Nikolay Nikolaev

Nikolay Nikolaev has a diverse work experience in the technology industry. Nikolay currently works as an Engineering Manager at Isovalent, a position they have held since 2023. Prior to this, they were a Tech Lead/Senior Staff Engineer at Juniper Networks, where they specialized in Cloud Native, Kubernetes, and Cloud-Native Networking.

Before Juniper Networks, Nikolay worked at Kong Inc. as a Tech Lead for Kuma Service Mesh. In this role, they led the company's Service Mesh efforts, including the development of the open-source Kuma and the Enterprise Kong Mesh offering.

Nikolay also has experience in open-source networking. Nikolay worked as a Maintainer at Network Service Mesh from 2018 to 2021. Additionally, at VMware, they served as the Open Source Networking Team Lead and as a Senior Open Source Engineer, focusing on cloud-native aspects of networking, network virtualization, and telco applications.

In their earlier career, Nikolay held roles such as Engineering Manager at Canonical Ltd., Lead Software Engineer in Networking at Virtual Open Systems, Senior Developer at Strypes, Senior Developer at Everbread Limited, and Team Lead at BATM. Nikolay has gained expertise in various programming languages and technologies, including Python, C, Shell scripting, and SDN/OpenFlow.

Nikolay Nikolaev earned a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Computer Software Engineering from the University of Ruse, which they attended from 1994 to 1999. Prior to that, they studied Computer Software Engineering at UKTC from 1989 to 1994.

In addition to their education, Nikolay Nikolaev obtained various certifications and participated in numerous events and conferences related to their field. Nikolay served as a Program Committee Member for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2023, Track Chair for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2022, and Speaker for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2022. Nikolay also held positions such as Track Chair, Program Committee Member, and Speaker for other prominent conferences and summits, including Open Source Summit Europe 2020 and Cloud Native + Open Source Virtual Summit China 2020. These certifications and experiences demonstrate their deep involvement and expertise in the field of computer software engineering.