Bio
Chris Short has been a proponent of open source solutions throughout his over two decades in various IT disciplines, including systems, security, networks, DevOps management, and cloud native advocacy across the public and private sectors. He currently works on the Kubernetes team at Amazon Web Services and is an active Kubernetes contributor and Co-chair of OpenGitOps. Chris is a disabled US Air Force veteran living with his wife and son in Greater Metro Detroit. Chris writes about Cloud Native, DevOps, and other topics at ChrisShort.net. He also runs the Cloud Native, DevOps, GitOps, Open Source, industry news, and culture focused newsletter DevOps’ish.
My Talks
Lessons Learned from Cloud Migrations: Planning is Everything
“Migrating to the cloud saves money!” “Lift and shift is a legitimate first step towards moving to the cloud!” These are potential pitfalls if you’re not careful. Proper planning prevents piss poor...
Teaching People Life Lessons aka DevOps
Based on a conversation during a Lyft ride. Watch as DevOps is explained in simple, layman's terms in under ten minutes. Then take a deeper dive into examples of Lean, Agile, Kanban, and basic trou...