Add candidate bio for Maciej Szulik (soltysh)

Author: soltysh

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+name: Maciej Szulik
+ID: soltysh
+info:
+  - employer: Red Hat
+  - slack: soltysh
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+
+## SIGS
+
+- SIG Apps chair and technical lead
+- SIG API Machinery member
+- SIG CLI technical lead
+- WG Batch organizer
+
+## What I have done
+
+I've been an active Kubernetes contributor since late 2014. The majority of my
+contributions can be divided between the SIGs and Work Groups mentioned above.
+
+My kubectl contributions have been recognized, and in 2018, I joined SIG CLI
+leadership. Over the past 5 years, I've managed to grow SIG CLI into a lively,
+welcoming and open group. I've helped grow new leaders who could smoothly take
+over roles from longtime predecessors. In early 2022, I was able to comfortably
+step down from my chair role allowing those others to successfully lead the SIG.
+During my tenure, I've been able to drive several major refactoring efforts
+inside Kubectl, either as the primary developer, reviewer or mentor. These
+include: [moving kubectl to staging](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/1020),
+extracting [helpers for creating kubectl-like commands](https://github.com/kubernetes/cli-runtime),
+and standardizing the shape of every command.
+I'm still helping SIG CLI with technical oversight, advising on several of those
+ongoing efforts, but I'm confident that we already have great leaders who can
+replace me in the near future.
+
+In early 2021, I joined SIG Apps leadership, as a recognition for my long-time
+contributions to Kubernetes controllers (author of [Jobs](https://github.com/kubernetes/design-proposals-archive/blob/main/apps/job.md)
+and [CronJobs née ScheduledJobs](https://github.com/kubernetes/design-proposals-archive/blob/main/apps/cronjob.md)).
+Those 2 years have been a wild ride pushing [controllers to GA](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/19),
+improving workload stability ([MaxSurge for DaemonSet](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/1591),
+[MaxUnavailable for StatefulSet](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/961)),
+or trying to [consolidate controller statuses](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/2804).
+
+Together with SIG Autoscaling, SIG Node and SIG Scheduling toward the end of
+2021, I helped co-organize Batch Work Group, where I'm continuously helping
+extend batch workloads ([Tracking jobs without lingering pods](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/2307),
+[Index Jobs](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/2624)) to be easier to run on Kubernetes.
+
+Being an early contributor to the Kubernetes project allowed me to touch several
+areas beyond the ones mentioned above. Over the years, I wrote [first version of audit](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/27087),
+and then helped shape [the current mechanism](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/22).
+In addition, I have various contributions in the broad API server, which
+interested readers can verify browsing through [git history](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commits?author=soltysh)
+;-)
+
+Last but not least, in 2022, with the help from SIG Contribex, I've managed to
+organize mentoring cohorts for both of the [SIGs Apps and CLI](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/issues/6665).
+Growing the ranks of reviewers and approvers for these groups continues to be
+one of my top priorities for the longevity of the entire project.
+
+## What I'll do
+
+Maintaining a healthy group of people capable of working on the project on a
+daily basis continues to be one of my highest priorities. I'm hoping that being
+part of the Steering Committee will allow me to push that goal further. I'm
+already working together with SIG Contribex on improving the mentoring cohorts
+for the next rounds and working to make it easier to run by the leads while also
+being more welcoming for new contributors.
+
+In parallel with growing next generations of contributors, the stability of the
+project as seen by end users is paramount. I'd like to ensure that efforts like
+Production Readiness continue to be the centerpiece of everyone's mind.
+
+Lastly, I'm just a regular person with a lifetime passion for software
+engineering, and just like every one of us, I also make mistakes. That's why I
+would like to ask you, dear reader, to keep me honest and reach out to me
+whenever I will not be able to uphold the above standards. I know that my avatar
+both on github and slack looks scary, but trust me I am not. Please  feel free
+to ping me when you need me :-)
+
+## Resources About Me
+
+- Twitter: [@soltysh](https://twitter.com/soltysh)
+- LinkedIn: [Maciej Szulik](https://www.linkedin.com/in/maciejszulik/)
+- Talks:
+  - [Writing Controllers for Everyone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUNPLQVxvmw)
+  - [The Long, Winding and Bumpy Road to CronJob’s GA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5h6s3A9bXY&pp=ygUNbWFjaWVqIHN6dWxpaw%3D%3D)
+  - [Audit in Kubernetes, the Future is Here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up1qgVIzoVM&pp=ygUNbWFjaWVqIHN6dWxpaw%3D%3D)
+  - [Kubectl code tour](https://youtu.be/eZeCFRh2uGg?t=540)
+  - [The Cube interview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWnNFUrqZdM)
+