Champion
Paula Kennedy
Syntasso
Paula is Cofounder & Chief Operating Officer of Syntasso; her previous roles include Senior Director at VMware Tanzu and Cofounder & Chief Operating Officer of CloudCredo.
With 20+ years experience in the IT industry, Paula champions community, diversity and inclusion and has spoken at many conferences including KubeCon and the LeadDev conference. She is a CNCF Ambassador, an OpenUK Ambassador as well as a Team Topologies Advocate. Paula is an organiser for KCD UK and Fast Flow Conference, as well as the London Platform User Group. In her spare time she enjoys walking her dog and attempting to run half-marathons.
With 20+ years experience in the IT industry, Paula champions community, diversity and inclusion and has spoken at many conferences including KubeCon and the LeadDev conference. She is a CNCF Ambassador, an OpenUK Ambassador as well as a Team Topologies Advocate. Paula is an organiser for KCD UK and Fast Flow Conference, as well as the London Platform User Group. In her spare time she enjoys walking her dog and attempting to run half-marathons.
Badges 9
Talks 9
- Devoxx UK 2026
Platform Engineering Reality Check: From Big Dreams to Practical Steps
- Devoxx UK 2025
Platform Engineering: Evolution, Trends, and Future Impact on Software Delivery
- Devoxx UK 2024
Switch Your Internal Platform to Multi-Player Mode
- Devoxx UK 2023
From Infrastructure to App Deployment: Where Does a Platform Start and End?
- Devoxx UK 2023
UnConference Kick Off
- Devoxx UK 2022
Reduce Cognitive Load: Pave the Golden Path On Your Internal Platform
- Devoxx UK 2022
Emerging Technology Patterns for 2022 and Beyond (aka Buzzword Bingo)
- Devoxx UK 2021
Crossing the Platform Gap
- Devoxx UK 2021
CFP: FAQ: HTH! (Call For Proposals: Frequently Asked Questions: Hope This Helps!)