Life at Cloudflare

February 29, 2020 2:00 PM

Around this time of year in the United States, African-Americans are often tasked with explaining why we spend 28 (or in the case of leap year 29) days celebrating the contributions our ancestors made to this country....

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• Fallon Blossom
• , Devin Davis

February 10, 2020 6:18 PM

Veterans, people who have served in the military, are a vital element of a diverse workforce. We come in diverse shapes, sizes, colors, genders, and orientations. We bring diverse skillsets, experiences, and perspectives. ...

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• Harry Hirschman

December 27, 2019 7:30 PM

There are over 50 languages spoken at Cloudflare, as we have natives from many countries on our team, with different backgrounds, religions, gender and cultures. And it is this diversity that makes us a great team....

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• Val Vesa

October 24, 2019 1:00 PM

It was a scorching Monday on July 22 as temperatures soared above 37°C (99°F) in Austin, TX, the live music capital of the world. Only hours earlier, the last crowds dispersed from the historic East 6th Street entertainment district. ...

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• Omer Yoachimik

October 11, 2019 10:20 PM

Today is the 31st Anniversary of National Coming Out Day. We wanted to highlight the importance of this day, share coming out resources, and publish some stories of what it's like to come out in the workplace....

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• Andrew Fitch

September 30, 2019 2:23 PM

When I first began interviewing with Cloudflare in the Spring of 2019, I came across a Cloudflare blog post announcing Proudflare, the company’s LGBTQIA+ Employee Resource Group (ERG). ...

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• Hady Mendez

September 13, 2019 1:00 PM

Cloudflare launched on September 27, 2010. Many great startups pivot over time. We have not. We had a plan and have been purposeful in executing it since our earliest days. While we are still in its early innings, that plan remains clear: we are helping to build a better Internet...

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• Matthew Prince
• , Michelle Zatlyn

July 31, 2019 8:10 PM

I’ve recently joined Cloudflare as Head of Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ). This is an important time for the company as we continue to grow our presence locally to address the demand in A/NZ, recruit local talent, and build on the successes we’ve had in our other offices around...

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• Raymond Maisano

July 17, 2019 6:00 AM

I was the 24th employee of Cloudflare and the first outside of San Francisco. Working out of my spare bedroom, I wrote a chunk of Cloudflare’s software before starting to recruit a team in London. Today, Cloudflare London, our EMEA headquarters, has more than 200 people. ...

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• John Graham-Cumming

June 28, 2019 10:22 PM

Happy Pride from Proudflare, Cloudflare’s LGBTQIA+ employee resource group. We wanted to share some stories from our members this month which highlight both the struggles behind the LGBTQIA+ rights movement and its successes. This first story is from Lesley. ...

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• Lesley Lurie

June 11, 2019 7:00 AM

Cloudflare’s operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) have seen great progress over the last year and the future looks even brighter. I joined as Head of EMEA Sales, taking responsibility for our customer-facing activity across the region, just over a year ago. ...

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• Andy Lockhart

April 23, 2019 4:30 PM

Power is the precursor to all modern technology. James Watt’s steam engine energized the factory, Edison and Tesla’s inventions powered street lamps, and now both fossil fuels and renewable resources power the trillions of transistors in computers and phones....

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• Zack Bloom
• , Michael Aylward

April 10, 2019 1:00 PM

Don’t tell our CEO, Matthew Prince, but the first day I interviewed at Cloudflare I had a $9.00 phone in my pocket, a knock-off similar to a Nokia 5140, but the UI was all in Chinese characters—that phone was a fitting symbol for my technical prowess. ...

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• Andrew A. Schafer

March 31, 2019 3:00 PM

My name is Kas. I’m a Cloudflare employee and I wanted to share my story with you on International Transgender Day of Visibility....

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• Kassian Wren