Our Team

Meet the team behind CIQ. We’re a blend of open source enthusiasts and industry experts, united in our mission to revolutionize enterprise computing. Our shared commitment to innovation, diversity, and open-source values fuels our journey forward, making every challenge an opportunity for growth.

We’ve sat on both sides of the table

Many of us at CIQ are former enterprise support buyers for Linux-based systems. We started CIQ because we wanted better options on the market

Team
Gregory Kurtzer

Gregory Kurtzer

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Bjorn Hovland

Bjorn Hovland

Chief Operations Officer

Marlin Prager

Marlin Prager

Chief Finance Officer

Peter Nelson

Peter Nelson

Chief Technology Officer

Arthur Tyde

Arthur Tyde

Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives

Chris Baek

Chris Baek

Vice President of Operations

Kelly Hall

Kelly Hall

Vice President of Cloud Partnerships

Kelly Wall

Kelly Wall

Vice President of Accounting and Finance

Lindsay Aamodt

Lindsay Aamodt

Head of Marketing

Tabatha Wilmot

Tabatha Wilmot

Head of Revenue Operations

Chris Short

Chris Short

Head of Open Source

Nathan Blackham

Nathan Blackham

Head of Software Engineering

Braddy Dibble

Braddy Dibble

Director of Product and Technical Program Management

Brian Dawson

Brian Dawson

Product Manager

David Godlove

David Godlove

Technical Product Writer

Jonathon Anderson

Jonathon Anderson

Principal HPC Engineer

Solar Designer

Solar Designer

Senior Principal Security Engineer

Advisory Board
Rosio Alvarez

Rosio Alvarez

CIO, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network

Bob Banasik

Bob Banasik

CTO, Resurgent Capital Services

David Buss

David Buss

Brent Gorda

Brent Gorda

Senior Director for HPC Business, Arm Holdings

Travis Grizzel

Travis Grizzel

Principal Advisor to the CTO, Amazon Web Services

Dirk Hohndel

Dirk Hohndel

Head of the Open Source Program Office, Verizon

Greg Kroah-Hartman

Greg Kroah-Hartman

Fellow, Linux Foundation