# Charles Zedlewski: Why I joined Temporal

DevFeed: [Charles Zedlewski: Why I joined Temporal](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/charles-zedlewski-why-i-joined-temporal-35757.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://temporal.io/blog/charles-zedlewski-why-i-joined-temporal>)

Author: Charles Zedlewski

Published: 2022-02-09T07:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Temporal Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/temporal-blog.md>)

Topics: [cloud-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-infrastructure.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [Containers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/containers.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

Tags: [b2b](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/b2b.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [cloud-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-infrastructure.md>), [company](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/company.md>), [containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/containers.md>), [distributed](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/distributed.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [product](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product.md>), [scaling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scaling.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [temporal-voices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/temporal-voices.md>)

## AI overview

Charles Zedlewski explains why he joined Temporal as Chief Product Officer. He describes his background in B2B software, his experience at SAP and Cloudera, and his view that Temporal combines transactional applications with distributed open source platforms and modern cloud infrastructure.

## Source excerpt

In the summer of last year I had the good fortune to be offered the chance to join Temporal as the company's Chief Product Officer. This was a very easy decision for me but not as obvious to friends and colleagues.