Organizing Team

Meet the people behind KCD Toronto

KCD Toronto 2026 is organized by a dedicated team of volunteers from the Canadian cloud native community. We're passionate about bringing together technologists, practitioners, and enthusiasts.

Organizing Team

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Adriana Villela

Organizer

Principal Developer Advocate | OTel End User SIG Maintainer

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Andre Marcelo-Tanner

Organizer

SRE

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Ayrat Khayretdinov

Organizer

CNCF Ambassador

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Jason Hadi

Organizer

SRE @ ecobee

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Jason Paolasini

Organizer

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John Nixon

Organizer

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Marino Wijay

Organizer

Channel Manager

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Michael Foster

Organizer

CNCF Ambassador / Kube Security Junkie / Red Hatter

Join Our Team

We're always looking for passionate volunteers to help make KCD Toronto a success!

Volunteer opportunities include:

Registration desk and attendee support
Speaker liaison and room monitoring
Social media and content creation
Sponsor coordination
Photography and videography
Setup and teardown crew

Volunteer with Us

Questions for the organizing team? Reach out to us at team@kcdtoronto.ca