Richard Sostheim is a Distinguished Engineer specializing in scalable distributed and cloud systems, currently leading DGX efforts at NVIDIA after an influential tenure as Principal Engineer for AWS Kubernetes. With a deep background in SDN, NFV, and network application development, he has designed and operated Kubernetes and hybrid cloud architectures for enterprises like Samsung SDS and AWS EKS from launch onward. He combines hands-on principal engineering and architecture skills with proven people and project leadership, building teams to modernize both greenfield and legacy systems. Based in Colorado Springs, he brings over two decades of experience across telecom, cloud, and real-time network systems—an often overlooked strength is his track record of translating complex network signaling and OSS knowledge into cloud-native orchestration and management services.
11 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Computer Science at University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Contributions:1 release, 138 commits, 35 PRs in 5 years 6 months
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