Stephan
Klevenz, technical lead at SAP SE, brings longtime advocacy
to leadership role
SAN
FRANCISCO, Aug. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cloud
Foundry Foundation today announced that Stephan Klevenz, technical lead, SAP SE, has
been named the new chair of its Governing Board. Klevenz succeeds
Catherine McGarvey, former vice
president of software engineering, VMware.
Cloud Foundry Foundation announces that
Stephan Klevenz, SAP SE, has been
named the new chair of its Governing Board.
"Cloud Foundry has been a pioneer in developer
technologies for cloud applications and is experiencing a
renaissance with the rapid adoption of Kubernetes and cloud-native
computing," said Klevenz. "We're pushing ahead with new
technologies through projects like Paketo Buildpacks and Korifi
that continue making things simpler for developers. Our users
consistently tell us that when it comes to Cloud Foundry, 'It just
runs.' This reliability is at the heart of what we do, and I look
forward to working with our community as we continue to innovate in
these exciting times."
The Cloud Foundry Foundation Governing Board is responsible for
the oversight and management of the Foundation's business affairs,
property, and interests, while technical decision-making authority
is vested in the Foundation's Technical Oversight Committee and
working groups. Other governing board members include
representatives from Comcast, SAP, and VMware Tanzu.
"Having Stephan lead our governing board brings a wealth of
experience to further enhance the developer experience with virtual
machines (VMs) and Kubernetes," said Chris
Clark, program manager for Cloud Foundry Foundation. "Along
with this product expertise, Stephan brings great enthusiasm and
passion to lead our Governing Board."
At SAP, Klevenz focuses on Cloud Foundry topics for the SAP
Business Technology Platform. His career with SAP extends 20 years
where he has worked on various software engineering projects
involving open source.
Cloud Foundry is an open source technology backed by the largest
tech companies in the world, including IBM, SAP, and VMware, and is
being used by leaders in manufacturing, telecommunications, and
financial services. Only Cloud Foundry delivers the velocity needed
to continuously deliver apps at the speed of business. Cloud
Foundry's container-based architecture runs apps in any language on
a choice of cloud platforms — Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google
Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure, OpenStack, and more. With a
robust services ecosystem and simple integration with existing
technologies, Cloud Foundry is the modern standard for
mission-critical apps for global organizations.
About Cloud Foundry Foundation
The Cloud Foundry
Foundation is a non-profit open source organization formed to
sustain the development, promotion, and adoption of Cloud Foundry
as the industry standard for delivering the best experience for
developers at companies of all sizes. The Foundation projects
include Korifi, BOSH, Cloud Foundry, CredHub, Open Service Broker
API, Paketo Buildpacks, and more. Cloud Foundry makes it faster and
easier to build, test, deploy and scale applications, and is used
by more than half the Fortune 500, representing nearly $15 trillion in combined revenue. Cloud Foundry
is hosted by The Linux Foundation and is an Apache 2.0 licensed
project available on Github: https://github.com/cloudfoundry. To
learn more, visit: http://www.cloudfoundry.org.
Contact:
Joe Eckert
Eckert Communications
jeckert@eckertcomms.com
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