I am founder / CEO of Codenvy, project lead for Eclipse Che, and also sit on the board of directors for WSO2, Sauce Labs, Eclipse Foundation, and Shift Mobility

I am founder / CEO of Codenvy, project lead for Eclipse Che, and also sit on the board of directors for WSO2, Sauce Labs, Eclipse Foundation, and Shift Mobility. My career in technology has spanned 25 years. I still code and am a partner in a venture capital company (Toba Capital) along with doing angel investments periodically. I love the challenging mashup of being very technical with building businesses / products / markets. I have felt burn out three times in my career. In each case, I had to disassociate myself from obligations for an indeterminate amount of time. It was essentially a responsibility "detox". When faced with the prospects of no obligations ... which ultimately lead to the prospect of utter boredom ... did new opportunities and enthusiasm to pursue them materialize. The last phase of burn out allowed me to quit Oracle for which I was an exec for a (very) short tenure, begin foolishly day trading, and ultimately lead me to investing and market opportunities that lead to the creation of Codenvy in 2012. Burn out caused Codenvy to exist.