Canonical was created alongside Ubuntu to help it reach a wider market. Our services help governments and businesses the world over with migrations, management and support for their Ubuntu deployments. Together with our partners, we ensure that Ubuntu runs reliably on every platform from the PC and the smartphone to the server and, crucially, the cloud.
We work with our hardware partners to make Ubuntu available pre-installed on PCs in more than 3,000 retailers around the world.
We certify hundreds of PCs and servers from OEMs including Dell, HP and Lenovo, for use in the consumer and commercial sectors.
We make Ubuntu available on the world’s most popular public clouds, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and Oracle Cloud.
We build cloud data centres for some of the world’s biggest telecommunications providers.
We promote the use of open source in education, leading to large-scale desktop migrations covering hundreds of thousands of machines.
We provide 24/7 support for some of the most famous technology companies in the world, including Netflix, Bloomberg and Google.
We maintain a world class commercial partner network around Ubuntu, including leading names such as VMware and world-changing open source technologies like OpenStack.
We believe in the power of open source software; Ubuntu could not exist without its worldwide community of voluntary developers. We are committed to creating it, refining it, certifying it for reliability and promoting its use. As well as launching and running our own projects, we contribute staff, code and funding to many more.
Mark founded security specialist Thawte in 1996, and became the first South African in space when he flew to the ISS in 2002 on Soyuz TM-34. He founded Ubuntu and Canonical in 2004, combining responsibility for strategy and user experience at Canonical with roles on the Ubuntu Technical Board and Community Council.
Contributing to Ubuntu is a profession for some and a passion for others. Either way, it’s changing the world.
Anand heads up Canonical's cloud division and is responsible for all its product, marketing, sales, business development and support. In addition, he is also General Manager across the whole Canonical business. Before joining Canonical, Anand held several leadership positions at Microsoft Corp and helped launch and build several successful businesses both at Microsoft and in the startup world prior to that.
Helping customers build and use the cloud that best fits them — our mission is to make that a reality for any customer of any size.
Mike leads Canonical’s IoT & Devices division and is responsible for driving the sales, marketing, product engineering and customer delivery across the business. Prior to joining Canonical, Mike held several technology leadership roles in verticals such as oil and gas, utilities, public sector and healthcare. In his last role, Mike led the connected car business at Jaguar Land Rover.
Our developer community and technology reach from the cloud, the desktop to IoT devices are key drivers for the groundswell of adoption. Working with the great innovators around the world is one of the privileges of working at Canonical.
Neil is responsible for all of Canonical’s internal operations. Before joining Canonical, he was the Director of Commercial Operations at Thomsons Online Benefits, the leading Software-as-a-Service provider for global employee benefits administration, and before that held business and product leadership roles at Epson, 3Com and Hewlett-Packard.
Canonical is perfectly positioned to drive key changes happening in the technology industry today. I’m excited to be supporting this talented team to achieve those goals and deliver excellent products and services to our customers and partners.
Seb is responsible for Canonical’s finance function. Before joining Canonical, he held Group Financial Controller positions at both Alternative Networks and Centaur Media. Seb also spent 10 years at Deloitte rising to the position of Senior Manager.
The opportunity to be a part of an organisation that supports both a world class community, and is at the forefront of software infrastructure commerce, was too much to resist. Helping the team further the Ubuntu footprint and its broad benefits continues to be exhilarating and demanding in equal measure.
Jane is a board member of Canonical after holding leadership roles since 2004, including CEO. Prior to joining Canonical, Jane held various positions in business development, operations and software management at companies including Interactive Television Company and General Dynamics C4 Systems.
As Ubuntu becomes the open-source standard in so many markets, our portfolio continues to flourish. I can’t imagine a better place to work.
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