Ihor Dvoretskyi

Senior Developer Advocate at the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), part of the Linux Foundation, since 2017. Working at the intersection of open source, cloud native technologies, and community building.

With nearly a decade of contributions to Kubernetes, served as co-chair of multiple Special Interest Groups and liaison to the Kubernetes Steering Committee. Community OWNER, GitHub and Slack admin, and co-author of four Kubernetes certifications: CKA, CKAD, CKS, and KCNA.

At CNCF, supports maintainers, leads project onboarding, and helps organisations — from startups to governments — adopt secure, scalable open source technologies, and helps drive technology partnerships across the cloud native ecosystem. Contributed to the CNCF Public Sector User Group, focused on cloud sovereignty, DevSecOps, and open source strategy in the public sector — including contributing to Ukraine’s ongoing digital transformation efforts.

Whether on stage at KubeCon or scanning a roll of black-and-white film — building with purpose, serving with integrity, leading through open collaboration.