John Osborne

John Osborne has worked in the software industry since 2004. John began their career as a Software Engineer at Cantata Technology (now Dialogic), where they developed a large parsing program, improved customer application availability and response time, and interfaced with customers from five different continents. In 2007, they moved to Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR) as an Infrastructure Lead / SRE, where they built infrastructure from the ground up, lead a team of systems engineers, and owned the availability and performance of mission-critical services. John also worked as a Senior Computer Scientist, designing, developing, and implementing SOA based core services. In 2013, they joined Red Hat as the North American Practice Lead - DevSecOps, Chief Architect, Senior Middleware and Cloud Architect, and Middleware Solutions Architect. Most recently, they have been working as a Software Supply Chain Architect at Chainguard, Inc since 2022.

John Osborne's education history includes a Master of Science in Computer Software Engineering from Auburn University (2010-2015), a Master of Business Administration from Darla Moore School of Business (2005-2008), a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Clemson University (2000-2004), and a high school diploma from Falmouth High School (1996-2000). John also has several certifications, including Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist from The Linux Foundation (September 2021), Certified Kubernetes Administrator from The Linux Foundation (October 2020), Certified Kubernetes Application Developer from The Linux Foundation (October 2020), AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate from Amazon Web Services (March 2022), Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect from Google (March 2022), Red Hat Certified Engineer from Red Hat (August 2016), and Red Hat Certified System Administrator from Red Hat (July 2016).