Aparna Subramanian

Aparna Subramanian is a seasoned professional in production engineering and technical advisory, currently serving as the Director of Production Engineering for Infrastructure at Shopify. Subramanian holds influential roles within the Cloud Native Computing Foundation as a member of the CNCF End User Technical Advisory Board and co-chair of both the End User Developer Experience Special Interest Group and KubeCon + CloudNativeCon. Previous experience includes leadership positions at VMware, where Subramanian was Director and Senior Manager in R&D, as well as managerial and engineering roles at Nuance Communications and the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine. Subramanian's academic background includes studies at Boston University and the University of California, Berkeley.