Governing Board

Our Governing Board is accountable for strategic direction and business governance of Cloud Foundry Foundation, and is composed of business leaders at the world’s leading technology companies. Learn more about Foundation governance.

Stephan Klevenz - Chair, SAP SE

Technical Lead

Stephan Klevenz is a Technical Lead at SAP focusing on Cloud Foundry topics for SAP Business Technology Platform. As a longtime member of the Cloud Foundry community, Stephan is enthusiastic about Cloud Foundry success. During his over 20 year long career at SAP, ... Stephan has worked on various software engineering matters including open source. In his spare time, Stephan is a passionate swimmer.

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Greg Otto, Comcast

Executive Director of DevX Platforms

As Executive Director of DevX Platforms at Comcast, Greg is helping transform the product delivery experience. A 20+ year veteran with roots as a programmer, he is passionate about improving the lives of Comcast development teams. Greg founded the Cloud at Comcast in 2007, followed by the ... cloud-native application development and platforms using Cloud Foundry in 2013, among other roles leading distributed systems and database services.

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Beyhan Veli, SAP

CF Community Lead & SAP Architect/Expert

Beyhan is an open-source enthusiast who has been active in the CF community for more than 8 years, starting his first contributions as a member of the BOSH team at SAP. In his current position he takes a broader role at SAP and explores ... other areas of CF, as well as general topics from a Cloud Foundry application developer perspective. In the CF Community, Beyhan is the Technical Oversight Committee Chair and a technical lead in the Foundational Infrastructure working group.

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James Watters, VMware Tanzu

Head, Research and Development (R&D) Team

James Watters leads the Research and Development Team at Broadcom Inc., a role he assumed in November 2023 following the company’s acquisition of his previous employer, VMWare, where he served as CTO of Modern Application Platforms. Watters was previously SVP of Product and Strategy at Pivotal Software, ... a subsidiary of Dell Technologies, as well as VP and General Manager of the Pivotal Cloud Platform Business and VP of Product, and Ecosystem for Cloud Foundry. Prior to these roles, Watters was Director of Ecosystem and Technical Business Development, Cloud Foundry at VMware.

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