Projects
- Dan leads the Cloud Native Computing Foundation.
- He has consulted for companies and advised startups focused on cloud, security, open source and enterprise software development.
- Some recent projects:
“CNCF executive director Dan Kohn said the broader story is that Kubernetes and containers are rapidly displacing virtualization as the go-to software deployment model”
— Fortune Magazine, August 2017
Bio
Dan Kohn headshot (click for larger size)
Dan is Executive Director of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, which sustains and integrates open source technologies like Kubernetes and Prometheus. He also helped create and launch the Linux Foundation's Core Infrastructure Initiative to organize an industry-wide response to the security vulnerabilities demonstrated by Heartbleed.
He previously served as CTO of several startups, including Spreemo, a healthcare marketplace, and Shopbeam, a shoppable ads company. Earlier, he was a general partner at Skymoon Ventures, a seed-stage venture capital firm that created startups in semiconductors and telecom infrastructure.
Dan helped manage a number of telecoms firms controlled by Craig McCaw and started his career as founder and CEO of NetMarket, one of the first Internet companies. In 1994, he led the development of the first music store on the web, conducting the first secure commercial transaction after building the first web shopping cart. Dan lives in Manhattan with his wife and two sons.
He can be reached at dan@dankohn.com.
Events
Upcoming
- Alibaba Cloud Conference, Hangzhou, 10/11-14/2017
- Kubernetes End User Conference, Hangzhou, 10/15/2017
- DockerCon EU, Copenhagen, 10/16-18/2017
- Open Source Summit EU, Prague, 10/23-25/2017
- Open Source Strategy Forum, New York, 11/8/2017
- AWS Reinvent, Las Vegas, 11/27-30/2017
- KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA, Austin, 12/6-8/2017
- Open Source Leadership Summit, Sonoma, 3/6-8/2018
- IBM Think, Las Vegas, 3/19-22/2019
- Open Networking Summit, Los Angeles, 3/26-29/2018
- KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU, Copenhagen, 5/2-4/2018
- Open Source Summit Japan, Tokyo, 6/20-22/2018
- Open Source Summit China, Beijing, 6/26-28/2018
- KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA, Seattle, 12/11-13/2018
Past Keynotes
- Open Source Summit Japan, Tokyo, 6/1-2/2017
- KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU, Berlin, 3/29-30/2017
- KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA, Seattle, 11/8-9/2016
- LinuxCon + ContainerCon EU, Berlin, 10/4-6/2016
“China today has this classic example of a second-mover advantage where they just didn’t have the couple decades of previous investment into proprietary technologies. So they’re building up from scratch today, and looking at best practices from around the world.”
— Architecht podcast, June 2017
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Come see me speak at @OSStrategy in NYC 11/8 (a block from my apartment!) https://t.co/2QsyYMJpVx
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Thank you @dhcapital for an amazing dinner (and thanks to @zsmithnyc for finagling my invite) https://t.co/0FDVtMY2zv
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Hoover Dam, seen on final approach into Las Vegas. Look how low Lake Mead is due to the drought. https://t.co/bS8ohDnkGK
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RT @michaelcrowley: "Hi! You don't know me but I think you may be about to die." https://t.co/HeKlYN8pds
Watch this 4 minute video (with sound) about my startup conducting the first secure purchase on the web in 1994
(November 2015)