The Freedom to Innovate

We believe that multi‑cloud isn’t just possible—it’s necessary. You deserve the freedom to choose the best vendor for each workload, tailored to your governance, performance, innovation, and cost needs—and the freedom to pivot when you shift.

Innovation should never be slowed by infrastructure.

Mission

We're Building a World Where Infrastructure Moves With You

Our mission is to free enterprises from vendor lock-in with intelligent, portable infrastructure across all platforms

FOUNDERS

Sharad Kumar

Co-Founder and CEO

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Sharad Kumar is the Co-Founder and CEO of FluidCloud. Before starting FluidCloud, Sharad built a strong foundation in technology through roles at Cisco, Pulse Secure, and Flex, and later as part of the founding team at Accurics (acquired by Tenable for $160M). His journey has been driven by a passion for creating tools that simplify complex infrastructure challenges and empower enterprises to take back control of their cloud strategy. Outside of work, Sharad believes in giving back to society. He actively supports philanthropic initiatives focused on education and care for underserved communities, reflecting his belief that success is meaningful only when shared.

James Bayer

Co-Founder and CPO

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James Bayer is the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at FluidCloud. Prior to FluidCloud, James led Product Management at HashiCorp, where he scaled the product team and helped with the IPO and selling the company to IBM. James previously led the product team at Pivotal working on Cloud Foundry, which had a successful IPO and acquisition to VMware. James held a variety of software development, pre-sales, and PM roles working with Java Middleware for Oracle, BEA Systems, Cordys, and IBM. James has a BS in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and lives in the Bay Area with his family.

Harshit Omar

Co-Founder and CTO

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Harshit Omar is the Co-Founder & CTO of FluidCloud, where he's building the future of cloud infrastructure—enabling businesses to seamlessly migrate, replicate, and optimize workloads across multi-cloud environments. He was previously the first engineer at Accurics, where he led core development efforts on its policy engine and cloud security platform. With deep expertise in Go, Kubernetes, Terraform, and cloud compliance, Harshit has spent over a decade designing resilient systems across AWS, Azure, and GCP. His mission now is to eliminate cloud lock-in and make infrastructure as portable and resilient as code.

Values

Values that Underpin Our Actions

Values that Underpin
Our Actions

These are the building blocks of our culture. They shape how we innovate and engage with our customers, our partners, and one another.

Innovation at heart

We don’t chase novelty—we solve real problems.

Innovation at FluidCloud means challenging the status quo with purpose. It’s about pushing past what’s expected to unlock what’s possible. And it’s not a one-time spark—it’s a commitment to enduring, meaningful progress.

Quality in Everything

Our platform supports mission-critical infrastructure. That’s not just a technical bar—it’s a trust contract.

We earn that trust by holding ourselves to the highest standards of quality, precision, and accountability—every day, in every detail.

Empowerment by Design

We believe great work happens when people have the tools, autonomy, and clarity to move fast and think big.

Whether it’s our customers, teammates, or partners—we build systems, teams, and relationships that enable others to do their best work.

A World of Talent