Operator Active

Four exits.
Now fixing Kubernetes.

Serial founder building infrastructure for the next wave of high-scale operators. Currently shipping KubeGrade out of Southeast Asia.

Tim Grassin

Track Record // Deployment History

2024 — PRESENT

KubeGrade

Founder / CEOBuilding

Automating Kubernetes day-2 operations. Detects operational risks and ships GitOps-native pull requests to fix them.

2018 — 2024

TendoPay

Co-founder / CCOAcquired — Tonik Bank

Leading employee benefits provider in the Philippines. Built B2C growth and B2B sales from zero.

2020 — 2023

DotYeti

Investor & AdvisorAcquired

First-check investor in the subscription design platform.

2013 — 2020

Candy Banners

Co-founder / CEOAcquired — Native Touch

Digital production studio building high-volume online ads for global brands.

2010 — 2018

Stinson Design

Founder / CEOAcquired — Vimont Holdings

Presentation design agency serving startups to global brands.

KubeGrade: the infrastructure standard.

KubeGrade closes the visibility gap in Kubernetes operations. Continuous audits produce a single grade per cluster — and GitOps-native pull requests when something needs to change.

  • Automated cost allocation
  • Security posture auditing
  • Resource waste remediation
See KubeGrade →
pkg/analyze/governance_test.goRevision: v2.1.0-alpha

func TestClusterGovernance(t *testing.T) {

report := kubegrade.Audit("prod-east-01")

if report.Score < 85 {

// Automatic remediation triggered

+ scale.Down(report.UnusedResources)

- notify.Admin("manual_intervention_required")

}

}

$ execution finished. savings identified: $12,400/mo.

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tgrassin@gmail.com