Summary
Harald Kubota is a Data Center Engineering Manager with over 20 years of infrastructure experience and a decade focused on large-scale data center operations across Japan and Iceland. He has led operations at AWS and now oversees Crusoe’s 40MW, 100% renewable-powered GPU sites, combining hands-on facility management with team-building to scale sites efficiently. Previously he drove automation and API-first infrastructure at Bank of America leading a distributed APAC engineering team and championing Kubernetes, containers and IaC. Known for translating process improvements into measurable operational resilience, he balances strategic planning with practical engineering—often reducing manual work through automation. Based in Keflavík, he brings a rare mix of Unix/Linux roots, cross-cultural leadership, and a chemistry background that underpins his methodical problem-solving.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Diplom (Univ), Chemistry, Diplom (Univ), Chemistry at University of Regensburg
German, English, Japanese