Ricardo Rocha

Ricardo Rocha is an experienced IT professional currently serving as Section Leader for Platforms Infrastructure at CERN, where responsibilities include leading teams focused on Kubernetes, cloud native, and machine learning platforms. Since February 2021, Ricardo has been a member of the End User Technical Advisory Board and also serves on the Technical Oversight Committee for the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. Previous roles include Cloud Engineer at Catalyst IT Limited and Computing Engineer at CERN, where contributions involved data storage systems and grid middleware components. Ricardo's academic background includes a degree in Computing Engineering from the Universidade do Porto, where research involved robotics and data systems.