# Community Building — Sylvain Kalache

URL: https://www.sylvainkalache.com/topics/community-building

My writing, talks, podcasts, and projects about Community Building.

## Selected work

- [Julien Simon — VP and Chief Evangelist](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/content/julien-simon-vp-and-chief-evangelist.md) (2025-11-19; Humans of Reliability): A conversation about developer advocacy, AI evangelism, and building reliable systems at scale.
- [Conor Bronsdon — Head of Content at Galileo](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/content/conor-bronsdon-head-of-content-at-galileo.md) (2025-11-05; Humans of Reliability): Developer awareness, content strategy, and the human side of reliability engineering.
- [Adriana Villela — Principal DevRel at Dynatrace](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/content/adriana-villela-principal-devrel-at-dynatrace.md) (2025-02-27; Humans of Reliability): Observability culture, OpenTelemetry adoption, and the human side of monitoring and debugging.
- [6 strategies for running more effective startup board meetings](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/content/6-strategies-for-running-more-effective-startup-board-meetings.md) (2021-06-23; TechCrunch): Many founders see board meetings as a chore. Communicate between sessions, prepare two-deck formats, debrief employees — here's how to make them actually useful.
- [Transforming Education for the Next Generation of Software Engineers](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/content/transforming-education-for-the-next-generation-of-software-engineers.md) (2019-05-01; DockerCon): DockerCon talk on how alternative education models are reshaping the pipeline of software engineering talent.
- [Docker in Education Panel](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/content/docker-in-education-panel.md) (2019-05-01; DockerCon): Panel discussion at DockerCon on how Docker and containerization are transforming education and developer training programs.
- [5 Reasons DevOps Initiatives Fail](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/content/5-reasons-devops-initiatives-fail.md) (2018-12-01; CIO): Common pitfalls that cause DevOps transformations to stall — from cultural resistance to tooling fragmentation.
- [Meet Six Members of Forbes San Francisco Business Council](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/content/meet-six-members-of-forbes-san-francisco-business-council.md) (2018-05-31; Forbes): Profiles of six members of the Forbes San Francisco Business Council and their insights on building companies in the Bay Area.
- [Sylvain Kalache, Holberton School | DevNet Create 2018](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/content/sylvain-kalache-holberton-school-devnet-create-2018.md) (2018-04-01; SiliconANGLE theCUBE): Interview with SiliconANGLE theCUBE at Cisco DevNet Create 2018 on Holberton School's approach to developer education and training.
- [What do Ubuntu and NE-YO have in common? A Coding Summer Camp!](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/content/what-do-ubuntu-and-ne-yo-have-in-common-a-coding-summer-camp.md) (2017-05-30; Linux.com): How a coding summer camp brought together Ubuntu, Grammy-winning artist NE-YO, and aspiring young engineers.
- [Pathways to Youth Employment — Apprenticeships and Work-based Training](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/content/pathways-to-youth-employment-apprenticeships-and-work-based-training.md) (2017-04-16; GAN Global): Speaker at the Global Apprenticeships Network (GAN) conference in Johannesburg on apprenticeship models and work-based training as a path to youth employment, representing Holberton School.
- [Les métiers de la French Touch, atouts pour passer les frontières](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/content/les-m-tiers-de-la-french-touch-atouts-pour-passer-les-fronti-res.md) (2017-03-21; Le Monde): Comment les compétences estampillées « qualité française » aident les professionnels tech à s'exporter à l'international.
- [International Botathon Finalists Selected to Present at MobileBeat 2016](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/content/international-botathon-finalists-selected-to-present-at-mobilebeat-2016.md) (2016-07-11; VentureBeat): Finalists from the international botathon competition are selected to showcase their work at VentureBeat's MobileBeat 2016 conference.

[All work](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/index.md)