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Introducing Our Newest CDF Ambassador โ€“ BMK Lakshminarayanan

By June 8, 2020November 1st, 2023Blog, Staff

Hello CDF Members,

I am BMK Lakshminarayanan from New Zealand. I am excited to join on the other great ambassadors’ line-up with Continuous Delivery Foundation (CDF) as a newly appointed CDF Ambassador.

About me:

I am a passionate Solutions Architect over 20 years of ICT experience working with Bank of New Zealand. I am a hands-on engineer, architect and worked on various challenging assignments ranging from desktop applications to distributed systems.

I am #DevOps #ContinuousDelivery advocate and evangelist for modern engineering & developer practices including helping developer productive, effective and efficient at the same time simple methods, approaches to software architecture.

I am passionate about sharing and learning with the community. Outside of my work, I run community groups and host CNCF New Zealand #meetup for Cloud-Native enthusiasts and The Future ICT to help students, people returning to work or looking for career opportunities in ICT.

I am also CNCF & DevOps Institue ambassador with a commitment to connecting the Humans of DevOps and Modern IT to advance the Skills, Knowledge, Ideas & Learning (SKIL). I am a frequent speaker at local meetups and international in-person & virtual conferences and also the Core organiser of DevOpsDays New Zealand and co-chair Cloud-Native Summit Wellington conferences. I am passionate about engaging, connecting & learning with various community members & leaders.

I am excited to associate with CDF as an Ambassador in promoting core values of CDF, open-source and vendor-neutral CI/CD tools. I am enthusiastic about the opportunity of contributing to and supporting the global community of CD Foundation & growing continuous delivery ecosystem.

Let us learn, share, care and grow together.

Please feel free to reach me out on LinkedIn or Twitter: @LBMKRISHNA