# Dmitry Fonarev

> Dmitry Fonarev is the co-founder and CEO of Testkube, the Kubernetes-native test orchestration platform that has powered over 100 million automated tests for customers including Cloudflare, Siemens, Adobe, and Volvo. A Boston University computer science graduate with more than two decades building engineering teams at Dell, SmartBear, and vKernel, he co-founded Kubeshop in 2021 with SoapUI creator Ole Lensmar, then spun Testkube out as a standalone company that raised an $8M Series A in 2025.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Testkube
- **Organizations:** Testkube, Kubeshop, SmartBear Software, Dell, vKernel, IntraLinks, Nortel
- **Education:** Computer Science / Mathematics, Boston University
- **Known for:** Co-founded and scaled Testkube into a Kubernetes-native test orchestration platform used by Cloudflare, Siemens, Adobe, and Volvo, Platform has powered over 100 million automated tests, Raised an $8M Series A in 2025 led by Veeam co-founder Ratmir Timashev and Insight Partners

## Career timeline

- **early career** — Software developer at Nortel
- **pre-2013** — VP of Quality at IntraLinks; VP of Software Development, QA and Customer Support at vKernel (2011-2013)
- **2013** — Vice President of Engineering at Dell
- **2014-2020** — Executive Vice President of Engineering and Customer Support at SmartBear Software
- **2021** — Co-founded Kubeshop with Ole Lensmar; served as CEO (March 2021 - December 2024)
- **2023** — Testkube spun off from Kubeshop as a standalone company
- **2024** — Became CEO of Testkube (October 2024)
- **2025** — Testkube announced $8M Series A led by Ratmir Timashev and Insight Partners (September 2025)

## Achievements

- Co-founded and scaled Testkube into a Kubernetes-native test orchestration platform used by Cloudflare, Siemens, Adobe, and Volvo
- Platform has powered over 100 million automated tests
- Raised an $8M Series A in 2025 led by Veeam co-founder Ratmir Timashev and Insight Partners
- Built and led engineering and customer support organizations at SmartBear, Dell, and vKernel across two decades

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — Testkube announced an $8M Series A led by Ratmir Timashev and Insight Partners.
- **2024-10** — Dmitry Fonarev became CEO of Testkube.

## Links

- Website: https://testkube.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmitry-fonarev-564177/

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Last updated: 2026-06-04