# Chaitanya Jawale

> Chaitanya Jawale, known as CJ, founded Opcito Technologies in 2015 and served as CEO until his death on November 15, 2022. A computer science graduate of North Maharashtra University, he worked in software engineering and technical management before building a business focused on software delivery, cloud infrastructure, and automation. His published work covers Kubernetes, DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code, SaaS operations, and reliability engineering.

- **Role:** Former Founder and CEO at Opcito Technologies (2015-2022; deceased)
- **Organizations:** Opcito Technologies, Seagate Technology, Clogeny, Altizon Systems
- **From:** Jalgaon, India
- **Education:** Computer Science (qualification title not specified), North Maharashtra University
- **Known for:** Founded Opcito Technologies and led it for seven years., His Kubernetes article was selected in CNCF’s KubeWeekly #83., His DevSecOps architecture was credited in Sonatype’s reference architecture collection.

## Career timeline

- **1985** — Born in Jalgaon, Maharashtra.
- **2004-2007** — Studied computer science at North Maharashtra University.
- **2007** — Began an internship, according to Opcito’s memorial timeline.
- **2013-2014** — Principal Software Engineer at Altizon Systems, August 2013-January 2014, according to his XING profile.
- **Before 2015** — Director Engineering at Clogeny; precise dates are not displayed on the public profile.
- **2015** — Technical Project Manager at Seagate, August-November; founded Opcito in the same year.
- **2015-2022** — Founder and CEO of Opcito Technologies.
- **2022** — Died on November 15.

## Achievements

- Founded Opcito Technologies and led it for seven years.
- His Kubernetes article was selected in CNCF’s KubeWeekly #83.
- His DevSecOps architecture was credited in Sonatype’s reference architecture collection.
- Published technical essays on software delivery, cloud infrastructure, security, and operations.

## Latest updates

- **2025-08** — Opcito’s tenth foundation day celebration opened with a tribute to its late founder.

## Links

- Website: https://www.opcito.com/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/cjawale

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Last updated: 2026-10-27