CloudBees CEO Anuj Kapur Named DevOps Industry Leader of the Year

CloudBees Celebrates 10 Consecutive Years of DevOpsDozen Wins and Congratulates Open-Source Partner Jenkins on “Most Innovative DevOps Open Source Project” Award

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CloudBees, one of the world’s leading software development platforms, today announced that CEO Anuj Kapur has been named “DevOps Industry Leader of the Year” in the 2024 DevOps Dozen Awards. This recognition highlights Kapur’s impactful contributions to the DevOps space, including his strategic leadership at CloudBees and years of experience guiding innovation across the industry.

Recognizing a Transformative Leader

Since joining CloudBees in 2022, CEO Anuj Kapur has driven accelerated growth and innovation, focusing on addressing the most critical challenges in DevSecOps. His leadership has guided the company through key strategic initiatives, including the acquisition of AI-driven testing intelligence Launchable and advancements in Jenkins’ performance and scalability. CloudBees now services over 500,000 developers worldwide, including industry leaders like Salesforce and HSBC. Under Kapur’s leadership, CloudBees has achieved profitability and surpassed $150 million in annual recurring revenue.

“Under the leadership of CEO Anuj Kapur, CloudBees has experienced remarkable momentum and transformation in just over two years. Focusing the company on the biggest DevSecOps challenges facing enterprises, the company acquired Launchable and made substantial performance and scalability improvements to Jenkins, positioning CloudBees at the forefront of scaling AI innovation within DevSecOps. Anuj is certainly deserving of this award,” said Alan Shimel, Techstrong Group Founder & CEO.

Kapur’s influence extends far beyond his work at CloudBees. With over two decades of experience in enterprise technology, Kapur has been a key figure in shaping the future of software development and DevOps. His tenure at leading companies including Cisco and SAP has seen him champion the adoption of cloud-native technologies, establish best practices for secure software delivery, and advocate for open-source innovation. His strategic vision has not only accelerated CloudBees’ growth but also driven meaningful advancements in how enterprises approach DevSecOps at scale.

A Legacy of Excellence in DevOps

CloudBees innovative solutions, including CloudBees CI, CDRO, Feature Management, AI-augmented testing, and Compliance, support and optimize software delivery across the entire DevSecOps lifecycle, empowering organizations to deliver secure, scalable software at speed. This marks the 10th consecutive year CloudBees has been recognized in the DevOps Dozen Awards, underscoring its commitment to driving industry transformation through strong leadership and open-source innovation.

CloudBees remains deeply committed to the open-source community, proudly employing the founder of the Jenkins project, Kohsuke Kawaguchi, along with many other pivotal contributors who continue to shape Jenkins’ evolution. Kawaguchi now serves as VP of Engineering and Co-head of AI at CloudBees where he leads the engineering team behind their AI-augmented testing platform, Launchable. CloudBees would like to proudly congratulate the entire Jenkins community for earning the prestigious title of “Most Innovative DevOps Open Source Project” in this year’s DevOps Dozen Awards.

About CloudBees

CloudBees enables enterprises to deliver scalable, compliant, and secure software, empowering developers to do their best work.

Seamlessly integrating into any hybrid and heterogeneous environment, CloudBees is a strategic partner in your cloud transformation journey, ensuring security, compliance, and operational efficiency while enhancing the developer experience across your entire software development lifecycle.

As one of the select AWS Independent Software Vendors and a proud AWS Accelerate partner, CloudBees supports organizations at every step of their DevSecOps journey, whether using Jenkins on-prem or transitioning software delivery to the cloud. We’re helping customers build the future, today.

Founded in 2010, CloudBees is backed by Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Bridgepoint Capital, HSBC, Golub Capital, Delta-v Capital, Matrix Partners, and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Visit us at www.cloudbees.com.