Ryan Etten is a passionate contributor to the open-source ecosystem and the founder of the CNCF community group in Madison, Wisconsin. As a Senior Architect and Red Hat Certified OpenShift Architect, he brings his real-world experience with Kubernetes, GitOps, and Zero Trust security to community initiatives, including his work with the CNCF TAG Security and the Certified GitOps Associate (CGOA) exam. At Red Hat, he leads a team focused on cloud-native adoption.