Peter Kelly
Chief Technology Officer at Tigera
Ireland
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Top SchoolPeter Kelly is a seasoned technology leader and current CTO based in Ireland, with a track record of building cloud-native, security-focused products and operations across Europe and Silicon Valley. He has progressed from hands-on software roles in C#, Java and Python to senior engineering leadership at companies like NGINX and Tigera, where he established the EMEA HQ in Cork and led container security, eBPF and Kubernetes-focused teams. Known for hiring lean, high-performing engineering organizations, he blends product-minded delivery with deep technical experience in Golang, distributed systems and SaaS platforms. Unusually for an executive, he remains fluent in low-level and applied technologies—from secure update mechanisms and high-throughput game services to modern container security—helping bridge research, engineering and go-to-market teams.
9 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Masters in Advanced Software Engineering Computing, Masters in Advanced Software Engineering Computing at University College DublinBSc in Computing Computing, BSc in Computing Computing at Munster Technological University
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ebpf10
windows10
security10
google-cloud10
namespaces10
cloud-native10
k8s10
javascript10
continuous-testing10
kubernetes-cluster10
kubernetes-networking10
continuous-delivery10
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Github contributions (5)
kprabhak/Talks
Nov 2016 - Oct 2017
Contributions:13 commits, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
kprabhak/Demos
May 2017 - Jun 2017
Contributions:9 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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