Virtual Workshop

Hands-On Kubernetes Optimization Workshop Series

Turn K8s App Tuning Frustrations into Triumph
with an ML-Based Approach

Upcoming Workshops

Check back soon for upcoming dates!

In this hands-on workshop series led by Kubernetes experts, you’ll learn about:

  • The challenges of manually tuning resources for Java and .NET apps in Kubernetes
  • The role of machine learning and experimentation for optimizing Java and .NET apps in Kubernetes
  • Ways to increase application performance at scale while reducing resource footprint quickly and efficiently

Course Completion Badges

Upon course completion you will earn your StormForge Hands-On Essentials digital badges for ML-Based Application Tuning.

The credential will enhance your online professional profile, highlighting your hands-on experience with advanced ML-based methods of tuning and optimizing Java and .NET applications in complex Kubernetes environments.

Workshop badges

Meet the Workshop Team

Erwin Daria

Erwin Daria

Director of Technical Alliances


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Erwin’s bio to go here…

Patrick Tavares

Senior Solutions Architect


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Patrick is a Senior Solution Architect at StormForge. He is a seasoned system architect who earned his spurs in several adventures at Red Hat, Verizon, and Deloitte over the past two decades. For the past 6 years he deepened his understanding in Kubernetes with different K8s engines. When he is not helping others build their cloud-native apps, you will find him building furniture in his woodshop, roasting coffee beans from different parts of the world, or training with other taekwondo blackbelts at his local dojang.

Niels Roetert

Niels Roetert

Solutions Architect


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Niels Roetert is a Solutions Architect at StormForge. During his 30+ year career in IT he has worked as a UNIX administrator, systems engineer, sales engineer and director of sales engineering at various companies including EMC, Tintri and Cloudian. Niels began his career with a focus on big iron running UNIX, then later dove into Linux, and is now immersed in the world of Kubernetes and microservices. Niels has a great deal of technical experience, but he still loves learning new things, and especially enjoys collaborating with peers and customers. Outside of business hours, he likes to play a match of rugby, go for a run or read a book.

Brian Likosar

Brian Likosar

Director of Global Solutions Architecture


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Brian Likosar (“liko” pronounced lick-OH, preferred pronouns he/him) is an open source geek with a passion for working at the intersection of people and technology. Throughout his career, he’s been involved in open source – whether that was with Linux, Ansible, and OpenShift/Kubernetes while at Red Hat, Apache Kafka while at Confluent, or Apache Flink while at AWS. He’s based in the Chicago area and enjoys horror, sports, live music, and theme parks.