About the author
Sjoerd van Groning
Sjoerd van Groning brings a multidisciplinary technical background to his role as Product Manager at NovoServe. With deep experience spanning network architecture, server infrastructure, and application hosting (including previous leadership at software firm Phusion), Sjoerd understands the full IT stack—from the physical fiber layer to the application runtime. His expertise lies in translating complex operational requirements into robust hardware designs, ensuring that bare metal configurations are engineered to support specific software workloads. Sjoerd focuses on the intersection of engineering constraints and system performance, designing infrastructure that is technically sound and built for scale.