Gerard Braad
Manager, Software Engineering at Red Hat
China
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Top SchoolGerard Braad is a seasoned software engineering manager and principal engineer with 15+ years building cloud-native developer tooling and open source ecosystems, currently leading teams at Red Hat responsible for CodeReady Containers (OpenShift Local) and JKube. He blends hands‑on full‑stack development—contributing to notable projects like crc-org/crc that simplify running local OpenShift clusters—with people leadership, coaching engineers through architecture, code review and delivery. Gerard’s background spans virtualization, container runtimes, CI/CD, and mixed web-to-embedded stacks, enabling him to translate complex infrastructure needs into pragmatic developer experiences. An active FOSS advocate and community builder in APAC, he has a track record of helping organizations shift to open source service models and nurturing contributor communities. Fluent across Linux, Docker, Kubernetes and OpenStack, he pairs deep technical craft with product sensibility and a knack for making developer workflows reliably reproducible.
15 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Interface (electronics), Computer Interface (electronics) at Technisch College EdeBachelor, Information and Communication Technology, Bachelor, Information and Communication Technology at Hogeschool UtrechtElectronic and Communications Engineering Technology, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology at Apeldoorns College
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Github Skills (34)
javascript10
jquery10
jquery-mobile10
css10
command-line-interface10
user-interface10
go10
openshift10
virtualization10
command-line10
html10
emulation10
container9
ux-design9
kubernetes9
Programming languages (33)
Github contributions (5)
minishift/minishift
Nov 2016 - Dec 2018
Run OpenShift 3.x locally | This project does not see active developement and maintenance.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 2 reviews, 61 commits in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Gerard's commits primarily focused on refactoring the codebase by renaming the organization within the project's files. They modified several files across various directories, indicating an understanding of the project's structure. These changes touched upon core components related to cluster management and configuration, suggesting a role involving both backend and potentially some infrastructure aspects of the project.
containersdevelopment-toolsminishiftpaasopenshift-local
gbraad-sites/start
Mar 2017 - Mar 2025
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch, 1 issue in 8 years
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