Sam Ramji '94

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. He is an advisor to multiple companies including Dell Technologies, Fletch, Featureform, and the Linux Foundation. He was elected to the Board of Trustees in 2024.

Sam received his B.S. in Cognitive Science from UC San Diego.