To deepen Docker’s investment in products that make developers successful, we’re pleased to announce that Donnie Berkholz will join the Docker team as VP of Products. Donnie has an extensive background as a practitioner, leader, and advisor on developer platforms and communities. He spent more than a decade as an open-source developer and leader at Gentoo Linux, and he recently served as a product and technology VP at CWT overseeing areas including DevOps and developer services. Donnie’s also spent time at RedMonk, 451 Research, and Scale Venture Partners researching and advising on product and market strategy for DevOps and developer products.
To get to know Donnie, we asked him a few questions about his background and where he plans to focus in his new role:
**What got you the most excited about joining Docker? **
I’ve been a big fan of Docker’s technology since the day it was announced. At the time, I was an industry analyst with RedMonk, and I could instantly sense the incredible impact that it would have in transforming the modern developer experience. Recent years have borne that out with the astonishing growth in popularity of containers and cloud-native development. With Docker’s renewed focus on developers, I’m really excited to help shape products that have a natural fit with Docker’s user base.
What are your main goals now that you’re part of the Docker team?
Everything tends to fall into place when you’ve got a great team who’s aligned and empowered. As VP of Products, I’ll be making sure our team has everything they need to succeed, continuing to evolve our product strategy and vision, and driving execution with an experimental mindset. What I mean by that is ensuring we have a culture and way of working that allows us to continuously innovate and learn fast — in partnership with the broader Docker team, as well as our partners, customers and the millions of developers who use Docker.
We have an amazing community of Docker users, and I’m really excited about making their lives better by solving some of their biggest and most frustrating problems as they develop software.
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