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 M. Kurtzer

Gregory M. Kurtzer

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Bjorn Hovland

Bjorn Hovland

Chief Operations Officer

Marlin Prager

Marlin Prager

Chief Finance Officer

Rob Dufalo

Rob Dufalo

Chief Technology Officer

Zane Hamilton

Zane Hamilton

Senior Vice President of Sales Engineering

Art Tyde

Art Tyde

Senior Vice President of Business Development

Kelly Wall

Kelly Wall

Vice President of Accounting and Finance

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