428: Interview with Sherard Griffin of Red Hat

Destination Linux

video: https://youtu.be/AQcthnOPHlA

In this episode of Destination Linux, we interview Sherard Griffin, the Head of Engineering for OpenShift AI at Red Hat. Sherard joins us to reveal how his team is scaling machine-learning across hybrid clouds and containers. He breaks down the Open Data Hub reference architecture and shows how it and other Open Source platforms democratize access to powerful AI tooling. Griffin also explains why transparent model lineage and cost efficient runtimes are non-negotiable for trustworthy enterprise AI deployments, and he shares candid insights on using open infrastructure at scale to unlock the next wave of generative AI innovation.

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Links:

• https://www.redhat.com/
• https://sherard.ai/
• https://opendatahub.io/
• https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/cloud-computing/openshift/openshift-data-science

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro
00:01:29 Sherard Griffin: OpenShift AI Meets Destination Linux
00:03:00 What Sparked the Tech Passion?
00:10:25 How Open Source Proved Its Power to Sherard
00:17:03 Red Hat Had Data to Crunch—and Sherard Was In
00:19:51 From Skepticism to Scale: Championing Kubernetes
00:26:47 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad]
00:28:52 AI for Everyone: Red Hat’s Plan to Keep It Open
00:34:38 Is AI Replacing Us?
00:36:34 Beyond the Hype: Making AI Work Where It Matters
00:47:06 Inside the Big Projects Sherard’s Leading Today
00:53:47 Why Linux Is Built for the Future of AI
00:59:44 Landing a Job in Open Source: Sherard’s Advice
01:04:40 Guiding the Next Generation into Software Careers
01:10:18 Lightning Round
01:12:50 Final Thoughts and a Big Thank You to Sherard
01:14:10 Support the Show
01:16:15 Outro