#003 - Kubernetes For Humans Podcast with Sebastian Kister (Audi)
Sep 13, 2023
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Award-winning global thought leader Sebastian Kister discusses transitioning careers, challenges in team leadership at Audi, future of cloud platforms, and empowering individuals for innovation in enterprises.
Sebastian emphasizes people-centric transformations in companies over rigid processes.
Audi scaled Kubernetes, enabling more than 6,600 applications in the VW Group, emphasizing collaboration and success metrics.
Deep dives
Sebastian Kister's Diverse Background and Career Journey
Sebastian Kister, associated with CNCF and Audi, details a unique career trajectory starting from a music major to indoctrination studies, transitioned to software consulting, and developed privacy-centric cloud solutions before joining Audi. He emphasizes people-centric transformations in companies over rigid processes, citing previous experiences and challenges.
Audi's Kubernetes Adoption and Evolution
Audi's adoption of Kubernetes began in 2017 via a bespoke control plane system pre-EKS era, serving projects like E-tron's cable function and Jenkins. Transitioning to an enterprise-grade solution, Audi scaled Kubernetes, enabling more than 6,600 applications in the VW Group. Success metrics include time-to-market and customer satisfaction, emphasizing collaboration across siloed structures.
Platform Monostic Group Service Integration at Audi
Audi's Platform Monostic Group Service Integration (PACSI) initiative aimed to create platform-agnostic services for diverse consumption, taking three years to gain traction. This mission focused on the continuous effort required in platform maintenance over feature development, emphasizing the evolution of the platform engineering culture within Audi.
Future Vision: People-Centric DevOps and Service Decentralization
Sebastian envisions a future where knowledge sharing, individual enablement, and decentralized platform services mark Audi's evolution. With a focus on secure runtimes as the 100% use case, Audi plans to standardize interfaces over traditional process-based models, promoting a service-centric culture and efficient cross-platform service offerings.
Sebastian is an award-winning global thought leader for enterprise transformation and a CTO Summit member at CNCF. He is a startup professional who helped to shape products from genesis to market leader with bleeding-edge technology. Always striving to innovate and question the status quo, he helps to break dogmas, implement a new culture, and never settles while pursuing constant progress. Currently, he is leading a competence center in IT infrastructure and aligning all brands in the VW Group with the mission to once again boldly go where no one has gone before.
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