Summary
Abhi Yerra is a founder and CEO with 17 years of hands-on experience building developer-friendly infrastructure and helping startups migrate to compliant, production-grade Kubernetes and serverless platforms. Based in Berkeley, he leads opsZero, specializing in HIPAA/PCI/SOC2-oriented Kubernetes clusters across AWS, GCP, and Azure and in moving teams onto AWS Lambda. His background spans scaling high-traffic systems, packaging standardization with Docker, Terraform and HashiCorp tools, and crafting custom Go tooling to simplify deployments and access. Earlier roles at VSCO and Lookout show deep experience reducing operational complexity, standardizing developer workflows, and extracting services from monoliths to protect revenue streams. He blends operator instincts with engineering discipline—often building small, practical tools that reduce repeated toil across teams. Outside of opsZero he’s launched community-focused projects (Startup Sonoma County) and brings a pragmatic startup mindset to platform engineering.
18 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, History, Bachelor of Arts - BA, History at University of California, Berkeley