Sarah began her career as an astrophysicist and has pivoted often between systems and development work, but really hit her stride in operations. She has run production operations and infrastructure management for more than 30 customers of all shapes and sizes. Sarah is currently the Vice President of Engineering at Fairwinds where her team focuses on providing expert-level guidance and a curated framework around using Kubernetes and other CNCF projects to solve challenging and interesting problems. Sarah’s greatest passion is in helping others, which encompasses advocating for engineers, fostering joyful engineering culture, and rekindling interest in the lost art of Service in the tech space.