I am Robert Sirchia the Director of Community Evangelism for SUSE (sue-sa). I have been working in technology for over 20 years. Most of that time has been spend in the .NET and Microsoft space. Moved towards the cloud when .NET became a first-class citizen on them. And I have never left, from Cloud Foundry to Kubernetes. I have led several large modernization efforts. I built out my last companies cloud practice. Putting together service offerings, comprehensive training and marketing. I have worked across a few industries from real estate to financial institutions. I have also did work with both energy & chemical companies and politics.

I enjoy the outdoors along with hiking, hunting and camping. Lately I am exploring my culinary side, so I am cooking a lot. I am a total sucker for an evening of Dungeon & Dragons or Warhammer. I code for fun. Dad of two and husband to one. I live in just outside of Columbus Ohio currently, but I travel more than I am here.