Name variants:
Lucas Kanies,
Lukas Kanies,
Luke Kanies
Last updated May 29, 2024
Contact Information
Last Update
Jan 29, 2016
Email
lu**@puppetlabs.com, lu**@madstop.com, lu**@puppetlabs.com
Location
Portland, OR
Company
Workplace

Colleagues
Work History
Board Member
637 Davis Dr, Morrisville, NC 27560
Helping the Sensu leadership team set strategy and navigate the waters of early stage software companies
from May 2018
Advisor
268 Bush St, San Francisco, CA 94104
Advisor to the CEO on open source, strategy, and entrepreneurship
Jun 2017 — Mar 2019
Advisor
1626 northwest 15Th Ave, Portland, OR 97214
Advisor to the CEO on strategy, product, and entrepreneurship
May 2017 — Jul 2018
Advisor
382 1St St, Los Altos, CA 94022
Providing product and market advice to the company building your personal chief of staff
May 2017 — May 2018
Advisor
222 Broadway, New York, NY 10002
Advisor to the founding team on strategy, open source, and entrepreneurship
from May 2017
Founder and Executive Chairperson
308 southwest 2Nd Ave, Portland, OR 97204
In today’s world, software powers everything around us. To remain competitive, every company has to behave like a great software company. At Puppet, we are driving the movement to change the...
from Sep 2016
Board Member
123 northeast 3Rd Ave SUITE 210, Portland, OR 97204
Helping to support technology companies and employees throughout Portland and Oregon.
Jul 1, 2012 — Dec 2018
Chief Executive Officer
308 southwest 2Nd Ave, Portland, OR 97204
In today’s world, software powers everything around us. To remain competitive, every company has to behave like a great software company. At Puppet, we are driving the movement to change the...
Mar 2005 — Sep 2016
CEO
Puppet Labs is the company responsible for Puppet, an open source server automation solution.
from Mar 2005
Product Design
I was part of a small team responsible for designing core product features and working with both the developers and services group to get the most out of the product.
Sep 2004 — Mar 2005
Independent Consultant
Consultant specializing in Unix infrastructure automation. I focused on implementing available automation and administration tools like cfengine, ISconf, and Nagios, and developed custom cod...
Aug 2001 — Sep 2004
System Engineer
Responsible for the server infrastructure of a DSL ISP. Built all automation and centralization systems, and oversaw implementation and maintenance of the ongoing infrastructure development.
Aug 1999 — Jun 2001
System Engineer
3345 Point Pleasant Rd, Hebron, KY 41048
Responsible for the server infrastructure of a DSL ISP. Built all automation and centralization systems, and oversaw implementation and maintenance of the ongoing infrastructure development.
Aug 1999 — Jun 2001
System Administrator
Managed the Unix infrastructure for 30 call centers scattered around the United States. Included deployment and setup of the call center computing equipment, plus ongoing maintenance from a ...
Dec 1997 — Aug 1999
Education
Aug 1993 — 1996
1992 — 1993
Occupations
IT Professional
Systems Administrator
Entrepreneur
Executive
Chief Executive Officer
Information Technology Specialist
Computer Systems Administrator
Managers
Corporate Executive
Chief Executive
IT Specialist
Skills
Unix
Open Source
Puppet
System Administration
Ruby
Start Ups
Cloud Computing
Data Center
Linux
Operating Systems
Servers
Nagios
Saas
Software Development
Configuration Management
Virtualization
Management
Perl
Server Architecture
Leadership
Enterprise Software
Cfengine
Entrepreneurship
Web Development
System Deployment
Mysql
Infrastructure
Apache
Html
Training
Git
Dns
Cluster
Bash
Programming
Solaris