Craig Box
New Zealand
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Top SchoolCraig Box is a cloud-native leader with 15 years’ experience translating complex distributed systems into products and communities people actually use. He helped scale Kubernetes from an internal Google project to a global standard, led GTM and developer relations for Kubernetes, Istio and GKE at Google, and later drove open-source strategy at Solo.io and ARMO. A former CNCF governing board member and founder/co-host of the Kubernetes Podcast from Google, he blends technical authorship and frontend documentation contributions (including to the istio.io site) with global keynote advocacy across six continents. He’s as comfortable shaping governance and commercial strategy as he is fixing docs, UX and frontend quirks to improve adoption. Currently based in New Zealand and taking family-focused leave, he will be open to senior leadership roles in March 2026. If you want someone who pairs product-grade engineering judgment with proven community-scale advocacy, Craig is that rare operational and public-facing bridge.
15 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Computer Science, BSc Computer Science at The University of Waikato
Stackoverflow
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google-app-engine
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Github Skills (33)
ajax10
hugo10
website-development10
technical-writing10
windows10
semantics10
website-design10
identity9
page-layout9
site-design9
layout9
google-app-engine9
smtp9
batchfile9
css9
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
istio/istio.io
Feb 2018 - Jan 2023
Source for the istio.io site
Role in this project:
Technical Writer & Frontend Developer
Technical Writer & Frontend DeveloperContributions:1435 reviews, 76 commits, 229 PRs in 4 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Craig primarily contributed to the website's documentation and frontend components, focusing on improving the user experience and information clarity. Their work involved updating website links, fixing spelling errors, and adding new content related to Istio's ecosystem and features. Additionally, the user made changes to the website's layouts and social sharing buttons.
istiomicroservices-architecture
craigbox/gateway-api
Apr 2021 - Mar 2025
Repository for the next iteration of composite service (e.g. Ingress) and load balancing APIs.
Contributions:15 pushes, 8 branches in 3 years 11 months
loadbalancerload-balancingingresskubernetesprometheus
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