What's our mission?

Our mission is simple and singular in purpose…

To uplift the capabilities of practitioners and their companies to thrive in a multi-cloud world via the creation of an open-source community cloud center of excellence

What's our mission?

Our mission is simple and singular in purpose…

To uplift the capabilities of practitioners and their companies to thrive in a multi-cloud world via the creation of an open-source community cloud center of excellence

our vision

OPEN-SOURCE

Cloud Nirvana aspires to create a Community Cloud Center of Excellence (CCOE) based on open-source principles

COMMUNITY

We are here for the community - to give and pay forward, without worry for what we will get back in return

THE JOURNEY

We acknowledge that the journey is just as important as the destination; succeeding, failing and learning as a community

Meet Our team

Sean Erikson

Co-Founder + Chair

Sean Erikson is a Senior Technology Executive with over 30 years of experience in deploying and integrating a broad spectrum of business-enabling technology solutions. Sean excels in transformation, modernization, and cloud computing.

Ben Blanquera

Co-Founder + Exec Committee Director

Ben is VP-Evangelist and Senior Architect with Rackspace. He works with enterprises with a goal of architecting solutions to enable them to drive business outcomes by helping them to thrive in our growing multi-cloud world.

Nathan Case

Executive Committee Member

Nate is a successful Executive with over 10 years of experience leading advanced technology programs in healthcare, genomics, and information technology. He is a visionary strategist, adept at translating corporate goals into operational initiatives.

Trent Taylor

Executive Committee Member

Trent is an Enterprise Architect with Grange Insurance. He manages the architecture review boards along with leading the CCoE that focuses on refactoring existing applications to be cloud-ready along with enabling new cloud capabilities.

Steve Gruetter

Executive Committee Member

Steve is the Director of Market & Channel Strategy for Expedient in Ohio, working with consulting firms and technology professionals, collaborating for optimal Cloud outcomes for all. He is committed to building the best possible IT community in Central Ohio!

Jonathan Erikson

Media

Jonathan is a dedicated Computer Engineering student at the University of Cincinnati with a fervent passion for cloud computing and software development. As the webmaster of cloudnirvana.org, Jonathan spearheads all our media initiatives.