Sebastian Stadil
Co-founder, CEO at Detaxify
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSebastian Stadil is a seasoned technology entrepreneur and CEO with 13 years of experience building cloud-native products, best known as the co-founder of Scalr, a Terraform automation and cloud management platform used by Fortune Global 500 firms including NASA and Expedia. He combines product-led engineering with customer-driven platform strategy, advising both Google Cloud and Azure on platform feedback while lecturing on entrepreneurship and cloud economics. A community builder, he founded Silicon Valley’s large cloud user group and contributes to open-source governance efforts like the OpenTF manifesto as a community manager and advocate. Based in Seattle, he pairs deep operational cloud experience since 2004 with an operator’s eye for policy, governance, and enterprise adoption. Beyond tech, he brings unusual cultural touches—he makes sushi, plays rugby, and once admitted to writing about himself in the third person.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Prep school Economics, Prep school Economics at Classes Préparatoire au Lycée ThiersMBA Economics Finance, MBA Economics Finance at SKEMA Business School
French, English, Danish, Spanish, German
Github Skills (6)
html10
community-management10
content-management-system10
content-management10
engage10
github9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
opentofu/manifesto
Aug 2023 - Aug 2023
The OpenTF Manifesto expresses concern over HashiCorp's switch of the Terraform license from open-source to the Business Source License (BSL) and calls for the tool's return to a truly open-source license.
Role in this project:
Community Manager / Developer Advocate
Community Manager / Developer AdvocateContributions:30 reviews, 48 PRs, 41 pushes in 16 days
Contributions summary:Sebastian primarily contributed to the project by updating the manifesto's content and structure. They added pledges from different companies and individuals, updated contact information, and incorporated frequently asked questions (FAQs). Their work involved reordering sections, adding social media sharing buttons, and removing/adding content to keep the manifesto current and engaging for the community.
tksrc/manifesto
Aug 2023 - Aug 2023
The OpenTF Manifesto expresses concern over HashiCorp's switch of the Terraform license from open-source to the Business Source License (BSL) and calls for the tool's return to a truly open-source license.
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
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