Gerard Ryan is a Principal Software Engineer with 14 years' experience building cloud-native, open source solutions at Red Hat, currently focusing on OpenShift AI / Open Data Hub and enabling edge use cases. He has deep hands-on expertise in OpenShift, Apache Kafka/Strimzi, Quarkus, Go and observability tooling, and has driven features across OpenShift Streams for Apache Kafka and multiple Red Hat mobile and integration platforms. Gerard blends systems-level engineering with practical CI/CD and test automation experience from earlier roles at Ericsson, and mentors engineers through knowledge transfer and incubation projects. Based in County Mayo, Ireland, he pairs a strong applied-science software design background with a multilingual BA, reflecting both technical breadth and a collaborative, cross-cultural approach to open source engineering.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Higher Diploma in Applied Science Software Design and Development, Higher Diploma in Applied Science Software Design and Development at University of Galway
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