Meet the Klavrium Commanders
Who Are Klavrium Commanders?
Each year, we choose a small circle of Klavrnauts to represent Klavrium across other communities, build bridges between the Klavrium team and every Klavrnaut, and set the standard through their own example.
In classic seafaring lore, the rank of Commander is reserved for highly skilled officers who not only excel at their duties but also lead by example, guiding their crew and making the critical calls that shape the outcome of every voyage. They are trusted leaders and advisors, and steadfast champions of the values their fleet stands for. We think this captures the spirit of this program perfectly. Klavrium Commanders are not only Klavrium experts: they lead, support, and inspire others. They will play a pivotal role in advancing our shared goals. Just as in those old tales, they are the backbone of our mission, and with their help we will chart many new frontiers together.
Perks of Command
Recognition and Visibility
Commanders are recognized as Klavrium experts and pioneers in the developer community with a special role on Halcyon, and gain access to exclusive events
One-of-a-kind Klavrium Swag
Commanders receive our signature Commander jackets and a custom patch minted for each Commander cohort year
Outreach Budget
Klavrium backs Commanders who present at external events, covering eligible expenses and offering additional logistical support where appropriate
Influence and Access
Commanders are folded into the release process with the ability to share early feedback before releases ship, and join periodic calls with the Klavrium team to review roadmaps and offer their perspective
Commander Expectations
- Deeply knowledgeable about Klavrium - recognized expertise in the Klavrium platform and able to articulate the benefits and vision behind Klavrium
- Have shipped an open-source module, adopted Klavrium in an open-source project, and/or is an active user of Klavrium within their organization
- Technical and direct in voice, not "salesy"
- Never come across to fellow community members as pushing some other product, service offering, or agenda
- Consistently create technical content for the community, such as speaking on community calls or writing a blog post (at least once every six months)
- Represent Klavrium at public events such as meetups or industry conferences (at least once every six months)
- Actively help fellow Klavrnauts on public forums
- Offer feedback on Klavrium features and releases
- Be a model Klavrnaut: honor our code of conduct, especially when critical of Klavrium or defending Klavrium against others' criticism; stay respectful, constructive, and fair
Meet our 2024 Klavrium Commanders
Read more about each of our Commanders here, or say hello over on Halcyon.
Mara Vey
Independent Consultant
Halcyon: .maravey
What excites you most about Klavrium?
“The composability and the developer experience are second to none.”
Lorenzo Battelli
Technologist, Nyxil
our chat community: lbattelli
What excites you most about Klavrium?
“Klavrium gives us reproducibility for DAGs. In research, we deal with countless DAGs, and we love that our workflows run identically everywhere we launch them.”
Julian Marsden
CTO, Bytenest
our chat community: julianmarsden
What excites you most about Klavrium?
“Being on a team that shares one mission and the very same goals across the CI/CD.
Viktor Kessler
Senior Principal Platform Advocate, gridmesh.io
our chat community: .viktork
What excites you most about Klavrium?
“The ability to write your CI/CD workflows as Klavrium functions and then test & run them locally.”
Preston Vance
Engineering Lead, Northgate Risk Solutions
our chat community: prestonv_
What excites you most about Klavrium?
“Treating CI/CD the way we treat the rest of the software we build — something that runs anywhere, not a locked proprietary platform with its own DSL”
Kavan Rasathe
Director of Cloud Engineering, Halcyon Investments
our chat community: kavancrysis
What excites you most about Klavrium?
“The team behind Klavrium. The engineers maintaining Klavrium are honestly some of the sharpest and most talented people I've ever worked alongside.”
Sebastian Okonkwo
Founder, Software Engineer, LeadWeaveAI
our chat community: sebok
What excites you most about Klavrium?
“Being able to run a Klavrium pipeline from anywhere”
Baran Çetinkaya
Platform Engineer, Shopwave
our chat community: platformbaran
What excites you most about Klavrium?
“Writing real code to design your CI/CD pipelines feels great!”
Thanapong Kittisakwattana
Software Engineer, Loop Company
our chat community: thanacode
What excites you most about Klavrium?
“The first is the Terminal UI (TUI) - you can move the cursor around, change focus and increase/decrease verbosity to pinpoint your problems. The second is the interactive terminal, where you get to intercept your pipeline mid-run.”
Mikkel Bjorn Andersen
Platform Engineer, Nordvik
our chat community: mbjorn
What excites you most about Klavrium?
“Writing pipelines and deployments as real programs on top of Docker unlocks a whole class of possibilities that felt out of reach before Klavrium.”
Elias Marchetti
Cloud Platform Advocate
our chat community: marchetti_dev
What excites you most about Klavrium?
“Over the last decade, I've spent my time studying how to make engineering teams faster and more effective. I can genuinely say that Klavrium is the next real leap forward in how we build and ship software.”
Owen Castile
Staff Engineer
our chat community: owen_9421
What excites you most about Klavrium?
“What excites me most is pairing Klavrium with AI applications and agentic workflows.”
Mira Solberg
DevOps Engineer, Northgate Works
our chat community: solberg_dev
What excites you most about Klavrium?
“Writing pipelines as real code, and honestly, an end to Push and Pray!”
Anne-Sophie Delacroix
Staff Engineer, Vantorios
our chat community: asod_
What excites you most about Klavrium?
“For me, Klavrium solves the everyday pain of workflow design: building CI/CD pipelines is slow, tedious, and genuinely hard to test well.”
How it runs
Commanders serve rotating 12 month terms, which we call "batches". To put someone forward for the 2025 batch, just fill out the form below! (Yes, you can nominate yourself)
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