In this episode, Sundar Subramanian shares his experiences managing large-scale systems. He highlights lessons learned from supporting global customers, tackling drift detection, and balancing self-service flexibility with enterprise-level compliance.

Sundar Subramanian is the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Infrastructure Management at Progress. In his role, he leads by setting a vision, elevating his team to address complex customer challenges across DevOps, DevSecOps, application performance monitoring, full stack observability and network and security operations. Over his career, he has built, scaled and sold SaaS products, including leading AthenaHealth’s platform teams and serving as VP of Products at Citrus Payment Solutions, acquired by Naspers. Sundar also served as VP for Kaseya, where he built multiple cross-functional teams charged with driving the company’s revenue growth, and he was the Director of Product Management at Salesforce, after co-founding a startup company Salesforce acquired.

Sundar holds a Master’s in Computer Science from Drexel University and a Bachelor’s in Electronics Engineering from the University of Mumbai.

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Join Ohad for a special KubeCon edition of The IaC Podcast, featuring conversations with community leaders about Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, and the growing influence of AI in shaping cloud infrastructure.

Thank you to our amazing guests for this KubeCon edition:

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Solomon Hykes - Co-Founder of Dagger and Docker

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Andrew Martin - Co-Founder & CEO at ControlPlane

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Rotem Tamir - Co-Founder & CTO at Ariga

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Marc Boorshtein - CTO at Tremolo Security

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Eldad Assis - Principal DevOps Architect at JFrog

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Miguel Luna - Principal Product Manager at Elastic

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Derek Morgan - DevOps Course Creator at More Than Certified

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Daniel Bryant - Head of Product Marketing at Syntasso

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Join us as Taylor Dolezal unpacks the intricate workings of the CNCF, covering project lifecycles, technical advisory roles, and the impact of community contributions on open-source evolution.

Taylor Dolezal is the Head of Ecosystem at the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), where he fosters collaboration and innovation across the cloud-native community. Formerly a Developer Advocate at HashiCorp, supporting tools like Terraform, he also brings experience as a Lead SRE Engineer at Walt Disney Studios.

Join Omry Hay, Co-founder and CTO of env0, as he hosts a special episode of The IaC Podcast from DevOpsDays Tel Aviv. Hear his conversations with guests about IaC trends, key lessons, and what’s next for the DevOps community!

Thank you to our amazing guests for this DevOpsDays edition:

Roi Ravhon - Co-founder & CEO at FinOut

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Shiran Melamed - DevOps Group Lead at JFrog

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Baruch Sagodursky - Developer Relations & DPE Advocacy at Gradle

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Yishai Beeri - CTO at LinearB

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Shem Magnezi - Co-Founder & CTO at Wilco

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How did Chef and Puppet shape the early days of Infrastructure as Code?

Join Matty Stratton as he shares his experiences with these foundational tools and how they paved the way for modern IaC practices. We explore the power of open-source solutions and how they've transformed DevOps workflows.

Matty Stratton is the Director of Developer Relations at Aiven, a well-known member of the DevOps community, founder and co-host of the popular Arrested DevOps podcast, and a global organizer of the DevOpsDays set of conferences.

Matty has over 20 years of experience in IT operations and is a sought-after speaker internationally, presenting at Agile, DevOps, and cloud engineering focused events worldwide.

What does the future hold for DevOps and platform engineering? Patrick Debois, the creator of DevOps Days, shares his thoughts on the evolution of DevOps practices. From the emergence of AI-driven automation to the challenges of building effective internal platforms, this episode covers the key trends and developments shaping the industry. Learn about the skills and strategies that will be crucial for the next generation of professionals.

Patrick Debois is a versatile technologist with a breadth of experience across Dev, Sec, and Ops. Known for his aptitude in harnessing emerging ideas , he skillfully guides teams and advises businesses ranging from startups to enterprises in their journey. Recognized as a trusted ally among dev, sec, ops communities, and beyond, he is currently immersing himself in the world of AI & Machine Learning continuously pushing the boundaries of his technical expertise.

Join Mitchell Hashimoto, the visionary behind Terraform and co-founder of HashiCorp, on an engaging journey from his college years to his groundbreaking impact on cloud resource management.

Explore the pivotal moments that led to Terraform's inception, the challenges of fostering an open-source community, and how HashiCorp evolved from a passion project into an industry powerhouse.

Don’t miss this captivating conversation that delves into the story behind one of the most influential software tools, offering a rare insight into the mind of a true innovator.

Mitchell is a developer living in Los Angeles, CA. He co-founded HashiCorp, and was part of the initial engineering team behind most of HashiCorp's products, such as Vagrant, Packer, Consul, Terraform, Vault, Nomad, Waypoint, and more. Mitchell was CEO for 4 years, CTO for 5 years, an individual contributor for 2 years. He is passionate about flying airplanes - he's an FAA-licensed pilot and currently flies a Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet.

How does Crossplane simplify multicloud infrastructure management? Join us as Jared Watts, co-creator of Crossplane, walks us through the project's evolution from its inception to its current capabilities. What advantages does Crossplane’s approach offer over other IaC tools? How does it handle drift detection and reconciliation? And what exciting new features are on the horizon, like operational functions for day-2 tasks? Jared offers insights into Crossplane's architecture, community development, and vision for the future of cloud resource management. Whether you're wrestling with multicloud complexity or seeking more programmatic control over your infrastructure, this episode is a must-listen deep dive into the world of Crossplane.

Jared Watts is a Founding Engineer at Upbound, where he is working on advancing cloud-native computing by enabling anyone to build their own cloud native control plane. He is also a co-creator for the open source Crossplane and Rook projects. Prior to Upbound, Jared worked on P2P storage distributed across the public internet at Symform, a startup later acquired by Quantum. Jared began his career at Microsoft working on applications for Windows Server setup and management.

Docker or Kubernetes? And why are some clouds trickier for container deployment? Join us as Jérôme Petazzoni, an early Docker advocate, all about containers. We'll explore provisioning Kubernetes across 12 different cloud providers, uncover surprises in Infrastructure-as-Code for container orchestration, and discuss making multi-cloud Kubernetes manageable. Let's see what containerization has become and some of the challenges it still faces.

Jérôme was part of the team that built and launched Docker. He worked there for 7 years. These days he teaches Kubernetes at Enix, a French Cloud Native shop. When he's not busy with computers, he collects musical instruments. He can arguably play the theme of Zelda on a dozen of them.

Infrastructure as Code is evolving rapidly, and open-source collaborations are playing a big part in shaping where it's headed. In this episode, Zach Goldberg, CTO of Gruntwork, shares his insights on tackling enterprise IaC complexity with open source tools. We dive into the origins of Terragrunt and its roadmap, why organizations are rapidly adopting OpenTofu, and explore the innovative ways these tools are being used in the community. How are these developments transforming IaC practices? What challenges and opportunities lie ahead? Tune in to find out!

Zach Goldberg is an executive coach, the author of 10k+ GitHub star book, “The Startup CTO’s Handbook” and is the CTO of Gruntwork. Zach Goldberg graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Computer Science and Engineering. He’s been the CTO of seven startups including WiFast, Sticks and Brains, AutoLotto, Trellis Technologies, GrowFlow (acq. Dama Financial 2022), Towards Equilibrium Inc. and most recently Gruntwork as well as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Tencent and an Associate Product Manager at Google.