Summary
Thomas Mcgonagle is a veteran cloud and DevOps technologist with 14 years of experience helping enterprises adopt Kubernetes, containers, and open source platforms. Currently running K8sKoach and working as a Solutions Architect at SUSE, he blends hands-on systems engineering with coaching and content creation to solve complex delivery and security challenges. His background spans roles at GitHub, Armory, CloudBees, Red Hat and Booz Allen, with deep expertise in Spinnaker, OpenShift, and CI/CD tooling. A long-time open source practitioner who’s been living off Linux since kernel 2.2 and using Kubernetes since its early releases, he brings institutional knowledge of emerging ecosystems before they’re mainstream. He also curates hyperautomation content at InfraSwarm.io and organizes practitioner communities, reflecting a rare mix of technical depth, mentorship, and public-facing evangelism.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
High School Degree, General Studies, High School Degree, General Studies at Winchester High School
MS, Information Technology, MS, Information Technology at Bentley University