Professional Summary
Team-oriented Principal Software Engineer with a proven track record in leading and contributing to high-impact open source projects. Adept in developing scalable, cloud-native application platforms and optimizing Kubernetes for advanced AI/ML and LLM inference workloads. Adept at product development, technical documentation, and public speaking.
Professional Experience
Solo.io – Principal Software Engineer
March 2023 – Present
- Strategic Leadership: Spearhead initiatives to optimize Kubernetes as the platform of choice for accelerated AI/ML workloads.
- Innovation & Contributions: Founding maintainer of the Gateway API Inference Extension, delivering new Kubernetes APIs, reference implementations, and specifications for advanced LLM routing.
- Collaborative Development: Core contributor to the Cilium project, enhancing features within the Gloo Network platform.
Tetrate – Principal Software Engineer
June 2021 – March 2023
- Project Ownership: Co-created and served as a founding maintainer of the Envoy Gateway project.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Worked with diverse teams to design and deploy robust API gateway solutions.
- Mentorship: Guided team members to adopt best engineering practices and innovative solutions.
Red Hat – Principal Software Engineer
Feb 2019 – June 2021
- Service Evolution: Enhanced network edge services for the OpenShift Container Platform through strategic innovation.
- API Design: Founding maintainer of the Gateway API project, ensuring alignment with industry standards.
- Process Optimization: Streamlined product development workflows and technical support for enterprise-level clients.
Cisco Systems – Principal Engineer
2017 – Dec 2018
- Technology Integration: Developed solutions to scale cloud-native applications by integrating key open source projects.
- Technical Leadership: Addressed complex infrastructure challenges and drove product innovation across teams.
Cisco Systems – Senior Software Engineer
2010 – 2017
- Open Source Advocacy: Led initiatives contributing to Istio, Kubernetes, and OpenStack; designed critical software features supporting Cisco’s business objectives.
- Mentorship & Collaboration: Fostered team collaboration and provided technical mentorship.
Cisco Systems – Solutions Architect
2009 – 2010
- Architectural Design: Created technical solutions that improved customer processes and deepened strategic partnerships.
- Systems Integration: Developed architectures that seamlessly integrated Cisco technologies.
Cisco Systems – Systems Engineer
2005 – 2009
- Customer Support: Delivered comprehensive technical support and training to high-value customers.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Worked closely with sales teams to ensure successful product deployments.
Technical Contributions
- Gateway API Inference Extension: Merged contributions
- Cilium: Merged contributions
- Envoy Gateway: Merged contributions
- Gateway API: Merged contributions
- Kubernetes: Merged contributions
- Federation-v2: Merged contributions
- Istio: Merged contributions
- Fortio: Merged contributions
- OpenShift: Merged contributions
Tech Talks
- CiliumCon EU 2024: Supercharge Kubernetes Networking with Cilium and IPv6
- CiliumCon NA 2023: Come BGP with Me
- EnvoyCon 2022: Envoy Gateway Project Update
- EnvoyCon 2021: Extending Envoy Using Wasm
- KubeCon 2018: Kubernetes SIG Multicluster Intro
- KubeCon 2017: IoK: Istio-on-Kubernetes Deep Dive
- OpenShift on OpenStack
- Scaling Apps on OpenStack with Heat
- Kubernetes Federation Working Group: Federated Istio
Skills & Proficiency
- Go
- Kubernetes
- LLM Inference and Serving
- Deployment Automation
- Git
- HTML5 & CSS
- Docker
- Security
- Networking
Education
- Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert (CCIE) – #9950
- College of DuPage – 1997 to 1999
- Northwestern Business College – 1999 to 2000
Interests
- Coaching
- Scuba Diving
- Sketching
- Snowboarding
Contact Information
- GitHub: danehans
- LinkedIn: daneyonhansen