Docker / Kubernetes

KCD Texas 2026

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KCD Texas 2026 ran on May 15, 2026 at TCEA in Austin, United States. It is a Docker / Kubernetes conference. ConferenceGrid lists 30 speakers, 14 sponsors, 14 exhibitors and 2 sessions. Dates for the next edition are not announced yet.

Lineup updated Jun 9, 2026 · dates verified May 5, 2026

Join the third KCD Texas 2026, a must-attend event for the cloud-native and Kubernetes community. This full-day gathering at TCEA in Austin on May 15, 2026, offers groundbreaking insights, networking with tech leaders, and hands-on sessions. Whether you’re a seasoned Kubernetes pro or a newcomer, expect sessions, workshops, and cloud native demos tailored fo…

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30Speakers
14Sponsors
14Exhibitors
2Sessions
32Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at KCD, in alphabetical order.

Abhinav Dahiya
Staff Software Engineer · Lyft
Andrew Martin
Founder & CEO · Controlplane
Angel Ramirez
CEO @Cuemby | OSPO - CNCF Ambassador, Guest Speaker, FHCN Co-Founder. · CUEMBY
Cesar Diaz
DevOps Engineer at Globant · 10+ years scaling cloud platforms · Globant
Chris De La Garza
Dolis Sharma
DevOps Engineer · Nirmata
Duffie Cooley
Field CTO · Isovalent
Emile Vauge
Founder & CTO · Traefik Labs
Engin Diri
Senior Solutions Architect · Pulumi
Goutam Tadi
Staff Software Engineer · Astronomer.io
Graziano Casto
Kubernetes v1.35 Comms Lead, and DevRel Engineer · Akamas
Hanna Busekrus
Jairo Martinez Mantilla
Solution Architect · Amazon Web Services
Jonathan Bryce
Executive Director · Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)
Jooho Lee
Full Stack implementation & Integration Engineer · Red Hat
Julia Furst Morgado
Principal Developer Relations Engineer · Dash0
Katie Gamanji
TOC Member · CNCF
Kedar Kulkarni
Senior DevOps Architect
Lin Sun
Director of Open-Source · Solo.io
Lisa-Marie Namphy
Lucas Duarte
Sr. Specialist Solutions Architect, Containers · AWS
Marina Moore
Research Scientist - Head of Edera Research · Edera

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

Solo.ioPlatinum
vclusterPlatinum
WSO2Platinum
ChainguardGold
CloudBoltGold
DiagridGold
ElasticGold
Grafana LabsGold
IsovalentGold
PluralGold
TeleportGold
AkamaiSilver
KomodorSilver
SynadiaSilver

Agenda

Selected from 2 sessions.

  • 3:00 PM

    Corporate Meetup

  • 3:00 PM

    Speakers' round tables meetup

Quick answers

When is KCD Texas 2026?
KCD Texas 2026 ran on May 15, 2026 at TCEA in Austin, United States.
Where is KCD Texas 2026 held?
KCD Texas 2026 was held at TCEA in Austin, United States.
Who is speaking at KCD Texas 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 30 speakers, including Abhinav Dahiya (Staff Software Engineer, Lyft), Andrew Martin (Founder & CEO, Controlplane) and Angel Ramirez (CEO @Cuemby | OSPO - CNCF Ambassador, Guest Speaker, FHCN Co-Founder., CUEMBY).
Who sponsors KCD Texas 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 14 sponsors, including Solo.io, vcluster, WSO2, Chainguard and CloudBolt.
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 32 companies show up, and 14 bet on three roles at once?

32 companies. fourteen are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
14All threespeak · spons · exh
0Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
18Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Isovalent·Solo.io·Akamai·Chainguard·CloudBolt·Diagrid·Elastic·Grafana Labs·Komodor·Plural·Synadia·Teleport·vCluster·WSO2

Speakers by seniority

27% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite413%
  • Director / Head of413%
  • Manager / Lead723%
  • Engineer · IC827%
  • Other roles723%

Of 30 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1IsovalentSponsor · GoldExhibitor1
2Solo.ioSponsor · PlatinumExhibitor1
3AkamaiSponsor · SilverExhibitor-
4ChainguardSponsor · GoldExhibitor-
5CloudBoltSponsor · GoldExhibitor-
6DiagridSponsor · GoldExhibitor-
7ElasticSponsor · GoldExhibitor-
8Grafana LabsSponsor · GoldExhibitor-
9KomodorSponsor · SilverExhibitor-
10PluralSponsor · GoldExhibitor-
11SynadiaSponsor · SilverExhibitor-
12TeleportSponsor · GoldExhibitor-
13vClusterSponsor · PlatinumExhibitor-
14WSO2Sponsor · PlatinumExhibitor-
Sponsors by tier
platinum3
21% of 14
gold8
57% of 14
silver3
21% of 14
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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