ACHIEVEMENTS
Milestones unlocked throughout the journey. From legendary accomplishments to rare discoveries.
★ LEGENDARY
Two Successful Exits
Completed two successful acquisitions: Kubefirst acquired by Kubeshop in 2022, then Kubeshop acquired by Civo in 2024
Serial Entrepreneur
Bootstrapped Integrity Test Solutions at age 22 and ran it for 19 years before co-founding Kubefirst/Konstruct
Open Source Pioneer
Launched Kubefirst as an open source project, now featured on the CNCF landscape with active community adoption
First Commit
Made the first commit to the Kubefirst repository, starting the journey to democratize platform engineering
◆ EPIC
USA Today Cloud Migration
Played an instrumental role in USA Today's public cloud migration, championing Kubernetes adoption since 2017
CNCF Contributor
Active contributor to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation ecosystem with Kubefirst on the CNCF landscape
Community Builder
Built a thriving community of platform engineers around Kubefirst and the cloud native ecosystem
GitOps Evangelist
Spread the practices of GitOps to thousands of developers through talks, articles, and content
● RARE
PlatformCon 2024 Speaker
Delivered talk "Building an OSS playground in 1 command" at PlatformCon 2024
Civo Navigate Speaker
Featured speaker at Civo Navigate conferences across multiple years (2023, 2024, 2025)
Podcast Circuit
Appeared on multiple tech podcasts including Platform Engineering Podcast and Kubelist Podcast
Arctic Code Vault Contributor
Earned the GitHub Arctic Code Vault Contributor badge for contributions preserved in the Arctic
Remote-First Leader
Successfully built and led a fully distributed engineering team across multiple time zones
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