Boris Kurktchiev
About Boris Kurktchiev
Boris Kurktchiev is a Principal Solutions Architect and Product Evangelist at Tetrate in Durham, North Carolina, specializing in hybrid cloud strategies and service mesh technologies.
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Boris Kurktchiev is the Principal Solutions Architect & Product Evangelist at Tetrate, located in Durham, North Carolina, United States.
Current Role at Tetrate
In his current role at Tetrate, Boris Kurktchiev acts as Principal Solutions Architect & Product Evangelist. He collaborates with enterprise customers to design and implement hybrid cloud strategies using Istio and Envoy. He also educates customers on the benefits and caveats of utilizing Service Mesh for application-aware networking. Additionally, he is involved in advocating for Tetrate across engineering, support training, sales, and executive teams, and works to relay client feedback to development and product teams.
Past Experience at Diamanti
Boris has a significant history with Diamanti, having held several positions. From 2020 to 2021, he served as Field CTO and Product Evangelist in Durham, NC. Prior to that, he was Principal Solutions Architect & Product Evangelist from 2019 to 2021. He also worked as Senior Solutions Architect from 2018 to 2019. His roles at Diamanti involved working in the United States.
Coaching and Academic Roles
Boris Kurktchiev has a diverse background that includes coaching and academic roles. He served as Head Coach for the UNC Women's Water Polo team from 2014 to 2020 and Assistant Coach from 2013 to 2014 in Chapel Hill, NC. Additionally, he has an extensive history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, working as Principal Systems Engineer from 2014 to 2018 and Senior System Engineer from 2013 to 2014.
Early Career and Education
Boris began his career in network and security roles at the University of South Carolina, where he was Network Manager from 2002 to 2006 and Network Security Manager from 2006 to 2009. He also worked as Team Captain at Cyber Security and Defense from 2007 to 2009. Boris completed his education at the University of South Carolina, earning a Master's in Computer Security, a Bachelor's in Computer Science, and a Certificate of Graduate Studies in Information Assurance and Security.