Kurt Garloff
Angestellt, CTO Sovereign Cloud Stack, OSB Alliance e.V.
Köln, Deutschland
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Berufserfahrung von Kurt Garloff
Bis heute 3 Jahre und 7 Monate, seit Apr. 2021
CTO Sovereign Cloud Stack
OSB Alliance e.V.
Bis heute 4 Jahre und 7 Monate, seit Apr. 2020
Leader
Sovereign Cloud Stack
Bis heute 10 Jahre und 10 Monate, seit Jan. 2014
Consultant
Kurt Garloff IT Consulting
1 Jahr und 2 Monate, Dez. 2018 - Jan. 2020
VP Engineering Software Defined Infrastructure
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbHLeadership for SUSE's Cloud, Storage and Infrastructure Engineering teams.
Heading Architecture and Community team for our Open Telekom Cloud engineering organization.
2 Jahre und 8 Monate, Apr. 2016 - Nov. 2018
OpenStack Cloud Architect
T-Systems International GmbH.
7 Monate, Sep. 2015 - März 2016
OpenStack Cloud Architect
T-Systems International GmbH
2 Jahre und 2 Monate, Feb. 2014 - März 2016
Strategy, Technology and Engineering Consulting
Kurt Garloff IT Consulting
Building a cloud engineering team in Europe. Consulting to build out the open source and OpenStack strategy, tieing the development efforts to the community.
My department is responsible for the architecture, the implementation and involved with the operation of the platform and infrastructure for hosting 3rd party SaaS applications on TelekomCloud's BusinessMarketplace as well as developing the Mediencenter cloud storage/sharing platform. I built teams for successfully developing, tailoring and operating our OpenStack based infrastructure and lead them.
6 Monate, Mai 2011 - Okt. 2011
VP Partner Engineering
SUSE (Attachmate Group)
Running engineering teams that work closely with technology partners to orchestrate the co-development of the SUSE Linux Enterprise Platform, to ensure hardware enablement, certification and supportability and maintainability. Drive projects with a few select partners in an exec sponsorship role.
2 Jahre und 3 Monate, Feb. 2009 - Apr. 2011
VP OPS Partner Engineering
Novell
Running engineering teams that work closely with technology partners to orchestrate the co-development of the SUSE Linux Enterprise Platform, to ensure hardware enablement, certification and supportability and maintainability. Drive projects with a few select partners in an exec sponsorship role, most importantly with SAP.
6 Monate, Sep. 2008 - Feb. 2009
VP Business Development (OPS)
SUSE Linux Products GmbH (A Novell Business)
Identify and analyze partnership and M&A opportunities that create added value for our customers. Negotiate the terms and drive them through the corporate acceptance process. Drive projects with a few select partners in an exec sponsorship role, most importantly with SAP. Lead Strategy development project for the BU that shapes our appliance and cloud strategy.
1 Jahr und 6 Monate, Apr. 2007 - Sep. 2008
VP Product Management (Global Opportunities)
Novell Inc
Working on strategic global opportunities that bring SUSE Linux into new spaces. Special assignment to move the relationship with SAP to the next level.
8 Monate, Aug. 2006 - März 2007
Acting VP OPS Engineering
Novell
Responsible for the SUSE R&D team inside Novell's Open Platforms Solutions Business Unit (leading 200+ engineers and managing associated budget). Received signature authority.
6 Monate, Feb. 2006 - Juli 2006
Linux R&D Head Architect (Director)
Novell
Design processes, projects and product features suitable for a company in the open source ecosystem.
2 Jahre und 2 Monate, Jan. 2004 - Feb. 2006
Director SUSE Labs
SUSE Linux Products GmbH, A Novell Business
SUSE Labs contains numerous engineers in the areas Linux Kernel (VM, I/O, x86-64, ALSA, Input, Filesystems, ...), Toolchain/Compiler (gcc), X11, KDE and with the addition of the Immunix team and the Security team also developers in the security area. Introduce team structure and pass some responsibility to team leaders. - Encourage participation in open source forums - Internal exchange (Labs conference), with varying hardware partner sponsorships - Prepare and maintain base packages [...]
1 Jahr und 1 Monat, Jan. 2003 - Jan. 2004
Director SUSE Labs
SUSE Linux AG
SUSE Labs is a set of great engineers in the open source area. Various kernel engineers and toolchain/gcc developers. - Team building - Internal conferences and Open Source events participation - Development Projects - Delivery, maintenance and support of software components for SUSE Linux / SLES; take over responsibility for kernel and compiler.
3 Jahre und 2 Monate, Dez. 1999 - Jan. 2003
Research assistant
TU Eindhoven
Numerical Modeling of Plasmas used for EUV production (ETP/EPG, Dr. J. v.d. Mullen, Prof. Dr. D.C. Schram). PhD not completed.
3 Jahre und 6 Monate, Juli 1999 - Dez. 2002
Kernel engineer
SUSE Linux GmbH
Working on kernel and security related projects.
Ausbildung von Kurt Garloff
1 Monat, Nov. 2011 - Nov. 2011
Business Management
Harvard Business School
Program for Leadership Development (M5): Negotiation, Innovation, Sustainability. Authentic Leadership Development.
9 Monate, Dez. 2007 - Aug. 2008
Business Managment
Harvard Business School
Strategy analysis, development and execution. Financial Management, Sales Management, Branding & Marketing, Customer Management. Macroeconomics. Team building, leading; team dynamics and leadership skills. Self-management. Leadership presence. Leadership Assessment and Coaching. Change management.
3 Jahre und 3 Monate, Nov. 1999 - Jan. 2003
Physics
Einhoven University of Technology
Research on computational plasma physics Modelling Light sources for EUV Lithography. PhD not completed.
6 Jahre und 3 Monate, Okt. 1992 - Dez. 1998
Physics
Dortmund University,
Solid state physics, computational plasma physics
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