[Nominations Open] Top CDF Ambassador Award 2026 🏆

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This issue is to receive nominations for the Top CDF Ambassador Award 2026.

This award recognizes a champion for the continuous delivery space. This individual helps spread awareness of the CDF and its projects. The CDF Ambassador is a part of the 2025 Ambassador cohort and leverages multiple platforms, both online as well as speaking engagements, driving interest and excitement around the ecosystem.

➡️ Nominate someone, by replying to this issue with the following:

1. Full name of the person you’re nominating
2. Short description of their contributions to the Continuous Delivery Foundation and why they should win.

Nomination Deadline: Wednesday, April 2, 2026, 11:59 pm PT
Please note: Last year's winner, Lisa N. Cao, cannot win the award for Top Ambassador again this year.

Read the CDF Award Guidelines

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1. Kris Buytaert

2. Kris Buytaert has been a cornerstone of the continuous delivery and DevOps community for decades, and his work organizing Config Management Camp — one of the most genuinely community-driven events in our field — is a testament to that commitment. CfgMgmtCamp brings together practitioners, open source contributors, and thought leaders in a format that prioritizes real debate and the exchange of ideas over vendor noise. Kris creates a space where the hard questions about infrastructure, automation, and continuous delivery actually get asked — and answered.

I can speak to this personally: speaking at CfgMgmtCamp in Ghent earlier this year gave me a renewed sense of motivation and connection to the community. It directly inspired me to get more involved — I am now in the Berlin DevOpsDays organization and I am taking on more speaking engagements myself.
That kind of ripple effect is rare, and it speaks to the environment Kris has built over the years.