Tampa Devs (Pre-alpha) Cloud Unveil + Intro to Kubernetes

As developers, our journey often starts with a laptop and a late-night idea—but where it goes from there depends on the tools, resources, and community we surround ourselves with. Tampa Devs is proud to unveil the Tampa Devs Cloud: a community-powered cloud platform built by developers, for developers. This new initiative empowers local technologists to run real-world workloads beyond the limitations of their local machines—unlocking opportunities to experiment, deploy, and scale applications in a shared cloud environment.

But this launch is more than just infrastructure—it's a milestone in our story. What began as a meetup and have grown into a vibrant, collaborative tech community. The Tampa Devs Cloud is a symbol of that evolution a platform that fosters learning, collaboration, and innovation for everyone from students to seasoned engineers.

Speakers

Justin Herron
Justin Herron serves as the Principal Cloud Architect for the Tampa Devs Community Cloud. He is a Navy veteran with a passion for leveraging technology to help others succeed. Herron is the driving force behind the Tampa Devs Public Cloud Project, which aims to provide free cloud infrastructure access to local schools and universities. His background includes experience as a data center engineer and network engineer.

Bryan Benway
With over 20 years of experience in technical pre-sales, consulting, and complex implementations, Bryan specializes in unlocking the "art of the possible" for contact centers. His career has evolved from deep infrastructure and network engineering to architecting cloud communications, and now, working in product strategy building AI-driven solutions.

Location

Hays · 4350 W Cypress Suite 1000 · Tampa · FL

Links

• Check out on Meetup!
• Connect with Bryan Bennway on linkedin!
• Connect with Justin Herron on linkedin!