senior software engineer at massopen.cloud
Kristi Nikolla is a senior software engineer working with the wonderful folks of the MOC Alliance at Boston University.
He has been providing technical expertise and support to operations of the MOC and NERC OpenStack and OpenShift platforms.
Kristi has been an active contributor to OpenStack since 2016. He has held various elected positions including as Chair of the OpenStack Technical Committee and Project Team Lead of the OpenStack Keystone project.
He holds a Master of Science in Computer Science degree from Boston University and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree from University of New York Tirana.
Employment Experience
Sr. Software Engineer at Boston University (2018 – current)
Part of the Mass Open Cloud, Red Hat Collaboratory, and OpenInfra Labs. Provided key architectural guidance and direction to internal and upstream development projects. Integration of OpenStack, OpenShift and other services into a centralized authentication and user onboarding system.
Software Engineer at Boston University (2016 – 2018)
Part of the Massachusetts Open Cloud. Lead a team of 3 to research and implement a proof of concept for resource federation in OpenStack. Provided support in operating a production OpenStack cloud from the Kilo release to the Pike release. Implemented single sign-on. Represented the MOC in conferences and workshops.
Open Source Experience
OpenStack Keystone Core Maintainer (2018 – 2024)
Chair of the OpenStack Technical Committee (2023)
OpenStack Keystone Project Team Lead (2020 – 2021)
OpenStack Technical Committee (2020 – 2021, 2022 – 2024)
Talks
- Nikolla K. (2024, February). Building the Foundational Services Powering the Open Cloud. Presentation at the MOC Alliance Workshop in Boston.
- Nikolla K. (2023, May). A Complete Guide to OpenID Connect in OpenStack. Presentation at the Open Infrastructure Summit in Vancouver.
- Nikolla K. (2020, October). Improvements to Identity Federation in Keystone. Presentation at the Virtual Open Infrastructure Summit.
- Nikolla K., Fainberg M. (2018, November). A Seamlessly Federated Multi Cloud. Presentation at the OpenStack Summit, Berlin, Germany.
- Nikolla K., Young A. & Fainberg M. (2018, November). Pushing Keystone Over The Edge. Presentation at the OpenStack Summit, Berlin, Germany.
- Nikolla K. & Taylor M. (2018, November). Towards an Open Cloud Exchange. Presentation at the OpenStack Summit, Berlin, Germany.
- Nikolla K. & Bragstad L. (2017, November). Keystone – Project Update. Presentation at the OpenStack Summit, Sydney, Australia.
- Nikolla K. & Young A. (2017, May). Per API Role Based Access Control. Presentation at the OpenStack Summit, Boston, MA.
- Nikolla K. & Silvis G. (2016, November). Resource Federation in a Multi-Landlord Cloud. Presentation at the OpenStack Summit, Barcelona, Spain.
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