Summary
Grant Shipley is a seasoned technology leader with 14 years of experience building and scaling cloud-native platforms, currently leading Red Hat's AI business unit to deliver generative foundation model training and serving across hybrid environments. He combines deep hands-on expertise in OpenShift, Kubernetes, containers, Java, and developer platforms with a track record of operationalizing deployments and developer experiences from his long tenure on OpenShift and Tanzu. Grant has led cross-functional global teams, driven product-led growth initiatives, and repeatedly launched platform rewrites and developer portals that improved adoption and learning (learn.openshift.com, learn.tanzu.io). His open-source and GitHub work shows practical DevOps focus—automating repeatable OpenShift installs, backend integrations with MongoDB, and developer-friendly demo apps that surface health checks and load behaviors. Based in Raleigh, NC, he pairs strategic vision and budget responsibility with a rare appetite for hands-on engineering and developer advocacy. Colleagues know him for translating developer needs into pragmatic platform features and for shipping repeatable, production-ready infrastructure.
14 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Bachelor Computer Science, Bachelor Computer Science at Utah Valley University