# Riyaz Somani

> Riyaz Somani is the Toronto-based co-founder and CEO of Kubex, the infrastructure optimization company previously known as Densify and Cirba. He previously co-founded and led Opensoft, and GoodLabs Studio lists him as co-founder and board chair. His current work focuses on Kubernetes, cloud and GPU resource management.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Kubex
- **Organizations:** Kubex (formerly Densify and Cirba), Opensoft, GoodLabs Studio
- **Education:** Engineering and Computer Science degree (as described in his executive biography), University of Waterloo
- **Known for:** Co-founded the enterprise infrastructure company Cirba, which subsequently operated as Densify and Kubex., Previously co-founded and led Opensoft., GoodLabs Studio lists him as co-founder and board chair.

## Career timeline

- **—** — Co-founded Opensoft and served as CEO before Densify; the company developed mission-critical systems for Fortune 1000 businesses.
- **1999** — Co-founded Cirba with Andrew Hillier.
- **2017** — Cirba rebranded as Densify in June.
- **2024** — A March 2024 executive biography identified him as Densify co-founder and president, responsible for strategy and overall operations.
- **2025** — As CEO, authored the December 31 announcement of Densify’s forthcoming company-wide Kubex rebrand.
- **2026** — Densify became Kubex on January 1.

## Achievements

- Co-founded the enterprise infrastructure company Cirba, which subsequently operated as Densify and Kubex.
- Previously co-founded and led Opensoft.
- GoodLabs Studio lists him as co-founder and board chair.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — The company-wide Kubex rebrand took effect on January 1; the announcement was published under Somani’s name on December 31, 2025.
- **2026-01** — Tangoe and Kubex announced integration of Kubex optimization capabilities into Tangoe One Cloud on January 20.
- **2026-04** — Kubex discussed its partnership with Rafay in an April 13 article that included a statement from Somani about combining Rafay orchestration with Kubex resource optimization.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/riyazsomani

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Last updated: 2026-10-23