# Ohad Maislish

> Ohad Maislish is an Israeli software engineer and entrepreneur who co-founded env0 with Omry Hay and served as its founding CEO. He helped initiate OpenTofu, the community-led Terraform fork, after the 2023 license change. In May 2025 env0 announced his transition to its board; he subsequently joined Eon as a principal solutions architect. His earlier ventures include Capester and Arno Software, and his public work includes technical essays, interviews and The IaC Podcast.

- **Role:** Principal Solutions Architect at Eon; Co-founder and Board Member at env0
- **Organizations:** Eon, env0, OpenTofu, Arno Software, Capester, Ravello Systems, eToro, VMware, B-Hive Networks, Microsoft
- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Education:** The Open University of Israel
- **Known for:** Co-founded env0 and served as founding CEO through its May 2025 leadership transition., Led env0 during its June 2021 $17 million Series A and March 2023 $18.1 million extension, which brought disclosed company funding to $41.9 million., Part of the founding team behind OpenTofu, launched under the Linux Foundation in September 2023.

## Career timeline

- **Age 14** — Began bachelor’s studies, according to his published professional biography.
- **Age 17** — Joined Microsoft Israel as a developer.
- **2007** — Worked at B-Hive Networks, as recounted in his cloud history essay.
- **2014** — Co-founded Capester; seed investment arrived in October.
- **Before env0** — Founded Arno Software, a cloud infrastructure services company; also held roles at VMware, eToro and Ravello Systems.
- **2018** — Started env0 with Omry Hay; Maislish became founding CEO and Hay CTO.
- **2021** — env0 announced a $17 million Series A led by M12 on June 24.
- **2023** — env0 added $18.1 million to its Series A in March; Maislish helped initiate OpenTF, later OpenTofu, after Terraform’s August license change.
- **2024** — OpenTofu’s first stable release launched January 10; Maislish published essays on neutral governance and state encryption.
- **2025** — env0 announced his board transition and Steve Corndell’s CEO appointment on May 20; Maislish joined Eon later that year.
- **2026** — Participated in Eon’s Cloud Cuts discussions on cloud databases, automation and recovery.

## Achievements

- Co-founded env0 and served as founding CEO through its May 2025 leadership transition.
- Led env0 during its June 2021 $17 million Series A and March 2023 $18.1 million extension, which brought disclosed company funding to $41.9 million.
- Part of the founding team behind OpenTofu, launched under the Linux Foundation in September 2023.
- Co-founded Capester, a video authentication platform for civic reporting.
- Hosted The IaC Podcast and wrote technical essays for The New Stack.

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — env0 announced Maislish’s transition to its board and appointed Steve Corndell CEO; the announcement body is dated May 20, 2025.
- **2025-09** — Joined Eon as Principal Solutions Architect, according to his public career listing and subsequent LinkedIn activity.
- **2026-08** — Publicized an August 26 Cloud Cuts session with Alex DeBrie and AWS’s Vikas Panghal on DynamoDB and Keyspaces; Eon now lists the event on demand.
- **2026-10** — Luca Berton’s public announcement listed Maislish as his Eon co-presenter for an October 7 Cloud Cuts session about automation damage and data recovery; attendance is not independently asserted.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ohadmaislish
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/DevOpsOhad

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Last updated: 2026-10-12