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Gerard Braad

Background

Gerard is an engineering leader with deep experience in cross‑platform systems engineering, developer tooling, and open‑source collaboration. He led the teams behind CRC/OpenShift Local and JKube, delivering reliable developer environments across Linux, macOS, and Windows.

He combines strong technical judgment with architectural leadership, re‑engineering CRC to keep pace with OpenShift’s evolution and producing the only tool that can bring up a full OpenShift environment in about ten minutes. Gerard is known for a strong team leadership, supporting distributed teams through complex technical challenges and personal hardships while maintaining consistent, high‑quality delivery.

His work bridges low‑level systems engineering, developer experience, and cross‑team collaboration, making him a trusted partner for teams building developer tooling, platforms, and cross‑platform systems.

Employment history

Red Hat - Manager, Software Engineering
January 2017 - July 2026 · 9+ years
UnitedStack - Technical Director
November 2015 - December 2016 · 1 yr 2 mos
ThoughtWorks - Senior Full-stack Engineer
November 2013 - September 2015 · 1 yr 10 mos
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Who am I?

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         ThoughtWorks
         (Red Hat)
            Principal Software Engineer
            Engineering Manager
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         Linux
         Fedora
         OpenStack
         Containers
         Virtualization