route2open

About us

We teach engineers
to own the network

route2open is the education academy of the STORDIS Group. We exist for one reason: an open network is only truly yours when the people who run it understand it. So we turn engineers into self-sufficient operators of Enterprise SONiC, open switching and OpenWiFi — taught by the people who deploy it in production.

Our story

Open networking gave engineers freedom. We built the school for it.

Disaggregation separated hardware from software and SONiC broke the grip of the single-vendor NOS. Suddenly teams could design a network they could change without asking permission — but only if they actually knew how to run it.

That gap is why route2open exists. The STORDIS Group had spent years designing, delivering and supporting open networks in production. We turned that hard-won experience into courses, live bootcamps and real lab environments, so engineers everywhere could gain the same competence — not from theory, but from the people who deploy it for a living.

Today thousands of engineers learn with us, from students taking their first free lab to enterprise teams certifying before they go to production.

What we believe

Four things we won't compromise on

Learn by doing

You configure a real leaf-spine fabric in a live lab — not slides about one. Skill comes from the terminal, not the theory.

Taught by operators

Our instructors deploy Enterprise SONiC in production. You learn the reality of running it at 3 a.m., not just passing an exam.

Open, so you stay free

We teach open standards because they remove the cost of leaving. Competence is what keeps a network yours, not the vendor's.

Accessible on purpose

Free hands-on labs, a free SONiC VM and free courses for students. The first step into open networking should never be a paywall.

Part of something bigger

route2open is the knowledge layer of the STORDIS Group

The STORDIS Group is one execution engine made of four brands. That's what makes our training real: we don't teach open networking from the outside — we teach it from a group that designs, connects, and supports open networks in production every day.

STORDIS

Build

Hardware, SONiC and deployment for open networks — assessment and PoC.

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switch2open

Connect

Own validated optics & cabling with a 100% compatibility guarantee.

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open2support

Run

Hardware replacement options, software support up to 24/7, and expert network consultancy.

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2400+

Engineers following route2open

500+

Students trained by one instructor in a single year

70+

Lessons in the Enterprise SONiC course

8

Free hands-on labs

Team

The people behind route2open

Every course is led by engineers who build and operate open networks in production — turning decades of hands-on experience and deep technical expertise into practical skills you can apply in the real world.

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Waldemar Scheck

Chief Navigator

Łukasz Łukowski

Chief Commerce and Communication

Martin Hayes

Chief Technology Officer

Marianna Pudliszewska

Product Value Manager

Volker Scheel

Senior Network Innovation Delivery Engineer

Tomasz Sadowski

Head of Technical Support Service

Mariusz Szlęzak

Technical Support Service Manager

Piotr Piórko

Technical Support Service Engineer

Krzysztof Prałat

Technical Support Service Engineer

Wiktor Krawczyk

Technical Support Service Engineer

Robert Strakulski

Technical Support Service Engineer

Mikołaj Walczak

Junior Technical Support Service Engineer

Krzysztof Adamczak

IT Operations & Value Delivery Manager

Kai Eder

Network Innovation Delivery Manager

Anna Leończuk

Head of Value Communication

Sebastian Stokłosa

Head of Product Value & Experience

Marek Żukowski

Senior Web Experience Manager

Jakub Klisowski

Marketing & Visibility Manager

Develop the skills to own the network

Start free, certify your engineers, or talk to us about training your whole team.

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Free for students

Made in the EU