Olaf is a seasoned technology leader with over 25 years of experience in the software industry, excelling in technical and leadership roles. He has a strong background in software development, architecture, and consulting, focusing on aligning business challenges with innovative technology. As founder and former CTO of Vamp.io, he helped shape its DevOps tools for containers, Kubernetes, and microservices. After Vamp’s acquisition by CircleCI, Olaf now serves as a Technology Advisor, collaborating with CTO Rob Zuber to enhance CircleCI’s offerings. His expertise drives technical excellence and innovation for the organization and its customers.

CircleCI Modern software builders need to reduce risk and confidently ship. In an ever-shifting tech landscape, that’s harder than ever. This is why we built CircleCI: the CI/CD platform that makes it easier for developers to win at software. At CircleCI, we know that velocity must go hand in hand with building securely. World-class engineering teams don’t sacrifice security for speed but rather choose CircleCI to deliver both. Our product philosophy for our customers has eight pillars: 1. Security for all: We believe that security features should be accessible to all customers, regardless of their plan level. 2. Unobtrusive security: We design security features to be intuitive and easy to use and believe most of all they must not interfere with the user experience. 3. Secure by default: We build secure defaults out of the box. 4.Traceability: We believe visibility can drive accountability. 5.Store of no value: We strive to minimize the amount of valuable or sensitive data stored. 6. Fail securely: When we fail, we fail securely. 7. Least privilege: We grant users and systems only the minimum level of access necessary to perform their intended functions. 8. Complete mediation: We ensure that all user actions are fully authorized and authenticated at all times. CircleCI enables developers to build faster, more secure, and more reliable pipelines, without needing to be a CI/CD expert. As a result, teams building on CircleCI regularly achieve elite software delivery benchmarks.