# Oliver Roup

> Engineering leader and entrepreneur based in San Francisco.
> VP of Product, Platform at Cloudflare. Sole Founder & CEO of VigLink (acquired by Sovrn).
> Harvard Business School MBA, MIT M.Eng & B.S. in Computer Science.

## About

Oliver Roup is a hands-on product leader with experience spanning cybersecurity, B2B SaaS, eCommerce, adtech, and M&A. He currently leads platform product management at Cloudflare, overseeing billing, enterprise readiness, data, product-led growth, SDKs, terraform, RBAC, compliance, developer productivity, and design systems. Previously VP of Product at Instacart, Head of Product Strategy at Sovrn, and founder/CEO of VigLink (a commerce monetization platform serving 2 million publishers). Earlier career at Microsoft (founded Xbox Live Video Marketplace), Vulcan (AI research for Paul Allen), and Founders Fund (SpaceX deal team). Active CEO & executive coach, YPO member, and patent holder.

## Key Pages

- [Resume](https://oroup.com/resume/): One-page resume with full work history, education, and skills
- [CV](https://oroup.com/cv/): Detailed curriculum vitae with links to work samples for each role
- [Bio](https://oroup.com/bio/): Short professional biography
- [Blog](https://oroup.com/blog/): Technical writing including time-series analysis
- [Thesis](https://oroup.com/thesis/): MIT Master's thesis on intelligent tutoring systems
- [Coach](https://oroup.com/coach/): CEO & executive coaching practice
- [Projects](https://oroup.com/pub/): Side projects including WartHog (Robocode battle simulator)

## Work History

- Cloudflare, VP of Product, Platform (2023-present)
- Instacart, VP of Product, Enterprise (2020-2022)
- Sovrn (acquirer of VigLink), Head of Product Strategy (2018-2020)
- VigLink, Sole Founder & CEO (2009-2018)
- Microsoft, Principal Group Program Manager / Product Director (2003-2007)
- Vulcan, Research Program Manager (2002-2003)
- Echo Networks, Director of Advanced Technology (2000-2002)

## Education

- Harvard Business School, MBA (2007-2009)
- MIT, M.Eng & B.S. in Computer Science (1994-1999)

## Contact

- Email: oroup@oroup.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oroup
- GitHub: https://github.com/oroup
- Twitter: https://x.com/oroup