Nigel Kersten joins Platform.sh as Chief Product Officer (CPO)

With over 25 years of experience in tech and over a decade serving in product and engineering executive roles in international B2B start-ups, Nigel Kersten will bring to Platform.sh his expertise in product strategy, DevOps, and platform engineering to develop and grow the Upsun offering. This recruitment is part of the company's strategy to accelerate its growth and position itself as a global player in the field of cloud application platforms for managing websites and applications.

Platform.sh - a leading Cloud Application Platform - today announced the appointment of Nigel Kersten as Chief Product Officer to lead product strategy and execution across the portfolio, leveraging his expertise in platform engineering, DevOps, and open-source, with a particular focus on Upsun, the company's latest offering.

Dynamic DevOps leader with a passion for revolutionizing infrastructure management and driving impactful transformations

Nigel Kersten is an internationally recognized expert in DevOps, Platform Engineering, and fast-flow product delivery. He is one of the original founders of the award-winning State of DevOps Report that introduced 'DORA metrics' to the world and elevated the state of software delivery across the industry. He served as the primary co-author of the report for 11 years, pioneering best practices for modernizing complex IT environments through DevOps and platform engineering.

After building an industry-leading, open-source, infrastructure-as-code platform in the SRE organization at Google, Nigel joined Puppet, an open-source DevOps pioneer, as an early-stage employee and Head of Product. Over the next 12 years, he served in various technical leadership roles, from CTO to VP of Engineering to Field CTO. He drove product strategy and strategic customer relationships until a successful exit via acquisition.

In May 2024, Nigel joined Platform.sh as CPO to lead product strategy, design, and ecosystem development, leveraging his extensive experience in open source, platform development, and leading high-performance product teams to optimize and evolve the company's capabilities to support its continued growth and strengthen its market position.

This appointment is part of the Platform.sh strategy to consolidate its position as the leading cloud application platform and to optimize the company's new PaaS offering, Upsun. This latest service simplifies the cloud for developers, making it easy to turn code into robust, production-ready cloud applications with seamless collaboration across the entire software delivery lifecycle.

"I am delighted to be joining Platform.sh at such a pivotal time to help grow our already industry-leading multi-cloud and multi-stack capabilities into the leading cloud application platform. With initiatives like Upsun, we aim to transform the way businesses develop and deploy applications of all kinds, offering them both flexibility and control." explains Nigel Kersten

"We're thrilled to welcome Nigel to our leadership team as Chief Product Officer. With his deep industry expertise and passion for innovation, Nigel is uniquely positioned to drive our product vision forward and help us deliver greater value to our customers. His commitment to excellence and user-centric design aligns perfectly with our goals, and we're excited for the impact he will make." Frédéric Plais, CEO and co-founder of Platform.sh, is delighted.

About Platform.sh

Platform.sh is a unified, secure, enterprise-grade Cloud Application Platform founded in 2015 and headquartered in Paris and San Francisco. Employing more than 300 Platformers across 43 nationalities and available in Europe, North America and APAC through global partnerships with AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Orange and OVHcloud.

A member of the FrenchTech 120 since 2019, recently awarded B Corporation™ certification, and a certified Great Place to Work with inclusivity and diversity at its core, it is a 100% remote working organization. It counts among its customers prestigious brands such as Adobe, Gap, The British Council, The Financial Times, and UNICEF.