# Glenn Weinstein

> Glenn Weinstein is the CEO of Cloudsmith, the cloud-native software supply chain platform headquartered in Belfast, Northern Ireland. A U.S. Naval Academy graduate and former naval flight officer who learned to code on a Commodore 64, he co-founded the cloud consultancy Appirio (sold to Wipro for $500M) and spent four years as Chief Customer Officer at Twilio before relocating from New York to Belfast in 2023 to lead Cloudsmith. Under his leadership Cloudsmith raised a $72M Series C in April 2026, positioning the company to secure software supply chains in the age of AI coding agents.

- **Role:** CEO at Cloudsmith
- **Organizations:** Cloudsmith, Twilio, Appirio, Wipro, U.S. Navy, Tercera
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Undergraduate; commissioned officer (naval flight officer), U.S. Naval Academy, MS, Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- **Known for:** Co-founded Appirio, one of the first large-scale consulting partners to Salesforce, Workday and Google, later sold to Wipro for ~$500M, As Twilio Chief Customer Officer, helped grow annual revenue from ~$800M to ~$4.5B across nearly 300,000 customers, Led Cloudsmith to a $72M Series C in April 2026 (total funding ~$124M)

## Career timeline

- **2006** — Co-founded Appirio, an early large-scale cloud consulting partner to Salesforce, Workday and Google
- **2006-2018** — Held senior roles at Appirio including CTO, CIO, SVP Global Services and VP Consulting Services
- **2016** — Appirio acquired by Wipro for approximately $500 million
- **2019** — Joined Twilio as Chief Customer Officer, leading customer success, developer relations and partner programs
- **2019-2023** — Helped accelerate Twilio's growth from roughly $800M to $4.5B in annual revenue across nearly 300,000 customers
- **2023** — Named CEO of Cloudsmith, succeeding co-founder Alan Carson, and relocated to Belfast on August 21
- **2025** — Cloudsmith raised a $23M Series B to secure software supply chains
- **2026** — Cloudsmith raised a $72M Series C led by TCV with Insight Partners, bringing total funding to about $124M

## Achievements

- Co-founded Appirio, one of the first large-scale consulting partners to Salesforce, Workday and Google, later sold to Wipro for ~$500M
- As Twilio Chief Customer Officer, helped grow annual revenue from ~$800M to ~$4.5B across nearly 300,000 customers
- Led Cloudsmith to a $72M Series C in April 2026 (total funding ~$124M)
- Relocated from New York to Belfast to lead Cloudsmith in person as its first external CEO
- U.S. Naval Academy graduate and former naval flight officer

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Cloudsmith raised a $72M Series C led by TCV with participation from Insight Partners to control and secure the AI-powered software supply chain, bringing total funding to about $124M.
- **2025-03** — Cloudsmith raised a $23M Series B to secure the future of software supply chains.

## Links

- Website: https://cloudsmith.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/grweinstein
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/GlennWeinstein

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Last updated: 2026-07-17