Kevin Kluge
SVP Engineering at Elastic (formerly Elasticsearch)
Los Altos, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin Kluge is an experienced engineering executive with over two decades of leadership in cloud, SaaS, and infrastructure software, currently serving as SVP Engineering at Elastic where he oversees engineering, product management, and support. His career includes senior product and engineering roles at Citrix, Yahoo/Zimbra, and Sun, reflecting deep expertise in cloud platforms, open-source ecosystems, and scaling complex distributed systems. Kevin blends strategic product stewardship with hands-on operational leadership, having shepherded CloudStack and Zimbra through acquisitions and large enterprise transitions. Based in Los Altos, he pairs Stanford-trained computer science foundations with a track record of building cross-functional teams that deliver reliable, production-grade services. A less obvious strength is his consistent role at the intersection of engineering and product during major company integrations, making him adept at aligning technology roadmaps to business M&A outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BS and MS, Computer Science, BS and MS, Computer Science at Stanford University
Github Skills (21)
search-engine10
opensearch10
observability10
kibana10
java10
restful10
elasticsearch10
elastic10
visualizations10
logstash8
filebeat7
heartbeat7
packetbeat5
metricbeat5
azure-marketplace3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
kevinkluge/elasticsearch
Aug 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
restfulsearch-enginedatabaseelasticsearchjava
kevinkluge/kibana
Nov 2016 - Nov 2016
Contributions:1 push, 2 branches in 1 day
analyticschartbar-chartkibanaelasticsearch
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