Join Datadog @ AWS re:Invent: virtually and in person PRODUCT CUSTOMERS PRICING SOLUTIONS DOCS ABOUT BLOG LOGIN FREE TRIAL About Datadog is the essential monitoring and security platform for cloud applications. We bring together end-to-end traces, metrics, and logs to make your applications, infrastructure, and third-party services entirely observable. These capabilities help businesses secure their systems, avoid downtime, and ensure customers are getting the best user experience. LEADERSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS Leadership Olivier Pomel CEO & CO-FOUNDER Prior to founding Datadog, Olivier Pomel built data systems for K-12 teachers as a VP, Technology for Wireless Generation, where he grew the development team from a handful of people to close to 100 of the best engineers in New York until the company’s acquisition by News Corp. Before Wireless Generation, Olivier held software engineering positions at IBM Research and several internet startups. Olivier is an original author of the VLC media player and holds a MS, CS from the Ecole Centrale Paris. Alexis Lê-Quôc CTO & CO-FOUNDER Prior to founding Datadog, Alexis Lê-Quôc served as the Director of Operations for Wireless Generation, where he built the team and infrastructure that served more than four million students in 49 states. As a member of the original “devops” movement, Alexis spent several years as a software engineer at IBM Research, Neomeo, and Orange, and he brings a strong focus on technical elegance and operational efficiency to Datadog. Alexis holds an MS, CS from the Ecole Centrale Paris and has presented sessions on cloud monitoring and server performance at many conferences, including AWS re:Invent, Monitorama, DevOpsDays, Velocity, and PyCon. Amit Agarwal CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER Throughout his 15 years of experience in enterprise software, Amit Agarwal has worked in various business strategy and technical management roles to bring new products to market. Before Datadog, Amit was the Director of Product Management at Quest Software (now Dell), where he led the team responsible for application performance monitoring. Amit has also held product management roles at enterprise software firms including Datamirror (now IBM) and Embarcadero Technologies, as well as technical roles with 3D-medical imaging and mobile encryption software companies. Amit holds an MBA from the Schulich School of Business and a Masters in Computer Science from Dalhousie University. David Obstler CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER David Obstler brings more than three decades of operational finance experience, with over two decades focused on technology companies. Prior to Datadog, David served as CFO of TravelClick, where he led global financial operations. David was appointed to the board of Braze in 2021. David has also held CFO roles at OpenLink Financial, MSCI Inc., Risk Metrics Group, and Pinnacor, as well as investment banking positions at JPMorgan, Lehman Brothers, and Goldman Sachs. David has a BA from Yale University and a MBA from Harvard Business School. Armelle De Madre CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER Armelle De Madre has more than two decades of leadership experience in human resources and marketing. Prior to joining Datadog, Armelle was the CPO at Arkadin, a global unified communications solutions provider. She began her career at Renault both in marketing and human resources, and she subsequently joined Schneider Electric as Director of Strategy and Social Innovation. She was appointed as a board member of Thales in June 2017. Armelle holds a BA from Columbia University and a Masters Degree in Marketing from HEC Paris. Alex Rosemblat CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER Prior to Datadog, Alex Rosemblat served as the Product Marketer for Dell’s Cloud and Virtualization product family (via the acquisition of VKernel), bringing virtualization management and cloud monitoring software products to market. Alex has several years of experience with enterprise software and related technologies through product management, IT consulting, and pre-sales engineering with Symantec (via the acquisition of SwapDrive) and Epic Systems Corporation. He holds a BS in Commerce, specializing in IT, from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management. Adam Blitzer CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Adam Blitzer has over a decade of experience in the SaaS space. He was at Salesforce for eight years, culminating in his role as Executive Vice President and General Manager of Digital (Marketing Cloud, Commerce Cloud, and Experience Cloud). Prior to his time at Salesforce, Adam co-founded Pardot, which is now owned by Salesforce and is considered one of the top B2B marketing automation platforms in the industry. He holds a BA from Duke University. Laszlo Kopits VP, GENERAL COUNSEL With over two decades of experience in tech, media, and education law, Laszlo Kopits brings a wide breadth of expertise to his role as General Counsel, where he oversees all legal operations from compliance to transactions. Prior to Datadog, Laszlo worked at Wireless Generation and, after its acquisition by News Corp, Amplify Education, where he served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel. Earlier in his career, Laszlo held a variety of legal positions at Reuters (now Refinitiv) and Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP. Laszlo earned his JD from Stanford Law School, his MA in International Relations from Johns Hopkins SAIS, and his BA from Haverford College. Michelle Goldstein SVP, CUSTOMER SUCCESS Michelle Goldstein has over a decade of experience in sales, account management, and leadership, but her main passion and focus has always been the customer. Michelle has been with Datadog since 2015. Previously, she helped to create and build out the Customer Success team at Applause while serving as Customer Success Manager for that company's key accounts. Michelle holds a BS from Babson College, where she specialized in marketing and management. Emilio Escobar CHIEF INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER With two decades of experience in Information Security and Compliance, Emilio Escobar has worked at large enterprises, medium-sized companies, and governmental organizations. Previously, Emilio served as the VP of Information Security for Hulu, where he played a pivotal role in setting up key security functions. Prior to that, Emilio worked for PlayStation, where he built and ran the software security teams. Emilio’s unique approach to security and compliance has always prioritized partnerships and people—hiring the right talent to build the processes, procedures, and technologies that unite Security, Engineering, and Operations teams. Emilio holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Puerto Rico. Board of Directors Shardul Shah PARTNER, INDEX VENTURES Shardul Shah joined Index Ventures in 2008, specializing in infrastructure, security, and software. Shardul is currently involved in the boards of multiple private technology companies, including AttackIQ, Inc., Brightback Inc., Castle Intelligence, Inc., Expel Inc., Gatsby, Inc. and Iterable, Inc., and has supported investments in Moleskine, Squarespace, Dropbox, Centrify, Stack Exchange, and Koality (acquired by Docker). Shardul holds a BA in Economics and a BA in Biology (with a specialization in Immunology) from the University of Chicago. Dev Ittycheria PRESIDENT AND CEO, MONGODB Dev Ittycheria is the President & CEO of MongoDB, where he led its IPO in 2017—the first public offering of a database company in more than 25 years. Previously, he was Managing Director at OpenView Venture Partners, Venture Partner at Greylock Partners, and co-founder of BladeLogic, which was acquired by BMC for $900 million. Following this acquisition, Dev served as President of BMC, overseeing a business with $1.4 billion in annual revenue. Dev was appointed to the board of Altimeter Growth Corporation in 2020, a public special purpose investment vehicle formed to invest in a technology company. Dev graduated from Rutgers University with a BS in Electrical Engineering, was honored with the Medal of Excellence, and was recognized by the School of Engineering as its 2010 Alumnus of the Year. Michael Callahan CO-FOUNDER, AWAKE SECURITY Before he co-founded Awake Security, Michael Callahan was CTO and Co-founder of PolyServe, which built mission-critical shared-data storage clustering software for Linux and Windows. A Greylock Partners portfolio company, PolyServe was acquired by HP in 2007. Previously, Michael served as Director of Advanced Development at Ask Jeeves, an early natural-language search engine. Michael graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University and was both a Rhodes Scholar and a Junior Research Fellow in Mathematics at Oxford University, where his research focused on differential geometry, topology, gauge theory, and the application of massively parallel architectures to computer vision. Julie Richardson INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBER AND AUDIT CHAIR Julie Richardson spent over 25 years on Wall Street as a specialist in telecom, media, and technology. She began her career with 10 years at Merrill Lynch, then moved to JP Morgan where she headed an investment banking group. In 2003 she moved into private equity as head of the NY Office of Providence Equity Partners, where she spearheaded many investments and buyouts. Julie chairs the audit committee at Datadog and serves on the board of UBS, VEREIT, and Yext, and is a Trustee of St Bernard’s School. Matt Jacobson GENERAL PARTNER, ICONIQ CAPITAL Matt Jacobson is a General Partner at ICONIQ Capital, an investment and venture capital firm, where he has worked since September 2013 and sits on the firm’s investment and management committees. Matt currently serves on the boards of GitLab, Collibra, BamboHR, Braze, Sprinklr, Relativity, InVision, Highspot, and Intercom. Prior to ICONIQ Capital, Matt held operating roles at Groupon and investing roles at Battery Ventures and Technology Crossover Ventures. Matt holds a BS in Economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Olivier Pomel DATADOG Prior to founding Datadog, Olivier Pomel built data systems for K-12 teachers as a VP, Technology for Wireless Generation, growing the development team from a handful to close to 100 of the best engineers in NYC until the company’s acquisition by News Corp. Before Wireless Generation, Olivier held software engineering positions at IBM Research and several internet startups. Olivier is an original author of the VLC media player and holds a MS, CS from the Ecole Centrale Paris. Alexis Lê-Quôc DATADOG Alexis brings a strong focus on technical elegance and operational efficiency to Datadog. Prior to founding Datadog, Alexis Lê-Quôc served as the Director of Operations for Wireless Generation where he built the team and infrastructure that served more than 4 million students in 49 states. As a member of the original “devops” movement, Alexis spent several years as a software engineer at IBM Research, Neomeo and Orange. 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