From CloudStack User to Head of Cloud Architecture at The CloudStack Company
Hi, I’m Ingo, and I’d like to share a bit about my journey and my first six months at ShapeBlue. Before joining ShapeBlue, I worked in a variety of roles across the IT infrastructure landscape — from Cloud Systems Engineer to Team Lead and eventually Head of Datacenter. My career has always revolved around infrastructure: […]
Executive Perspectives: ShapeBlue Leadership Talks: An Interview with Rohit Yadav, CTO of ShapeBlue
For our readers- who is Rohit Yadav? I’m Rohit Yadav, CTO at ShapeBlue and a long-time contributor to the open source cloud orchestration project Apache CloudStack as a committer and PMC member. In the open source community, over the years, I’ve held various roles including the VP of the CloudStack project and release manager of […]
Executive Perspectives: ShapeBlue Leadership Talks: An Interview with Ivet Petrova, Marketing Director of ShapeBlue
Who is Ivet Petrova? Marketing Director at ShapeBlue and Apache CloudStack PMC Member. I am a change-driven professional passionate about tackling new challenges. I’ve been working in the IT industry for the majority of my career, closely following its rapid evolution, emerging trends, and innovations. As a professional, I strive to lead by example – […]
Executive Perspectives: ShapeBlue Leadership Talks: An Interview with Steve Roles, COO of ShapeBlue
For those unfamiliar – who is Steve Roles, and what is your role at ShapeBlue? I am the Chief Operations Officer (COO). As COO there isn’t an area of the business that I’m not involved with – sales, finance, the service desk and project management to name but a few. I guess most of my […]
Marketing with Purpose: A reflection on 4+ years at ShapeBlue
I joined ShapeBlue over four years ago, already active within the Apache CloudStack community and passionate about the potential of open-source. At that time, the market looked very different – open-source was often seen as a secondary option, not a central pillar of enterprise tech strategy. But that has changed dramatically. As the industry has […]
The Right Place, the Right Tech: My Path to ShapeBlue and Open-source
Hello, I am Antonia, the newest member of the Marketing team at ShapeBlue. I am working as a Marketing Assistant since January 2025 and genuinely enjoy what I do each day. But before I dive into my current role, let me tell you a bit more about myself. Before ShapeBlue I began my career in […]
Becoming an Employee-Owner at ShapeBlue | Meet the Team
Hi, I’m Abhisar Sinha, and I’m thrilled to share a bit about myself and my journey at ShapeBlue. I joined the company as a software developer six months ago, after a stint of over 12 years at NetApp, India. While my previous role allowed me to dive deep into the world of storage at a low […]
Reflecting On My First 5 Months at ShapeBlue | Meet the Team
Introduction Hi all, I am Jithin Raju, and I live in Bangalore. I joined ShapeBlue in March as a Cloud Architect and appreciate everything in this new opportunity. I also enjoy being part of the larger Apache CloudStack community and have loved to contribute since I joined ShapeBlue. Before joining ShapeBlue, I worked with Citrix […]
Joining ShapeBlue and the CloudStack Community | Meet the Team
Hello! I am Vishesh, currently based in Gurugram, India. I joined ShapeBlue six months ago, and it has been a valuable learning experience. I started my career back in 2015 with an Indian e-grocery startup Blinkit. I was part of the cloud infrastructure team, responsible for managing the AWS cloud and providing a platform for […]
Joining a 100% Employee-owned Company I Meet The Team
Hello all, my name is Kiran Chavala and I am a QA Software Engineer at ShapeBlue. I started at Shapeblue 6 months ago. I am based out of Bangalore, India, which is also known as Garden city and the Sillicon Valley of India. Before joining Shapeblue I was with Citrix and Persistent Systems as a […]
