Gregor Berginc
Chief Executive Officer at XLAB
Novo Mesto, Slovenia
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Top SchoolGregor Berginc is a seasoned technology executive and software engineer with 13+ years of experience, currently leading XLAB as CEO and previously serving as Chief Solutions Officer driving Red Hat-based SDDC and automation solutions. He blends deep hands-on engineering—having developed in C/C++, Go, Ruby, Python, Java, and more—with product and team leadership, including managing international teams and productizing integrations like Ansible Collections and CloudForms providers. An active open-source contributor, Gregor has made notable backend contributions to the ManageIQ project, adding VMware cloud integration, vApp support, and UI-facing cloud provider features. He founded and ran a GIS consultancy, led research in computer vision, and teaches and mentors students, reflecting a mix of entrepreneurial, academic, and engineering roots. Known for escaping the status quo, he builds tight partnerships with Red Hat and enterprise clients to deliver pragmatic, supported open-source solutions. Outside work he recharges by building Lego creations and reading comics with his two young sons, a playful counterpoint to his technical rigor.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer and Information Sciences, General, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer and Information Sciences, General at University of LjubljanaCEED Go-To-Market, CEED Go-To-Market at CEED Slovenia
English, Slovenian, German, Croatian
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Github Skills (28)
back-end-development10
vmware10
ruby10
manageiq10
angularjs10
backend10
api-design9
restful-api9
api-rest9
ruby-rails9
rails9
rspec9
rest-api9
orchestration9
orchestra9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
ManageIQ/manageiq-ui-classic
Jul 2016 - Apr 2022
Classic UI of ManageIQ
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:27 commits, 30 PRs, 144 comments in 5 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Gregor primarily contributed to the UI of the ManageIQ platform, specifically focusing on integrating and configuring cloud provider functionalities. Their work included implementing user interfaces for VMware Cloud providers, including form validations and API version settings. Additionally, they modified existing controllers, services, and presenters to enable new features related to VMware vApps and cloud volume management, enhancing the platform's ability to provision and manage cloud resources. They also made adjustments to support Nuage network configurations.
reactmanageiq
ManageIQ/manageiq
Jul 2016 - May 2022
ManageIQ Open-Source Management Platform
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:8 reviews, 41 commits, 61 PRs in 5 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Gregor contributed significantly to the ManageIQ platform by implementing and enhancing VMware cloud provider integration. Their work included adding support for VMware EmsRefresh, including the development of EMS refreshers, parsers, and specs for testing. Further contributions focused on enabling power operations (start, stop, suspend, restart) for the VMware cloud manager, implementing corresponding code and tests. Finally, they contributed to the support of vApp templates by introducing a parser and corresponding operations for the orchestration service dialog in the UI.
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