Ralph Bankston

Ralph Bankston is an experienced Customer Reliability Engineer currently working at Isovalent since June 2023, ensuring the reliable operation of Cilium for customers. Prior to this role, Ralph served as a Senior and Staff Customer Reliability Engineer at Astronomer from January 2021. Ralph's extensive background includes positions such as Lead Technical Support Engineer at Zinier, Customer Reliability Engineer at VMware, and Kubernetes support roles at Heptio. Ralph has also managed teams as the US Support Manager at Engine Yard and has held various technical support and administrative roles at Liquid Web and CoreComm. Ralph's educational background includes completion of the Grand Circus Full Stack Developer Program and ongoing studies in Networking and Security and Horticulture at Lansing Community College.