Finally updating this thing

committee-steering/kris-nova_bio.md

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-# Kris Nova
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-### The way I think
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-### The way I solve problems
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-### What is important to me
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-### Work in the community
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-### Leadership 
-
-### Diversity
-
-

community/elections/2017/README.md

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 [Ilya Dmitrichenko](errordeveloper_bio.md) |	Weave |	[@errordeveloper](https://github.com/errordeveloper)
 [Jaice Singer DuMars](jaicesingerdumars_bio.md) |	Microsoft	| [@jdumars](https://github.com/jdumars)
 [Justin Santa Barbara](vote_for_justinsb.md)	|	Independent | [@justinsb](https://github.com/justinsb)
-Kris Nova |	Microsoft	| [@kris-nova](https://github.com/kris-nova)
+[Kris Nova](kris-nova_bio.md) |	Microsoft	| [@kris-nova](https://github.com/kris-nova)
 [Matt Farina](mattfarina_bio.md) |	Samsung SDS	 | [@mattfarina](https://github.com/mattfarina)
 [Michael Rubin](michaelrubin_bio.md) | Google |	[@matchstick](https://github.com/matchstick)
 [Michelle Noorali](michellenoorali_bio.md) |	Microsoft |	[@michelleN](https://github.com/michelleN)

community/elections/2017/kris-nova_bio.md

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+# Kris Nova
+
+### The way I think
+
+I have been described as a linear, and engineer minded thinker.
+My thought patterns typically involve detecting high level patterns, and then looking at different implementations of the pattern.
+I have been engineering for over 10 years, and think very much like an engineer.
+
+### The way I solve problems
+
+Problems are fun and exciting, and not always bad.
+A problem could be something minor like dealing with a splinter, or a sun burn.
+Or fairly more complex like moving kubernetes projects out of the main repository.
+Regardless of the complexity, problems are not necessarily bad.
+I love detecting problems, and finding exciting new ways to engineer effective solutions.
+
+I am constantly examining the world around me, and trying to find new ways of making life easier. 
+This is both a blessing and a curse, as sometimes I can not stop looking for ways to improve something.
+
+1. I first detect the space that needs attention. 
+2. I then look at a hypothetical future space that might be "better" in some set of ways.
+3. I look for ways the new hypothetical future might have weaknesses.
+4. I look at at least 1 possible way to solution towards the new hypothetical future.
+
+After engineering for many years I have learned that the plan almost never executes as intended.
+True problem solving skill sets are tested and found in the small spaces in between your plan. 
+This is where I excel as a problem solver.
+
+
+### What is important to me
+
+Mental, philosophical, and design diversity. Period.
+
+I truly believe that the best teams and projects are those that embrace new ways of thinking.
+
+Having a leadership board of people who all think the same way, and all are moving in the right direction is stale and stagnant.
+
+ - I would like to be in a position where I can advocate for ideas that might go against the grain. 
+ - I would like to be in a position where I can help foster diversity in Kubernetes in both our design process, but also our goals and philosophies.
+ - I would like to be in a position where I can encourage my peers to put themselves into hard, or testing situations in order to help grow and mature.
+ - I would like to be in a position where I can let others know that it's okay to try something and fail as we all learn as a scientific community.
+ 
+
+### Work in the community
+
+ - I spend as much of my free time as humanly possible contributing to Kubernetes. 
+ - I take impromptu video calls with total strangers just to explain how the control plane works.
+ - I helped run *sig-aws* even though it risked conflicting with my job at Microsoft.
+ - I spend time at conferences meeting with people to overcome language barriers and get them involved in the project.
+ - I created [kubicorn](https://github.com/kris-nova/kubicorn) in my free time and it has been reviewed as one of the best open source projects to contribute to in the space.
+ 
+I am in over 30 slack channels, and have a presence in almost all of them. I truly love our community, and rely on it as much as anyone.
+
+# Why you should vote for me
+
+### 1) I obsess over things. 
+
+If I set my mind to something, I will get it done. I climb mountains because I am afraid of them. I write code because it's hard. I stand up for what I beleieve in because no one else will.
+
+And I don't stop. Ever.
+
+### 2) I think differently.
+
+I have engineered on both sides of the gender spectrum both as a male and as a female. 
+I learned invaluable lessons in solving problems, keeping myself happy, and working effectively witth my peers on either side.
+Furthermore I am not afraid to ask *why*.. I think it's healthy to question our systems and to understand why something was built they way it was.
+
+### 3) I speak for the software.
+
+At the end of the day, my concerns are very much in alignment with **what is best for the software**. 
+My work in Kubernetes started because I love the philosophies and ideas behind the software.
+The fact that my career happens to (sometimes) align with my work in the project is just a bonus.
+
+I truly want the project to be successful regardless of what companies are involved, and I think the first steps in making that happen is to focus on writing clean, quality, approachable code.
+