Sam Ramji 🇺🇦 A 30-year veteran of Silicon Valley and Seattle, Sam is the co-founder and CEO of Sailplane, a hierarchical planning AI research company. Previously, Sam led Kubernetes and DevOps product management for Google Cloud, founded the Cloud Foundry foundation, has helped build two multi-billion dollar markets (API Management at Apigee and Enterprise Service Bus at BEA Systems) and redefined Microsoft’s open source and Linux strategy from “extinguish” to “embrace”. He is nerdy about open source, platform economics, middleware, and cloud computing with emphasis on developer experience and enterprise software. Sam is a member of the Board of Trustees for UC San Diego. He is an advisor to multiple companies including Dell Technologies, Fletch, Featureform, and the Linux Foundation. Sam received his B.S. in Cognitive Science from UC San Diego, the home of transdisciplinary innovation, in 1994 and is still excited about artificial intelligence, neuroscience, and cognitive psychology.
CEO and Co-founder
Board Member
Investor
VP Product Management
CEO
Advisor
Chief Strategy Officer
Sr. Director, Platform Strategy
Web Services Principal Architect
Bachelor's studies in psychology
