Ed Haynes joined Red Hat as a Solutions Architect in 2018. His specialties include hybrid cloud, embedded software, industrial automation, safety critical devices, VxWorks, embedded Linux, real time, high availability, and Kubernetes. He has experience in numerous industries, including telecommunications, medical devices, and industrial automation. As a member of the open source community, Ed participates in the Podman working group. A U.S. Navy veteran, Ed served in the Pacific Fleet in communications and operations. After leaving the Navy, Ed worked with IP protocol development in the defense industry, participating in a project to develop the first IP encryptor certified by the NSA, called the Taclane. Successors to this device are still being sold today—25 years later.

Steve Konish is an Associate Principal Solution Architect at Red Hat, with a focus on hybrid cloud computing, Kubernetes, and cybersecurity. In this role, he has a dedicated responsibility for helping ensure that his customers can rapidly deploy cloud-native applications at scale using Red Hat open hybrid-cloud technologies and automation. He especially enjoys listening to customer challenges, formulating solutions, and working from early proof-points all the way through production. Prior to Red Hat, Steve was a Sr. Field Application Engineer, and Engineering Specialist with Wind River, solving complex telecommunications, networking, embedded, and security challenges. Prior to Wind River, Steve worked for MITRE architecting, securing, and deploying the Army's wireless tactical internet.