Vikram Hosakote is a Technical Leader in Cisco's Cloud org integrating OpenStack and Kubernetes with Cisco products like CPNR (Cisco Prime Network Registrar) for a scalable DHCP/DNS solution for neutron, UCS (Unified Computing System) and Nexus9k. Vikram is currently working on MediaCloud, multicast, HEAT orchestration, virtualization, Python programming, Ansible, and massively scaling OpenStack neutron. In the past at Cisco, he has worked on many technologies like SDN, NFV, OpenFlow, IOS, NXOS, MPLS, traffic engineering, IP FRR, routing, BFD, switching, NETCONF and YANG data modeling. Vikram is a Linux lover with a Masters in Computer Science from Syracuse University! Biography from communities: Vikram is a Technical Leader in Cisco's cloud org working on OpenStack, scalable cloud deployments, containers (OpenStack Kolla), Ansible and cloud architectures. Vikram has over 10 years of experience in the software and networking industry. In the past at Cisco, he has worked on many technologies like SDN, NFV, OpenFlow, IOS, NXOS, MPLS, traffic engineering, IP FRR, routing, BFD, switching, NETCONF and YANG data modeling. Vikram is a Linux lover with a Masters in Computer Science from Syracuse University. Vikram is a core-reviewer of the OpenStack Kolla project (deploying OpenStack in Docker containers). Expertise: OpenStack, Cloud, Python, Data Center Networking, Docker, containers, Kolla