Steve Buchanan is a technology leader, and startup advisor driving innovation and enhancing the cloud/developer experience in cloud native working with technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, and more. With over twenty years in the tech industry, Steve brings a unique blend of leadership, strategic planning, and technical expertise to one of the world’s leading tech companies.

An accomplished thought leader, Steve has shared insights on over a dozen podcasts, co-authored MN’s computer science plan, authored 8 technical books, a Pluralsight and O’Reilly author, empowering tech pros to master cutting-edge tech. He is a former 10-time Microsoft MVP continuing as a tech community champion.

Steve’s contributions to tech have been widely recognized, including features in publications such as the Star Tribune (the fifth-largest newspaper in the U.S.), one of the “25 ITSM Experts to Watch in 2017,” recognition as an “IT Unity Community Champ”, listed as one of Onalytica’s “Who’s Who in Cloud?” top 50 thought leaders, and honored with the 2024 Tekne Exceptional Technology Leadership Award.

As a speaker Steve has presentations at many events, including the keynote for Minnebar 18, DevOps Days, Open Source North, Midwest Management Summit (MMS), Microsoft Ignite, Experts Live Europe, and OSCON.

He stays active in the technical community and enjoys blogging about his adventures in the world of cloud native and tech at www.buchatech.com