Joel Krooswyk

Joel Krooswyk has a diverse work experience spanning several companies. Joel started their career at Panduit Corporation in 2005, where they initially served as a Product Manager and Senior Test Engineer. Over the years, they took on additional responsibilities, such as managing strategic customer accounts, revolutionizing platform demos, and leading training for global sales teams. At Rally Software, where they worked from 2011 to 2015, Joel held the positions of Enterprise Solutions Architect and Director of Enterprise Solutions Architects. In these roles, they provided pre-sales and post-sales support, advised Fortune 10 to Mid-Market companies on IT strategy, and developed custom Javascript and HTML apps for the company. From 2015 to 2017, Joel worked at CA Technologies as a Strategic Enterprise Presales Director and Executive Advisor, focusing on the North American region. Joel joined GitLab in 2017, starting as a Senior Manager of Solutions Architecture and eventually becoming the Federal CTO. In their current role, they are responsible for software development and IT thought leadership, emerging AI technologies, content development, standards enhancement, policy influence, product development feedback, and team enablement. Joel has played a pivotal role in building and leading high-performing teams at GitLab and has been influential in defining processes and workflows for Presales engineers.

Joel Krooswyk attended Purdue University where they earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Electrical Engineering. Joel also attended Calvin University with a focus on Engineering, although the specific degree obtained is not provided. Additionally, Joel Krooswyk has obtained several certifications, including a TeamOps Certification from GitLab, The Neuroscience of Selling Remotely from LinkedIn, Demo2Win! from 2Win!, GitLab Security Certification from GitLab, and AWS Cloud Practitioner from AWS DevOps. Joel has also pursued certifications in Challenger Sale, Command of the Message & MEDDPICC from Force Management, GitLab High Availability from GitLab Inc., ISO 9001, Pragmatic Marketing from Pragmatic Marketing, and Scaled Agilist from Scaled Agile, Inc. The specific months and years of obtaining some certifications are not provided.