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Chirammal
Principal Engineer at VMware by Broadcom. Kubernetes SIG Storage Maintainer, CNCF Ambassador, and open source contributor shaping the cloud native ecosystem for 20+ years.
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Principal Engineer at VMware by Broadcom with 20+ years in open source infrastructure. Previously a Software Architect at Red Hat (~16 years), specializing in Kubernetes, cloud-native storage systems, and container orchestration.
Core maintainer of SIG Storage in Kubernetes and one of the top contributors from the Asia region. Author of ‘Mastering KVM Virtualization’ — the first comprehensive book on KVM and its ecosystem.
Passionate about community building and knowledge sharing. Experienced in Assembly, x86 arch, C, Go, Python, Bash. Love Linux kernel for its smart implementation.
Building the Cloud Native Future
Core maintainer and contributor to the projects powering modern infrastructure at scale.
Kubernetes
Core maintainer of volume drivers. Introduced NodeExpandSecret in K8s 1.25, advanced to beta in 1.27. One of the top contributors from Asia.
Ceph CSI
Leading the Ceph CSI driver project — integrating Ceph distributed storage with Kubernetes via CSI.
CNCF
Recognized CNCF Ambassador promoting cloud-native technologies. Organizing conferences across India.
GlusterFS
GlusterFS integration with Kubernetes and OpenShift. Building storage plugins for container orchestrators.
Career Timeline
Principal Engineer
VMware by BroadcomLeading Kubernetes and cloud-native storage engineering. Contributing to upstream K8s SIG Storage as a maintainer.
Software Architect — Storage Engineering
Red Hat~16 years at Red Hat. Led software-defined storage products, OpenShift engineering, CephFS and GlusterFS integration with Kubernetes. Core Ceph CSI contributor. Worked on KVM Virtualization, cluster technologies, and performance tuning. RHCE certified in RHEL 4.
Building Cloud Native Communities
Organizer and active contributor to cloud native communities and conferences across India.
Talks & Events
Sharing knowledge at conferences and community events across India.
Speaker — Cloud Native Storage
Welcome Note & Community Address
Welcome Address — 500+ Enthusiasts
Organizer & Host
Books
Documenting expertise in virtualization and cloud-native.
Mastering KVM Virtualization — 2nd Ed.
Comprehensive guide to KVM, libvirt, QEMU, and oVirt.
Amazon ↗Mastering KVM Virtualization — 1st Ed.
The first comprehensive book on KVM and its ecosystem.
Amazon ↗Let’s Build Something Together
Kubernetes, cloud-native storage, open source, or community building — let’s talk.