Lisa-Marie Namphy

Lisa-Marie Namphy is currently the Head of Developer Relations at Cockroach Labs, where she leverages her extensive experience in developer advocacy and community engagement. With over 20 years in the tech industry, she has been instrumental in fostering cloud-native communities and advocating for open-source technologies.

Professional Background

Current Role::

• Head of Developer Relations at Cockroach Labs

Previous Experience::

• Director of Marketing at Portworx, where she was the voice and brand ambassador for the company, focusing on cloud-native storage solutions.
• Developer Advocate & Community Architect at HPE Software, leading marketing efforts for OpenStack.
• Co-Founder of KubeCrash, a community initiative aimed at promoting Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies.

Community Engagement

Lisa-Marie is a CNCF (Cloud Native Computing Foundation) Ambassador, actively running one of the largest CNCF user groups in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has hosted numerous meetups over the past decade and has been a prominent speaker at various industry conferences, including KubeCon + CloudNativeCon.12

Advocacy and Interests

In addition to her technical expertise, Lisa-Marie is a strong advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the tech community. She is known for her public speaking engagements and contributions to open-source initiatives.12 Outside of her professional life, she enjoys sports, wine, and spending time with dogs.3

Her commitment to fostering a vibrant developer community and her extensive background in marketing and advocacy make her a significant figure in the cloud-native landscape.