Mike Kostersitz
Senior Director Technical Product Management at Nike
Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMike Kostersitz is a senior director-level product leader with nearly a decade of experience shaping hybrid cloud, edge Kubernetes, and AI-native developer platforms. At Microsoft he led the architecture and launch of Azure Local AKS and drove Azure Arc developer tooling, blending deep systems engineering with product strategy to enable resilient, enterprise-grade edge deployments. He excels at turning complex infrastructure challenges—networking, load balancing, and Windows container support—into scalable products that improve developer experience and operational simplicity. Mike combines cross-functional leadership with hands-on technical credibility, partnering with ecosystem players like OpenShift, Rancher, and telecom chipset vendors to deliver integrated solutions. Now at Nike, he brings that platform-first mindset to industry-scale retail and digital experiences, while his GitHub persona highlights a knack for digital twin and Terraform strategy. Colleagues describe him as a vision-driven operator who pairs storytelling with systems thinking to grow high-performing teams.
9 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree High Current Technology, Master's degree High Current Technology at Berufsschule fuer Starkstrom Technik Wien 15
German, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (149)
kvm10
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command-line-interface10
azure-cli10
security10
mouse10
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dockerfile10
k8s10
checkout10
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keyboard10
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Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
Azure/aksArc
Aug 2020 - Jan 2023
# Welcome to the Azure Kubernetes Service enabled by Azure Arc (AKS Arc) repo This is where the AKS Arc team will track features and issues with AKS Arc. We will monitor this repo in order to engage with our community and discuss questions, customer scenarios, or feature requests. Checkout our projects tab to see the roadmap for AKS Arc!
Contributions:1 review, 95 commits, 7 PRs in 2 years 4 months
engagekubernetes-serviceazure-kubernetesmonitorazure-stack
mkostersitz/azure-stack-docs
Jun 2023 - Oct 2023
Contributions:4 pushes in 3 months
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