Daniel Finneran

Daniel Finneran has a diverse work experience in the technology industry. Daniel has held various roles in different companies.

In 2009, Daniel worked at the European Space Agency as a Senior Systems Designer. Daniel was involved in projects such as the virtualization of the Main Control Room and the design of networking and virtual infrastructure for the Space Situational Awareness Mission.

From 2012 to 2014, Daniel was a Senior Infrastructure Engineer at BSkyB. Daniel worked on the deployment and configuration of hardware infrastructure, including HP C-Class Chassis and Netapp FAS3240 storage.

Daniel joined Hewlett Packard Enterprise in 2014 as a Software Defined Solutions Architect. Daniel delivered presentations, worked with customers to understand infrastructure benefits, and extended the ecosystem through code and open-source projects.

From 2017 to 2018, Daniel worked at Docker, Inc as an EMEA Solutions Architect. Daniel contributed to the open-source community, created reference architectures, and presented workshops at DockerCon.

At Heptio from 2018 to 2020, Daniel served as an EMEA Senior Field Engineer, working with customers on Kubernetes deployments.

Daniel joined VMware in 2019 and held roles as a Cloud Native Architect Manager and EMEA Senior Kubernetes Engineer until 2020.

At Packet, an Equinix Company, from 2020 to 2022, Daniel was a Senior Manager in Developer Relations. Daniel managed an engineering team, built partnerships, and grew the community around Tinkerbell.

In 2022, Daniel joined Loft Labs as the VP of Marketing. Daniel managed marketing initiatives, collaborated with PR teams, and organized events.

Currently, Daniel is working at Isovalent as the Principal Community Advocate, beginning in 2022.

Daniel Finneran's education history is as follows:

Daniel attended Sheffield Hallam University from 1999 to 2003, where they earned a Bachelor of Science (Honors) degree in Software Engineering.

Prior to university, Daniel attended Brayton High School from 1992 to 1997, where they obtained their GCSEs in various subjects including Maths, Sciences, and English.

Additionally, Daniel has obtained several certifications in various fields, including Speaker: KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2021 from The Linux Foundation and HP ASE - Data Center and Cloud Architect V2 from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Daniel has certifications from organizations such as Hewlett-Packard, VCE, VMware, LPI UK & Ireland, and Cisco. Some of their certifications include HP ASE - Server Solutions Architect V2, HP ATP - Server Solutions, HP ATP – Data Center and Cloud, VCE Certified Professional, VMware Certified Professional - DataCentre Virtualisation, CCNP for Datacentre, VMware Certified Professional 6 - Network Virtualisation, VMware Certified Professional - Network Virtualisation, Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric Design Specialist (DCUFD), Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric Implementation Specialist (DCUFI), Cisco Data Center Unified Computing Design Specialist (DCUCD), and Cisco Data Center Unified Computing Support Specialist (DCUCI).

Moreover, Daniel holds certifications in HPE OneView and Synergy Solutions from Hewlett Packard Enterprise, although the specific dates of attainment are not provided.