Ville Aikas

Ville Aikas has a diverse work experience spanning various roles and companies. Ville is the founder of Chainguard, Inc since October 2021. Prior to this, Ville worked as a Senior Staff Engineer at VMware from November 2019 to September 2021. Ville had a long tenure at Google, starting as a Software Engineer in November 2007. At Google, Ville held various positions including being the founder and later a tech lead and manager of Google Cloud Storage from 2008-2014, as well as a tech lead/manager of Google Cloud Deployment Manager. Before joining Google, Ville was the owner of VA Systems, Inc from October 2003 to November 2007. Ville started their professional career as a Software Engineer at the University of Washington, where they worked from 2001 to 2007. Ville's initial role as a Software Architect was at Appliant, where they worked from 1997 to 2001.

Ville Aikas obtained their Bachelors in Computer Engineering from the University of Washington between 1993 and 1997. Ville'sfield of study focused on both Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering.