Katie Gamanji, American Express | KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2020 - Virtual

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Describes using Cluster API + Argo CD to implement a GitOps workflow that provisions an AWS Kubernetes cluster — demo shows a control plane and five worker nodes created from manifests with essentially one-click GitOps provisioning. Explains using Kubernetes as a gravitational platform to replicate tech stack across regions (China cited) and a plan to inner-source configuration at American Express, trading vendor fragments for centralized, maintainable platform manifests.

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1. 0:00Introduction to Katie Gamanji
2. 1:24Katie's background and journey
3. 3:07Business challenges driving Kubernetes adoption
4. 5:32Speed and flexibility with Kubernetes
5. 8:05Modernizing infrastructure at American Express
6. 9:30Support for open source contributions
7. 11:36Tools and demos for KubeCon Europe
8. 13:22Advice for peers in the Cloud Native community

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