Chris Friesen
Software Architect at Wind River
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolChris Friesen is a Software Architect with 12+ years of experience building cloud and edge infrastructure, currently shaping Kubernetes and StarlingX integrations at Wind River. He started as one of the inaugural developers on the Titanium Cloud product and has contributed to core OpenStack projects like Nova, bringing deep expertise from kernel device drivers through VM userspace to containerized applications. Known for bridging open source and proprietary development, he focuses on reliable compute, networking, and database compatibility across large distributed systems. Based in Saskatoon, he combines an Engineering Physics and Computer Science background with a practical track record of shipping fixes and architectural improvements in high-impact projects.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Engineering Physics, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Engineering Physics at University of Saskatchewan
Github Skills (8)
laravel-nova10
ova10
openstack10
sqlalchemy10
openstack-nova10
python10
back-end-development10
postgresql9
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
openstack/nova
Mar 2014 - Mar 2019
OpenStack Compute (Nova). Mirror of code maintained at opendev.org.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:51 commits in 5 years
Contributions summary:Chris contributed to bug fixes and improvements in the OpenStack Nova project, specifically focusing on compute and database-related functionality. They addressed issues related to database query filters in SQLAlchemy, database compatibility with PostgreSQL, and improved the handling of instance events. The contributions included modifying code in core modules and test suites. Moreover, the user has worked on fixes for networking with neutron.
novaopendevopenstackcompute
starlingx/helm-charts
Apr 2019 - Oct 2022
Contributions:3 commits in 3 years 6 months
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