Summary
Vasu Chandrasekhara is a seasoned technology leader with 11+ years in cloud-native architecture and a two-decade career building and exiting startups and enterprise technologies. As the initiator and architect behind SAP’s Gardener project, he helped define SAP’s multi-cloud and on-prem Kubernetes strategy and has held senior roles including VP Cloud Native Strategy and Chief Architect Big Data. He founded multiple startups that were acquired by major players (HP, Veritas, adesso), blending entrepreneurial drive with large-scale product execution. A Governing Board representative for SAP at CNCF, he bridges open-source governance, developer ecosystems, and corporate strategy. Based in Walldorf, Germany, he now serves as a NeoNephos Ambassador, continuing to influence cloud-native initiatives beyond traditional vendor boundaries. Notably, his background in physics and early research roles give him an analytical, systems-oriented approach to complex distributed systems.
11 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at European Media Lab
Dipl. phys., Physics, Dipl. phys., Physics at Universität Osnabrück
German, English, French, Kannada