Summary
Andres Toomsalu is a founder and technology leader with 14 years of experience building cloud, virtualization, and distributed systems solutions from Estonia. He founded OpenNode LLC in 2011 after leading Active Systems as CEO, combining entrepreneurial drive with deep hands-on expertise in OpenStack, storage, networking and system automation. Andres specializes in designing resilient infrastructure and production-grade web applications, with a practical emphasis on automation and system management. He blends open-source sensibilities with commercial delivery, often tackling complex integration challenges across compute, storage and networking domains. Known for translating low-level infrastructure constraints into maintainable platform features, he brings product-minded engineering to infrastructure problems. He holds a BA from Tallinn University and has a track record of sustaining long-running ventures that bridge consultancy and product development.
15 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BA, BA at Tallinn University
English, Estonian, Russian