Bio

I am a team builder, a company builder. As a people-focused senior executive, I love blending my deep technical knowledge and strong business acumen to create innovative data products and market winning strategies. I bring deep expertise in databases, data management, big data, cloud, mobile and highly-distributed technologies. I am passionate about understanding customer needs and delivering innovative products & solutions that address the market. I have proven experience with growing and scaling organizations and building high-performing teams. I excel at building strong relationships across departments and I bring a unique cross-organization experience based on my senior leadership roles in product, engineering, marketing and sales organizations. I have key noted and spoken at various industry events and conferences including PrestoCon, Strata, Enterprise Data World, NoSQL Now, IOUG, CloudCon, DAMA conferences, Global Big Data Conf, Open Source Summit and various meetups.