About

Technology, business, and the freedom to choose.

I am a serial entrepreneur, architect, educator, and technology enabler. I build and explain systems where software, infrastructure, strategy, and responsibility meet.

Karsten Samaschke in a calm, reflective pose with his arms loosely folded

The work

Built from decades of practice.

My work spans architecture, product and technology leadership, company building, public speaking, and hands-on engineering. The common thread is control: open systems, understandable trade-offs, and technology that serves people and organizations without trapping them.

Technology leadership and product strategy

Turning business intent into decisions, platforms, delivery systems, and teams that can execute.

Cloud-native and sovereign infrastructure

Designing and operating Kubernetes-based systems with open source, portability, data control, and vendor independence in view.

AI systems and governed adoption

Building practical AI capabilities while examining their data paths, operating models, costs, and organizational consequences.

Knowledge, speaking, and enablement

Making difficult systems understandable through courses, books, conference talks, workshops, coaching, and direct public argument.

LinkedIn Learning

Seven courses. Years of structured teaching.

My LinkedIn Learning catalogue covers Kubernetes, cloud platforms, continuous delivery, and distributed application architecture. These are full courses, not short social clips.

  1. Kubernetes Grundkurs

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  4. Spring Cloud: Discovery und Routing

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Experience in public

Work that can be examined.

  • Founder and technology leader across cloud, AI, and sustainability ventures
  • Seven-time Microsoft MVP and published technical author
  • LinkedIn Learning instructor with seven long-form technology courses
  • International speaker on open infrastructure, sovereignty, AI, and ESG