Lachlan Evenson
Principal Program Manager at CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation]
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolLachlan Evenson is a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft Azure with 11 years of experience driving cloud-native strategy, upstream open-source contributions, and production Kubernetes services. He built and leads the Upstream PM team, helped deliver AKS to GA, and oversees services like Azure Container Registry and Open Service Mesh while representing Microsoft on the CNCF Governing Board. An emeritus Kubernetes steering committee member, release lead, and Helm charts maintainer, he blends developer-facing engineering with product and ecosystem strategy. His hands-on background spans networking, SDN, OpenStack, automation (Python/Ruby), and container platform ops—work that includes DevOps contributions to projects like acs-engine and playful front-end tweaks in personal repos such as croc-hunter. Based in San Francisco, Lachlan is a prolific speaker and author (Kubernetes Up and Running 3rd Ed.), known for turning complex cloud-native challenges into pragmatic, upstream solutions. Colleagues can count on him to bridge large-scale Azure services with the open-source communities that power them.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (18)
kubernetes10
javascript10
docker10
dockers10
cicd10
kubernetes-pods10
ui-design9
helm9
front-end-development9
uid9
html9
game-development8
gpu8
rbac8
go7
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
lachie83/croc-hunter
Jun 2016 - Feb 2019
The infamous croc hunter game
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:137 commits, 157 PRs, 451 pushes in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Lachlan primarily focused on front-end development within the "croc-hunter" game project. Their contributions involved modifying the HTML structure and JavaScript references within the application, specifically concerning the `game.js` and `game2.js` files. The user consistently updated script references and made adjustments to the canvas elements, indicating a focus on UI/UX changes. These updates seem to be related to version bumping or code adjustments within the game's visual elements and game logic.
crocgameinfamousrusthunter
Azure/acs-engine
May 2017 - Oct 2018
WE HAVE MOVED: Please join us at Azure/aks-engine!
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:41 commits, 55 PRs, 9 pushes in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Lachlan primarily contributed to the configuration and maintenance of the Kubernetes cluster deployment process. Their work involved updating container image versions, modifying addon manifests, and incorporating RBAC for enhanced security. They also focused on integrating a new CNI (Container Network Interface) and updated the deployment to incorporate GPU support. The user’s changes ensured the project remained compatible with upgraded Kubernetes versions, and improved infrastructure management.
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