and backend of the stack, ranging across industries such as publishing, IoT, and monitoring/observability. His professional interests include networking, databases, distributed systems, and web applications. He’s also interested in aerial photography using quadcopters, 3D printing, and skiing during the winter months.
@tim_raymond | GitHub | LinkedIn
I am an engineering director at Microsoft, part of Azure networking team focusing on building and operating some of the largest Application delivery & Security services. Led the launch of two golang based OSS projects :
- Application Gateway Ingress Controller (Azure/application-gateway-kubernetes-ingress)
- Open Service Mesh (openservicemesh/osm)
Prior to my current role, I was a software architect & gopher in startups working on cloud stack and SDN controllers. Besides Go & Kubernetes, I love sports (Go Packers !), outdoors, travel, music & cooking.
Brian Ketelsen (@bketelsen), Erik St Martin (@erikstmartin), Ashley Willis (@ashleymcnamara), Scott Soine (@ScottSoine), and many, many, more not included here.