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gbraad/README.md

Gerard Braad

Background

Distinguished Full-Stack & Platform Engineering Leader with 20+ years of experience architecting scalable systems across cloud-native environments, Linux virtualization, developer tooling, and AI execution platforms. Proven track record leading distributed engineering teams, scaling open-source platforms (OpenShift, Kubernetes, Podman), and establishing industry-wide standards like preflight environment validations and microVM isolation patterns. A strategic, multi-disciplinary consultant adept at bridging low-level system engineering with modern Agile product delivery.

Core Competencies

  • Cloud & Platform Engineering: Kubernetes, OpenShift, Podman, OpenStack, MicroVM Isolation, Docker/Containers.

  • Virtualization & Systems: Multi-OS Virtualization (Linux, macOS, Windows), System Administration, Performance Tuning, Linux Kernel/Tooling.

  • AI Enablement & Tooling: AI-Assisted Development Workflows, Local Developer Environments, Cross-Platform Architectures.

  • Engineering Leadership: Distributed Team Management, Technical Strategy, CI/CD Pipeline Architecture, Agile & DevSecOps.

Employment history

  • Independent Consultant
    March 2008 - Present 路 18+ years
  • Red Hat - Manager, Software Engineering
    January 2017 - July 2026 路 9+ years
  • UnitedStack - Technical Director
    November 2015 - December 2016 路 1 yr 2 mos
  • ThoughtWorks - Senior Full-stack Engineer
    November 2013 - September 2015 路 1 yr 10 mos
  • Read more ...

Who am I?

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   root)@gbraad(
      (Hobbies)
         ["`<a href='https://amiga.gbraad.nl'>饾懆饾懘饾懓饾懏饾懆</a>`"]
         ["`<a href='https://music.gbraad.nl'>Music & DSP</a>`"]
         Electronics
         RC cars
         ["`<a href='https://gaming.gbraad.nl'>Magic TCG</a>`"]
         ["`<a href='https://ai.gbraad.nl'>AI</a>`"]
      (Employment)
         Sogyo
         ThoughtWorks
         ["`<a href='https://redhat.gbraad.nl'>Red Hat</a>`"]
            Principal Software Engineer
            Engineering Manager
      (Open Source)
         Linux
         ["`<a href='https://fedora.gbraad.nl'>Fedora</a>`"]
         OpenStack
         ["`<a href='https://containers.gbraad.nl'>Containers</a>`"]
         Virtualization
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  1. gbraad-apps/gauth gbraad-apps/gauth Public

    A simple application for multi-factor authentication, written in HTML using jQuery Mobile, jsSHA and LocalStorage.

    JavaScript 1k 258

  2. crc-org/crc crc-org/crc Public

    CRC is a tool to help you run containers. It manages local VMs to run a OpenShift 4.x cluster, Microshift or Podman optimized for testing and development purposes

    Go 1.4k 262

  3. kubernetes/minikube kubernetes/minikube Public

    Run Kubernetes locally

    Go 32.2k 5.4k

  4. gbraad-apps/NDI-Whiteboard gbraad-apps/NDI-Whiteboard Public

    Easy to use Whiteboard application which outputs to NDI endpoint named Whiteboard.

    C# 48 5

  5. ducttape-infra/ducttape ducttape-infra/ducttape Public

    Build cloud images like containers

    Go 10

  6. ducttape-infra/machinefile ducttape-infra/machinefile Public

    A simple executor that allows you to run `Dockerfile`/`Containerfile` commands directly on a local or remote host

    Go 7

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