Learning CoreOS

Kingston Smiler. S is a seasoned professional with 12 years of experience insoftware development and presales, encompassing wide range of skill set, roles, and industry verticals. He has solid expertise in data communication networkingand software-based switching and routing solutions, and virtualization platformssuch as OpenStack, OpenDaylight controller, Docker Containers, and CoreOS. He iscurrently working as an advisor and technical consultant for networking companiesin the development of Layer2 and Layer3 IP protocols.He also has working experience in building IoT sensor networks with IoT OSessuch as RIOT and Contiki; SoCs such as Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and Intel Galileo;and IoT protocols such as 802.14.5 (Zigbee), 6lowpan, RPL, CoAP, and MQTT. He isinterested in building small-scale robots using Arduino and ROS Robotics platforms.Active in various networking standard bodies such as IETF, IEEE, and ONF, Kingston has proposed two drafts in TRILL WG and one draft in MPLS WG of IETF.With the current surge in SDN, virtualization, and NFV, his primary focus is towardsthese areas. He completed a bachelor of engineering degree in computer science fromMadras University.Kingston is also the author of OpenFlow Cookbook, Packt Publishing.Shantanu Agrawal has over 15 years of experience in the telecom industryworking in systems having high transaction rates with scalable architectures. He hasextensive experience of consulting for solutions, designing, and implementing high-performing and highly available software. He has exposure to the complete life cycleof the product development and deployment challenges. During his journey, he hasworked on different hardware platforms and operating systems, such as proprietaryUNIX-based hardware, embedded systems with real-time operating systems, Linux, Solaris, and so on. He has experience in the core network elements and protocolsused in GSM/UMTS/LTE networks. He graduated from IIT BTU and did postgraduation from BITS Pilani.