Vaishali Thakkar
Confidential Computing Expert at SUSE
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolVaishali Thakkar is a Confidential Computing expert and seasoned Linux kernel and virtualization engineer with over a decade of upstream kernel community experience. Based in Berlin, she now advises on confidential computing at SUSE after senior roles at Vates/XCP-ng, Polar Signals and IONOS, bringing practical expertise across kernels, hypervisors and observability. A frequent conference speaker and program committee contributor, she blends deep systems-level engineering with open-source community leadership—having coordinated Outreachy and mentored in Google Summer of Code. Beyond code, she’s known for making technical spaces more human and accessible, and maintains an active presence sharing ideas via her website and Mastodon.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Engineering at Gujarat Technological University (GTU)
Gujarati, Hindi, English, German, Polish
Github Skills (115)
python10
ebpf10
libbpf10
ruby10
profiling10
embedded10
cpp10
pprof10
operating-system10
javascript10
linux10
golang10
rust10
observability10
cpu10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
v-thakkar/parca
Jun 2022 - Feb 2023
Continuous profiling for analysis of CPU and memory usage, down to the line number and throughout time. Saving infrastructure cost, improving performance, and increasing reliability.
Contributions:31 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
cpumemorymemory-usageprofilingperf
v-thakkar/parca-agent
Apr 2022 - Jul 2023
eBPF based always-on profiler auto-discovering targets in Kubernetes and systemd, zero code changes or restarts needed!
Contributions:369 pushes, 43 branches, 3 comments in 1 year 3 months
zerodiscoveringebpfrestartsk8s
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