Michael Dresser

Michael Dresser is a Senior Software Engineer at Kubecost. Michael previously worked as a Software Engineering Intern at Google, where they contributed to the Kubernetes project by designing and implementing an improved cluster deployer for GCE. The Kubernetes project runs 90,000 end-to-end tests a month on GCE. The new deployer simplified a convoluted end-to-end test workflow, improving the experience of test writers and testing infrastructure maintainers. Contributed patches to repositories across the Kubernetes project.

Before joining Google, Michael was a Graduate Student Staff at the University of Colorado Boulder, where they held office hours to aid students enrolled in Linux Systems Administration with coursework. Course material includes basic bash scripting, logical volume management, automated host configuration using Puppet, access control management, manual and DHCP configuration of network interfaces, DNS server configuration, and firewall configuration using iptables.

Prior to their work at the University of Colorado Boulder, Michael interned at Twilio Inc. and LogRhythm as a software engineer.

Michael Dresser has a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from the University of Colorado Boulder. Michael also has a Master's Degree in Computer Science from the University of Colorado Boulder.

Their manager is Niko Kovacevic, Backend Engineer Lead.