Friday’s Last Word Blue Box CEO Matthew Schiltz — Who exactly is he?

Blue Box CEO Matthew Schiltz became CEO of the Seattle-based private cloud as a service (PCaaS) company in May 2014. Blue Box Cloud, the company’s flagship solution, is a managed OpenStack private cloud offering on dedicated hardware available in multiple data centers. Blue Box this week completed a Series B round of financing, bringing the total funding of this round to $14 million. The company has raised a total of $23.1 million in funds since 2012.

What are Schiltz’s plans for Blue Box?

“Exciting growth,” he says.

Who does Schiltz’s challenge to sit in the hot seat?

Keith Krach, CEO at DocuSign.

What is “Friday’s Last Word”?

Friday’s Last Word welcomes cloud-centric CEOs who are willing to speak with Talkin’ Cloud without someone peeking over a shoulder. Click on each photo to learn more about the CEO you’re viewing — it’s that simple.

Think you can handle sitting in the hot seat? Send an email to Talkin’ Cloud Senior Editor CJ Arlotta at cj.arlotta [at] penton.com for further information. If he doesn’t get back to you right away, bother him some more — and more.

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