Jan Weller
I have been passionate about the IT and data centre industry since cloudKleyer Frankfurt GmbH was founded in 2013. My professional career began with a technical degree, which I supplemented in the 1990s with a postgraduate degree in business administration. I was at home in the IT world from an early stage: at the end of the 1990s, I worked as a technical consultant for Oracle for five years before setting up my own business as an IT consultant. This close connection to technology is still with me today – be it in the development of IT infrastructures or in the strategic direction of cloudKleyer. My goal was and is to provide innovative, high-performance solutions for companies and to actively help shape the IT industry.
I have been fascinated by technology and digitalisation since I was a child. Children are naturally curious and eager to learn – a quality that is particularly important to preserve in a rapidly developing technological world. Starting with early home computers such as the Sinclair ZX81 and the Commodore C64, through the first PCs and the beginnings of the Internet, I have never lost this curiosity. Later, industry-related technologies such as CAM and CAD were added, while today I am particularly enthusiastic about topics such as 3D printing, IoT and the sensible use of modern AI applications. The ability to engage with new technologies and remain open to innovation is essential for me – both professionally and personally.
As a balance to the digital world, I am drawn to nature. Interacting with my hunting dog and observing his instincts and highly developed senses – his exceptional sense of smell, precise hearing and attentive perception – reminds me time and again how far human technology still is from truly replicating the perfection of nature. Despite all the progress made, nature remains unrivalled in many areas and shows that we can still learn a lot from it.
