Jesse Suen

Jesse Suen is a technology professional with significant contributions to open-source Kubernetes projects and cloud-native technologies. Here's a comprehensive overview of his professional background:

Professional Experience

Current Role:

• Co-Founder & CTO at Akuity, Inc. (August 2021 - Present)
• Open Source Developer for Argo Project (April 2016 - Present)

Previous Roles at Intuit:

• Principal Software Engineer (January 2018 - August 2021)
• Technical lead and engineering manager of the Argo team
• Creator and core contributor to:
  • Argo Workflows
  • Argo CD
  • Argo Rollouts

Earlier Career Highlights:

• Founding Engineer at Applatix, Inc. (acquired by Intuit)
• Developed a CI/CD and Application Delivery Platform built on Kubernetes
• Creator of Claudia - a self-hosted AWS cost analysis service

Technical Expertise

Key Technologies:

• Golang
• Python
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• AWS
• GKE

Education

• B.A. in Computer Science & Cognitive Science from the University of California, Berkeley

Jesse is widely recognized in the cloud-native community for his work on the Argo project, which provides Kubernetes-native workflow, continuous delivery, and progressive delivery solutions.123