Prashanto Kochavara

Prashanto Kochavara has been working in the technology industry since 2007. Prashanto began their career as a College Intern at Dell EMC, then worked as a Software Development Intern at MBMS in 2009. In 2010, they moved to EMC as a Senior Solutions Engineer. In 2015, they joined SimpliVity Corporation as a Senior Product Manager. In 2017, they became a Senior Manager, Product Management and Solution Engineering at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Currently, they are the Director of Product - Kubernetes at Trilio.

Prashanto Kochavara obtained a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from the University at Buffalo from 2007 to 2010. Prashanto then went on to earn a Master's degree in Computer Science from North Carolina State University from 2011 to 2013. In 2014, Prashanto earned the Microsoft Exam 409: Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center certification. In 2021, they were a Speaker at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2021, which was hosted by The Linux Foundation.