Kaspars Skels

Kaspars Skels has a diverse background in the IT industry, with experience spanning from 2008 to the present. Kaspars began their career at Riga Technical University, where they worked as an IT Support specialist from July 2008 to July 2009. In this role, they installed and configured Linux workstations, provided support to students, and developed tools and scripts for automating administrative tasks.

After their time at the university, Kaspars joined Ericsson in October 2009 as a Software Engineer. Kaspars was part of a team responsible for coordinating and integrating the cloud manager and execution environment for the Ericsson Cloud System, a cloud solution based on OpenStack and KVM hypervisor. Kaspars also worked on a component called Common Operation & Maintenance, which implemented a model-driven interface towards the network element's management system. Kaspars held this position until October 2014.

From November 2014 to February 2016, Kaspars worked as a Technical Product Manager in Ericsson's Product Area Cloud. Kaspars focused on PaaS/container technologies, particularly the Apcera Platform, and worked on automation areas such as DevOps and CI/CD. Kaspars also collaborated with Ericsson R&D and Apcera organizations, handling documentation and requirements.

In March 2016, Kaspars transitioned to the role of Senior Solutions Architect in Ericsson's Cloud Platforms group within Market Area North America Digital Services. Here, they contributed to AT&T's Kubernetes-based Network Cloud project, utilizing their expertise in Kubernetes deployment. Kaspars stayed in this position until December 2019.

Following their work at Ericsson, Kaspars joined Red Hat in January 2021 as a Senior Specialist Solutions Architect. Kaspars was a member of a telecom tiger team focused on the OpenShift Container Platform. Kaspars specialized in CI/CD, DevOps, cloud-native applications, and related areas, utilizing technologies such as OpenShift Pipelines (Tekton), GitOps (ArgoCD), and Serverless (Knative). Kaspars continued to work at Red Hat until January 2023.

Most recently, in January 2023, Kaspars joined Gatik as a Senior DevOps Engineer. Additional details about this role are not provided in the provided information.

Overall, Kaspars Skels has demonstrated expertise in DevOps, CI/CD, cloud-native applications, and containerization throughout their career.

Kaspars Skels began their education at Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte (Riga Technical University) in 2006, where they pursued a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering. Kaspars completed their studies in 2009. In addition to their degree, Kaspars Skels has obtained several certifications throughout their career. In 2016, they earned the Amazon Web Services Solutions Architect Associate certification from Amazon Web Services (AWS). Later, in 2022, they obtained the Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals certification from Microsoft, the Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers and Kubernetes certification from Red Hat, and the Post Graduate Program in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Business Applications certification from Texas McCombs School of Business.