Dustin Kirkland
SVP Of Engineering at Kotterva
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDustin Kirkland is a seasoned engineering executive with 18 years of experience bridging hands-on open source development and strategic product leadership across cloud, fintech, and security domains. Currently SVP of Engineering at Chainguard, he focuses on securing the software delivery supply chain while advising startups through Kotterva and investing in product-led teams. His background includes senior roles at Goldman Sachs, Google, Canonical and IBM, where he shipped enterprise Kubernetes, Ubuntu product portfolios, and led large platform and product organizations. An active open-source author and maintainer, he has contributed longstanding improvements to tools like the Byobu terminal multiplexer and is an upstream maintainer of eCryptfs. Known for reducing complexity, he combines technical depth—overseeing products from kernel-level security to cloud-native services—with strong market intuition and public-speaking experience.
18 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Catholic High SchoolBS, Computer Engineering, BS, Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University
Latin
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (15)
sh10
script10
shell10
tmux10
keybindings10
scripting10
python9
linux-kernel9
configuration-management9
gnupg9
daemon6
gnu-screen6
avconv6
linux6
bash6
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
dustinkirkland/byobu
Jul 2013 - Feb 2020
text window manager, shell multiplexer, integrated DevOps environment
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:11 releases, 1 review, 510 commits in 6 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Dustin primarily focused on enhancing the Byobu text window manager, shell multiplexer, and integrated DevOps environment. They made significant contributions to the keybindings functionality, including adding new keybindings for features such as toggling mouse support, toggling UTF-8, and sending commands to all panes/windows. Furthermore, the user addressed issues related to window renaming and session management within the application's core functionality. Their work demonstrates a strong understanding of the Byobu's configuration and its integration with the underlying terminal environment.
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dustinkirkland/dotdee
Apr 2011 - Jul 2016
Contributions:90 commits, 1 push in 5 years 3 months
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