Kubegrade

Kubegrade helps enterprises tame Kubernetes sprawl.
We automate upgrades, maintenance, and compliance across clusters, so platform teams stay in control while developers move faster.
Unlike dashboards that only observe issues, Kubegrade turns raw cluster data into actionable pull requests—reducing toil, cutting costs, and giving enterprises a safer, more scalable way to run Kubernetes.

Founder and CEO

Next Big Wave

A podcast for founders, by founders in Southeast Asia

Podcast Host

TendoPay

TendoPay is the leading employee benefits provider in the Philippines
I manage the growth teams including a digital marketing team for our B2C user base and a sales team for our B2B users.

Co-Founder / CCO [Acquired - Tonik Bank]

Buko Ventures

Value-add angel funding for Philippines startup founders.

Investor

DotYeti.com

Investor [Acquired]

Iterative

Venture Partner

500 Startups

I advise startups in SEA on their growth strategy with a focus on building and scaling their sales process ass well a hone in on their digital marketing strategy.

Mentor

Candy Banners

Acquired by Native Touch. 
Candy Banners is a digital production studio that builds awesome online ads.

Co-founder / CEO [Acquired - Native Touch]

Stinson Design

Acquired by Vimont Holdings.
Stinson Design is a presentation design agency that services clients around the world from startups to global brands.

Founder / CEO [Acquired]

Centre Financier International Montréal

Financial Analyst

3x Exit Founder • I help B2B founders in Southeast Asia • Book a free growth consultation with me • Grew last company to $5m+ ARR • 15+ years of growth leadership 🚀

Hey there! I’m a serial entrepreneur with 3 exits under my belt. 

I’m currently working on Kubegrade, a Kubernetes cluster upgrade tool.

Through all my ventures the key to success has always been to bring maximum value to my clients and building long lasting relationships. 

My passion for client success is equally matched with my love for travel and extreme sports. 

You can find me playing chess, riding motorcycles, diving or kitesurfing the beautiful beaches of Southeast Asia.

Tim Grassin

KubeCon ATL just wrapped, and my notebook is full.

Not from vendor pitches. From the conversations that restored my faith in this community.

After years of complexity complaints and burnout stories, something shifted at KubeCon 2025.

The energy was different. Electric, even.

What actually stood out:
The Agentic Revolution Nobody Saw Coming

Twelve months ago, we launched Kubegrade with AI agents managing clusters. People called us crazy. "You can't automate that level of decision-making."

This week? Every third conversation was about agentic workflows. Teams are finally realizing that senior engineers shouldn't be babysitting YAML files.

One platform lead from a Fortune 500: "We went from 3-week upgrade cycles to 3 hours with agents handling the grunt work."

Community Over Competition

Met a competitor's engineering team at the afterparty. Instead of awkward silence, we spent 2 hours sharing horror stories and solutions. Their lead engineer: "Rising tide lifts all boats, right?"

That's the Kubernetes community I fell in love with.

The Validation We Didn't Expect

Being first movers in agentic cluster management felt lonely. We questioned ourselves constantly. Were we too early? Too ambitious?

Walking the expo floor, I counted 12 companies now building agent-based solutions. Not copycats - genuine innovation from teams who get it.

One CTO pulled me aside: "You guys showed us this was possible. We're all following your lead."

That made me smile.

Real Engineers, Real Solutions

The best part? Engineers are done with bandaid fixes. They want fundamental change. Agentic workflows aren't just trendy - they're becoming the standard.

Teams are deploying agents for:
• Automated compatibility checking
• Intelligent resource optimization  
• Predictive failure prevention
• Self-healing clusters

This isn't AI hype. It's engineers taking their weekends back.

The Human Element Remains

Despite all the automation talk, the community spirit was stronger than ever. Late-night debugging sessions turned into impromptu meetups. Vendor booths became collaboration hubs.

Technology evolves, but the Kubernetes community's willingness to help each other? That's the real superpower.

My biggest takeaway:

We're not just building better tools. We're building a movement.

The shift to agentic workflows isn't about replacing engineers. It's about unleashing them to do what they do best - innovate.

Seeing the entire community embrace what we pioneered? That's worth more than any booth or keynote.

To everyone who stopped by to share their agentic journey - thank you. You reminded me why we started Kubegrade.

The future of Kubernetes isn't just automated. It's collaborative, innovative, and more human than ever.

I also enjoyed being able to work and hang out with my co-founder Caleb Fornari whom I had not seen in person since we embarked on this Kubegrade journey!

#KubeCon #Kubernetes #CNCF

Kubernetes without the complexity. Developer visibility, platform guardrails. Works with EKS, AKS, GKS, Rancher and more.

Anyone heading to #KubeCon Atlanta this week?

Would love to grab coffee and chat Kubernetes horror stories (or success stories if you have those).

I'll be there Tuesday through Thursday, mostly hanging around in Building B.

Hit me up if you want to connect in person — always fun putting faces to LinkedIn profiles.

Who else is making the trip? 👇

KubeCon ATL update: Our sweaters are apparently too good.

Multiple people have stopped me asking where to get our Kubegrade swag. Problem is, we don't have a booth this year.

But I hate saying no to engineers who appreciate good merch.

So here's the deal:

Find me wandering around the exhibition center

OR

Comment "swag" below and connect with me here.

I'll ship you one of hoodies directly. No booth needed.

Yes, I'm literally taking swag requests on LinkedIn and shipping from our Singapore office. My co-founder thinks I'm insane.

But honestly? Meeting engineers who get excited about developer tools is worth the shipping costs.

Plus, our hoodies are ridiculously comfortable. Ask anyone who's grabbed one.

If you're at KubeCon, come say hi. I'm the guy frantically taking notes on every Kubernetes horror story I hear.

If you're not here, drop "swag" below. First 50 get priority shipping.

Who's ready for some actually comfortable conference merch? 👇

#kubecon

Micromart

Micromart™ is redefining how people access what they need, wherever they need it. We provide fully autonomous Smart Stores that bring convenience, customer delight, and easy operations to store operators, turning any location into a retail opportunity.

We're hiring! Nothing worth doing is easy. At Micromart, we take pride in our team mentality and collective strengths. micromart.com/careers

KitchenMate

KitchenMate provides premium food vending and micro-market service to offices, commercial buildings, schools, and hospitals. We’re on a mission to provide great food anytime, anywhere.

CTO & Co-founder

Techstars

TechStars Winter 2018 Cohort

Dispatcher, Inc.

2nd Engineer at $2M seed-funded startup transforming long-haul logistics, "Uber for Long-Haul Trucking". We built a system that facilitated tens of thousands of full loads for truck drivers across the states. Responsibilities included creating the automated bidding that won us jobs in auction platforms for our hundreds of drivers, its integration with a driver-facing app, our email client to service brokers that avoided Gmail's account spam detection, load board crawlers, our real-time call-center, a real-time performant dashboard for our operational team, and built on top of our micro-service oriented real-time distributed system to facilitate sourcing jobs and matching them with drivers.

Software Engineer | Logistics

Amazon

Instrumental in the launch of two new products in Amazon Local Commerce and Amazon Consumables. At Local Commerce, I was part of a small team that tackled the technical challenges in the way of launching the Local Register, a mobile POS for merchants to accept credit card payments on their phone. Personal responsibilities included being the main agent for addressing HTML5 issues, working closely with our Technical Director, Product Manager, and Test Army. At Consumables, I was integral in helping a team meet a holiday season deadline for a massive overhaul of an existing retail website program, and had technical ownership of a tablet expansion to new countries.

Software Engineer | Local Commerce & Consumables

LookFlix

LookFlix.com - A shopping experience for clothing that's personal, fun, social, and AI-driven.
"Why has no one else realized that clothes shopping is about outfit possibilities?"

A Microsoft BizSpark One Company
MassChallenge 2012

Co-founder & CTO | Online Shopping

MassChallenge

https://masschallenge.org/startup/lookflix

MassChallenge 2012 Finalist

Laborific

Laborific.com - A product umbrella and development shop for "Bringing ideas to life" to develop projects in my passion for sports, HTML5 app development, and personal time management.

Projects:
- GamifySports™, 2 Co-founders; “Mobile Gaming meets Live Sports”, A second screen app for MLB fans based on predicting the outcome of pitches in real-time. Fan engagement that's social, fun, and rewarding. Accepted into an accelerator.
- Vertex.IO, 4 Co-founders; "Making Mobile Development Easy", A PaaS to provide a scalable backend infrastructure for HTML5 apps. Integrated with Cloud9IDE to publish your app in one click. 
- MyQuadoo.com; "A 4-Quadrant time management grid" to rethink personal task management.
- PassBox; "Simple & secure password storage on Dropbox" to put your passwords back into your hands.

Founder & Owner | Mobile App Incubator

EventMobi

Project Contract. Personally built EventMobi's first HTML5 app "Fusion". Fusion was the event industry’s first offline-capable HTML5 app to address the core industry challenges, it received runner-up recognition at the EIBTM Technology Watch Awards, and had skyrocketing adoption with 1000+ organizations and millions of users.

I am very proud to have worked with Bob and Bijan Vaez, and the rest of the initial EventMobi team and am inspired in awe of what they have accomplished toward becoming one of Toronto’s most exciting and well-respected startups.

Lead Web App Developer | EIBTM Technology Watch Award Runner-up

Moso

Contract. Moso.com - "Building a social platform for innovation".
As the 1st engineer, I built Moso's first product that helps people at events and in communities of practice to easily find and connect to each other.

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