Platform Engineers. Utrecht. Europe.
Aknostic is a platform engineering consultancy based in Utrecht, Netherlands. We help European companies build, operate, and own their infrastructure — on open source, with knowledge transferred.
Active across 12 European countries. Every person on the team is a practitioner — strategic advisors who've built systems, engineers who understand business context.
// WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT
Strategy and delivery, same team.
The person who helps define your roadmap is the same person who builds your platform. We don’t hand off between “the consultants” and “the engineers.” There is no handoff. We’re both.
Freedom to operate.
We build on open source you own — GitLab, Grafana, Backstage, Flux, Vault. No proprietary frameworks. No lock-in on us, either. Everything we build is yours. If you fire us tomorrow, your platform keeps running.
Platform-agnostic, tool-opinionated.
Any cloud — AWS, Azure, GCP, Scaleway, Hetzner, bare metal. We don’t care where your Kubernetes runs. We do have strong opinions about what runs on top of it. We’ve tested these tools in production. We know what works.
Knowledge transfer is the point.
We make ourselves unnecessary. Pair programming, architecture decision records, documentation, structured handoff. Every engagement is designed so your team can take over. That’s not a nice-to-have — it’s the goal.
International team, European focus.
Right-sized for European companies. Local presence, local time zones, same working culture. No offshore, no subcontracting. When you hire Aknostic, you get Aknostic.
European sovereignty.
We co-founded Clouds of Europe — the practitioner community building the knowledge base for European cloud independence. This isn't a marketing position. It's what we work on.
Sustainability.
We built KEIT — the Kubernetes Emissions Insights Tool — and contribute to the CNCF TAG Environmental Sustainability. We believe infrastructure decisions are environmental decisions.
Want to see this in action? Read how we work with clients
// WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH
The Team
20 people, 9 nationalities, one office in Utrecht. Growing to 35 by end of 2026. Everyone here has built and operated production infrastructure.
Jurg van Vliet
CEO & Co-Founder
Building Europe’s cloud independence. Co-founded Clouds of Europe. Co-authored three O’Reilly books on AWS.
LinkedInFlavia Paganelli
CTO & Co-Founder
30 years of engineering. Built KEIT. Technical Lead at CNCF TAG Environmental Sustainability. CKA certified. Co-authored O’Reilly books on AWS.
LinkedInJasper Geurtsen
Delivery Lead & Co-Founder
Keeps mission-critical Kubernetes platforms running across Europe. 30 years of engineering depth. Co-authored O’Reilly books on AWS.
LinkedInPim Derneden
Cloud Engineer, Account Manager & Co-Founder
The engineer who runs client relationships. 14 years at Aknostic. Builds the platforms he sells.
LinkedInChristian Roosendaal
Cloud Engineer
Sharp problem solver with a computer science edge. Transitioned from software to cloud and never looked back. VU Amsterdam MSc.
LinkedInShaun McCullagh
Cloud Engineer
One of our longest-serving engineers. Rock-solid Linux foundations. The quiet force behind some of our most stable client platforms.
LinkedInRoberto D’Arco
Cloud Engineer
The person you want on-call. Obsessive about reliability. Brings SRE discipline from 30MHz to every platform we operate.
LinkedInPeter Geczy
Cloud Engineer & Team Lead
Our AWS authority. Leads client teams with calm precision. Intel Labs research pedigree meets hands-on cloud architecture.
LinkedInSri Jyothsna Pasupuleti
Cloud Engineer
Rising star in cloud operations. Bringing DevOps excellence to every client engagement. Rapidly mastered Kubernetes at scale.
LinkedInFattaneh Pasand Hafshejani
Cloud Engineer
Fearless on migrations. Moves entire infrastructures to the cloud with precision. Politecnico di Torino trained, battle-tested at Criticalcase.
LinkedInEduardo Luis Rivero Rodriguez
Cloud Architect
Driving container strategy for enterprise clients. Brings architectural vision from KPN and Blue Harvest to every platform he designs.
LinkedInSaranya Vellaisamy
Cloud Engineer
Trusted engineer on some of our most demanding client platforms. Combines software engineering depth with production-grade cloud delivery.
LinkedInQilin Xu
Controller
The financial backbone of Aknostic. Keeps the numbers sharp so the engineers can focus on building. Uber and 30MHz alumni.
LinkedInMaarten Kuiper
Office Manager
The heart of the Utrecht office. Makes everything run so smoothly you forget how hard it is. Entrepreneur and wine connoisseur.
LinkedInMatthijs Bosman
Cloud Engineer, Marketing & Co-Founder
Cloud engineer with a marketing brain. 10+ years hands-on with Kubernetes, Grafana, and GitLab.
LinkedIn// HOW WE WORK
What we always do
- ✓Start with strategy — understand where you are before recommending where to go
- ✓Transfer knowledge — pair programming, documentation, architecture decision records from day one
- ✓Document decisions — every significant technical choice explained, with rationale and alternatives considered
- ✓Plan the handoff — engagement success means your team runs it independently
What we never do
- ✗Create artificial dependency — no proprietary tools, no knowledge hoarding
- ✗Push vendor agendas — we’re not partners with any cloud provider. Our recommendations are independent.
- ✗Oversell the engagement — if you need less than you think, we’ll tell you
// OPEN SOURCE & COMMUNITY
KEIT
Kubernetes Emissions Insights Tool — open source carbon reporting for Kubernetes workloads. Puts environmental impact data in developers’ hands alongside performance metrics.
Clouds of Europe
Practitioner community for European cloud independence. Co-founded by Aknostic. Building migration playbooks, provider evaluations, and the community knowledge base.
CNCF Contributions
Active in the Cloud Native Computing Foundation ecosystem — TAG Environmental Sustainability, community events, open source tooling.
Interested in European cloud independence? Read the strategic case
Ready to work together?
Start a conversationWant to see what we do first?