Jon Seager
VP Engineering for Ubuntu at Canonical; earlier a British Army officer.
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- Jon Seager is an engineering leader at Canonical.
- In January 2025 he became VP Engineering for Ubuntu, leading the Desktop, Server, Foundations and Debcrafters teams.
- Before that he led Juju and its charms, growing that team from 25 to over 125 people.
- He was a technical solutions architect at Thales UK from 2019 to 2021, and a captain in the British Army from 2013 to 2019.
Key facts
- Canonical
- Product lead from March 2021; VP Engineering from May 2021; VP Engineering for Ubuntu from January 2025 (as of November 2026)1
- Rust Foundation
- Board member, from April 2026 (as of November 2026)1
- University of Bristol
- Honorary senior lecturer in computer science, from August 2026 (as of November 2026)1
- Before
- Thales UK, technical solutions architect, 2019 to 2021; British Army, captain, 2013 to 20191
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VP Engineering for Ubuntu from January 2025, at Canonical from March 2021 (as of November 2026) source on Canonical
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