During November 2024, Juan Corzo enhanced the rancher/calico repository by improving the Docker-based build process for Calico CNI plugins. He introduced support for elevated privilege builds by adding the EXTRA_DOCKER_ARGS variable to the cni-plugin Makefile, enabling RUN_AS_ROOT workflows within Docker environments. This change allowed for greater deployment flexibility in privileged CI/CD pipelines and improved adaptability of the build system. Juan’s work focused on infrastructure-level improvements using Makefile and Docker, with clear commit traceability and no major user-facing bugs reported. The depth of his contribution lay in enabling robust, privilege-aware build workflows for complex networking components.