MONGODB - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- EVP, WW Partners and Asia
Alan Chhabra is responsible for Worldwide Partners and Asia at MongoDB. Before joining MongoDB in 2015, Alan was responsible for WW Cloud & Data Center Automation Sales at BMC Software, where he managed $200M annual revenue business unit that touched over 1000 customers. Alan has also held senior sales, services, engineering & IT positions at Egenera (a cloud pioneer), Ernst & Young consulting, and the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory. Alan is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he earned his B.S. in mechanical engineering and his Masters in aerospace engineering.
Job Titles:
- General Counsel
- Member of the Management Team
- a Seasoned Technology Executive
Andrew joined MongoDB as a seasoned technology executive advising growing technology companies in all aspects of their business. He has extensive in-house and law firm experience, and has helped scale the legal departments for several technology companies. Prior to joining MongoDB, Andrew was the Managing Counsel at LinkedIn where he focused on technology transactions, including negotiating LinkedIn's strategic partnerships and revenue generating contracts. He was the second lawyer hired and guided LinkedIn through its hyper-growth phase and successful IPO. Before LinkedIn, Andrew was the Assistant General Counsel at Logitech after advising them as outside counsel while working at Wilson Sonsini. Andrew started his legal career at Lawson Lundell in Vancouver, Canada.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Compensation Committee
- Chief Marketing Officer of Formagrid, Inc
- Compensation Committee
- Member of Our Board of Directors
Archana Agrawal has served as a member of our board of directors since August 2019. Archana is currently the Chief Marketing Officer of Formagrid, Inc. d/b/a Airtable, a cloud collaboration company, and has served in this capacity since March 2020. She served on the board of Zendesk, Inc., a public software development company from July 2020 to November 2022. Previously, Archana was at Atlassian, a software business, from December 2013 to March 2020, in various roles, including Head of Enterprise and Cloud Marketing. Prior to that, Archana was at Ladders, Inc. from 2007 until 2013, where she led corporate-wide analytics. She began her career at the IBM Almaden Research Center. Archana has a combined sixteen years of experience in the software industry. She holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and received her M.S. in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Member of the Compensation Committee
Job Titles:
- EVP of Cloud Engineering at
- EVP, Engineering, Cloud
Cailin is the EVP of Cloud Engineering at MongoDB, and leads the development of MongoDB Atlas, Cloud Manager, Ops Manager and Stitch. Prior to joining MongoDB, Cailin led the engineering team at a variety of organizations including SquareTrade, Kiva.org and Turntable.fm. She received her PhD in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley and her A.B. in Physics from Dartmouth College.
Job Titles:
- Chief Revenue Officer
- Member of the Management Team
- CRO
Cedric joined MongoDB with more than 20 years of leadership experience in the software industry, and with a proven track record of building high performance sales organizations. He joined MongoDB first to lead EMEA sales in July 2017 and was promoted to the Chief Revenue Officer role in February 2019. In the time since joining, Cedric has rapidly increased the size of the team, expanded sales into new markets, and implemented a new process to increase sales productivity and drive exceptional growth. Prior to MongoDB, he was Senior VP of worldwide sales at Fuze, an enterprise global cloud communications and collaboration software platform, and the VP of sales or EMEA GM for four software companies, including publicly traded companies BladeLogic, BMC software, and BazaarVoice. Cedric completed his Class Préparatoire at Lycée Bois Fleury Grenoble and received his M.B.A. from Montpellier Business School.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
- Co - Founder
- Director
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Audit Committee
- Member of Our Board of Directors
Chip Hazard has served as a member of our board of directors since October 2009. Chip is a co-founder and has served as a General Partner of Flybridge Capital Partners, a venture capital firm, since May 2002. He currently represents Flybridge Capital Partners on the boards of directors of a number of privately-held companies. Prior to co-founding Flybridge, Chip served as a General Partner at Greylock Partners. Prior to that, he was with Company Assistance Limited, an investment and consulting firm, and Bain and Company, an international management-consulting firm. Chip received his B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Stanford University and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Member of the Audit Committee
Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Director
- Member of the Management Team
- President
Dev Ittycheria has over two decades of experience as an entrepreneur, investor, and leader specializing in high-growth software companies. Currently, he is the President & CEO of MongoDB, where he led its IPO in 2017-the first public offering of a database company in over 26 years. Under Dev's leadership, MongoDB has released innovative products such as Atlas, its global cloud database, acquired thousands of customers, rapidly expanded operations around the world, grown its business faster and delivered better financial performance than any comparable company in its sector. Dev currently serves as lead independent director of the board of directors of Datadog, Inc., a public software company. Dev also serves on the board of directors of DataRobot, a private software company. Previously, Dev was Managing Director at OpenView Venture Partners, Venture Partner at Greylock Partners, and CEO/Co-founder of BladeLogic, which was acquired by BMC for $900 million. Following the acquisition, he served as President of BMC. Dev founded his first technology company in 1998, and his leadership and board roles have resulted in 5 IPOs and 2 significant acquisitions. Dev graduated from Rutgers University with a B.S. 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.
Dwight Merriman, one of our co-founders, has served as a member of our board of directors since July 2020. Prior to joining our board, he was previously employed as an advisor to MongoDB. In 1995, he co-founded DoubleClick and served as its Chief Technology Officer for ten years. He is also a co-founder of Business Insider and Gilt Groupe. Dwight received his B.S. in Systems Analysis and Computer Science from Miami University.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Compensation Committee
- Director
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
- Compensation Committee
- Member of Our Board of Directors
Francisco D'Souza has served as a member of our board of directors since November 2019. Frank is Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Recognize Partners, a position he has held since November 2019. He co-founded Cognizant Technology Solutions ("Cognizant") in 1994 and served as its Chief Executive Officer from January 2007 to March 2019, where he oversaw a period of sustained growth and transformation that included: 10x increase in revenue from $1.4 billion in 2006 to $16.1 billion in 2018, a 7x increase in headcount from 39,000 in 2006 to 282,000 in 2018 and Cognizant's inclusion in the Fortune 200. Frank also served on the board of directors of General Electric Company from February 2013 to May 2023 and on the board of directors of Cognizant from January 2007 to March 2020 and as its Vice Chairman from June 2018 to March 2020. Frank serves on the tech-focused international advisory board of Banco Santander. He holds a B.B.A from the University of Macau and an M.B.A. from Carnegie Mellon University.
Chair of the Compensation Committee
Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Job Titles:
- Chief People Officer
- Member of the Management Team
Harsha brings more than 20 years of experience in a broad range of HR and business roles to her role as Chief People Officer at MongoDB. Most recently she was the Vice President of HR at Unilever, responsible for delivering the end-to-end HR strategy and operations for the U.S. business, and co-creating Unilever's strategy to build a sustainable future of work across its multinational business while being on a part-time secondment to the World Economic Forum. She started her career as a business development associate with a software company before finding her calling as an HR business partner at Cognizant Technology Solutions in 2004. She spent 10 years at Cognizant, helping the company through its hyper-growth phase, and laying the early foundations of their talent acquisition, talent management, reward management, employee relations practices. Harsha is also a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council for the New Education & Work Agenda, sits on the advisory board of the HRD Summit, and was recently recognized as Crain's New York Notable Women of Talent for 2020.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Audit Committee
- Director
- Audit Committee
- Member of Our Board of Directors
Hope Cochran has served as a member of our board of directors since December 2016. Hope is currently a Managing Director at Madrona Venture Group, where she has served as a venture partner since January 2017. From September 2013 to June 2016, Hope served as the Chief Financial Officer of the public gaming company King Digital Entertainment plc, which was acquired by Activision Blizzard, Inc. in February 2016. Prior to King Digital, she served as the Chief Financial Officer of Clearwire Corporation, a telecommunications operator, from February 2011 until its acquisition by Sprint, Inc. in July 2013. Previously, she has held several roles in the software industry, including at PeopleSoft, Inc., Evant Inc. and SkillsVillage Inc., a contract resources software company that she founded. Hope has served on the Board of Directors of Hasbro, Inc., a public toy and entertainment company, since June 2016, and is chairperson of Hasbro's audit committee, a member of its finance committee and cyber committee. She has also served on the Board of Directors of New Relic, Inc., a public software analytics company, since May 2018, and is chairperson of the board and a member of the audit committee. Hope received her B.A. in Economics and Music from Stanford University.
Chair of the Audit Committee
Job Titles:
- Chief Technology Officer
- Member of the Management Team
Jim is the Chief Technology Officer of MongoDB. He leads the company's global engineering organization, driving product development and engineering strategy for MongoDB's products and services. Jim comes to MongoDB with over 17 years of experience at Amazon Web Services (AWS). As one of AWS's first employees, he was the founding owner of six services, served as General Manager of the Amazon DynamoDB and AWS Identity businesses, and was most recently Vice President of AWS Identity. While there, Jim was an author on 20 foundational U.S. patents in the area of cloud computing. Previously, he worked in numerous software engineering and technology consulting roles. He holds a Bachelor's in Engineering from Rutgers University.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Compensation Committee
- Compensation Committee
- Member of Our Board of Directors
John McMahon has served as a member of our board of directors since October 2016. John served on the board of Snowflake Computing, Inc., a public software company from September 2013 to August 2023. From April 2008 to September 2011, John served as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Services at BMC Software, Inc. He joined BMC Software, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of BladeLogic, Inc., where he served as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to BladeLogic, Inc., John served as CEO of High Roads from June 2002 to July 2005. Prior to High Roads, John was VP of Worldwide Sales at Ariba from April 2000 to January 2002, and as VP-Worldwide Sales from October 1998 to April 2000 at GeoTel Communications, LLC through its acquisition by Cisco Systems, Inc. Prior to GeoTel, John served as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales at Parametric Technology Corporation from 1989 to 1998. Currently, John serves on the board of directors of several enterprise software private companies. In the past, John has served on the board of directors of Sprinklr Inc. and Sumo Logic, Inc. and as an executive consultant for AppDynamics, Inc., Glassdoor, Inc. and HubSpot, Inc. John received his B.S.E.E. in Electrical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Member of the Compensation Committee
Job Titles:
- Chief Information Security Officer
Lena joined MongoDB in March 2019, with more than 20 years of cybersecurity experience. Before joining MongoDB, she was the Global Chief Information Security Officer for the international fintech company, Tradeweb, where she was responsible for all aspects of cybersecurity. She also served as CIO and Chief Security Officer for the New York Power Authority, the largest state power organization in the country. Lena is a founding member of Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan, formerly the Interdisciplinary Consortium for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, which allows security leaders in academia and the private sector to collaborate on tackling the most challenging security issues. Lena is a member of IT-ISAC, frequently speaks at industry events and has been featured in Fortune, Dark Reading and CSO Online.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Chief Operating Officer
- Member of the Management Team
Michael brought more than 25 years of financial management and business experience to his roles as COO and CFO of MongoDB. Michael has a strong background in finance, strategy and business operations and a track record of helping high growth companies scale successfully. Previously, he was the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Yodle, where he was responsible for the strategic and operational management of all aspects of finance and business operations, business development, reseller programs, corporate development and legal affairs. Prior to Yodle, Michael was a Managing Director in the Media and Telecom investment banking group at Merrill Lynch, where he helped raise over $20 billion in capital for clients, including many initial public offerings, and advised clients on over $50 billion in mergers and acquisitions transactions. Prior to Merrill Lynch, Michael worked in brand management at Procter & Gamble. Michael is a member of the CNBC Global CFO Council, serves on the Tech:NYC Leadership Council, and is an advisor/board member to entrepreneurial and high growth companies. He was named to the 2016-2017 class of David Rockefeller Fellows. Michael serves on the board of directors of UiPath, a public enterprise automation software company, and Share Our Strength, one of the nation's leading anti-hunger organizations. Michael received an A.B. from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Job Titles:
- Chief Information Officer
Mindy Lieberman is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of MongoDB, leading our global IT organization responsible for business system delivery, data engineering and analytics, corporate infrastructure, collaboration tools, and IT Operations. Prior to MongoDB, Mindy was on the IT Executive teams at Peloton, Okta, Zendesk and Salesforce, where she built out the teams and business system infrastructure to support Finance, Sales, Enterprise Data, and Employee Experience. Three of those companies went public during her tenure. For Peloton, Mindy also provided technology solutions for the Supply Chain and Manufacturing groups. Mindy is known for her ability to build talented, collaborative teams who partner effectively to mature systems and processes. She is also an inspiring leader who motivates while providing direction and clarity. Her mission is to build the right technology with the right people and do it in the right way. Mindy took the long route to IT. She started out as a researcher in a scientific computer group at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, only to realize that her computer science friends seemed to be having a lot more fun writing code for the private sector. Mindy then joined several technology startups in Product Development and Operations, and finally found her calling working in Cisco's IT department. Mindy holds a Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering from The Cooper Union and a Doctorate in ME from the University of California, Berkeley.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Management Team
- Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer
Peder Ulander is the Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer of MongoDB, where he is responsible for all aspects of the company's marketing efforts, including marketing strategy and operations, demand and field marketing, digital and growth marketing, corporate communications, brand and content marketing, and product marketing. Prior to MongoDB, Peder was the Director of Enterprise and Developer Solutions Marketing at Amazon Web Services (AWS) where he led the company's marketing efforts to increase awareness, engagement, and customer success in the areas of enterprise migration and modern application development. In addition to his product priorities, Peder was also responsible for driving Amazon's open-source marketing and community engagement, helping foster better relationships and support of key open-source projects and vendors. Prior to AWS, Peder had built an outstanding track record for building strong global product and marketing strategies that deliver superior results during market transitions. He's always been fascinated by what comes next and has had a long career working at the leading edge of technology. In the early days of cloud computing, Peder was responsible for defining and launching the cloud.com brand, leading the company's marketing strategy from initial public launch to the acquisition by Citrix. With over five exits from four startups under his marketing lead, Peder has had a successful run working with some of the world's most innovative startups as well as held executive positions with established global players like Sun Microsystems, Citrix, and Cisco.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Audit Committee
- Member of Our Board of Directors
Roelof Botha has served as a member of our board of directors since December 2013. Since January 2003, Roelof has served in various positions at Sequoia Capital, a venture capital firm, including as a Partner and a Managing Member of Sequoia Capital Operations, LLC since 2007. From March 2000 to January 2003, Roelof served in various positions at PayPal, Inc., a public online payments company, including as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Botha has served on the board of directors of 23andMe, a public personal genetics company, since 2017 and is a member of its audit committee; on the board of directors of Natera, Inc., a public genetic testing company, since 2007. He has also served on the board of directors of Square, Inc., a public provider of payments, financial and marketing services, since 2011, and is a member of its audit and risk committee. Roelof also serves on the board of directors of Unity Software, Inc., a public video game software development company, since 2009, and is a member of its audit committee. He also serves on the board of directors of a number of privately-held companies. Mr. Botha previously served on the board of directors of Eventbrite, a public global platform for live experiences from 2009 to June 2022, on the board of directors of Bird Global, Inc., a public electric vehicle ride-sharing company from 2018 to December 2022 and on the board of directors of Xoom Corporation, a payment processing company, from May 2005 until its acquisition by PayPal, Inc. in November 2015. Roelof received his B.S. in Actuarial Science, Economics and Statistics from the University of Cape Town and his M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Member of the Audit Committee
Job Titles:
- EVP, Global Technical Services
Ronnen joined MongoDB with over a decade of post-sales services experience. He is responsible for Technical Services at MongoDB, encompassing technical support and proactive services. Previously, Ronnen was the Head of Customer Integrations at BloomReach, a big data e-commerce marketing software company, where he was responsible for handling customer integration and support globally. Prior, Ronnen was the Director of the Performance Engineering team and Director of Global Support at MarkLogic. He has also held professional services roles at Versatile Systems and Computer Sciences Corporation. Ronnen received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.
Job Titles:
- Chief Product Officer
- Member of the Management Team
Sahir is the Chief Product Officer at MongoDB. He is responsible for Product Management, Product Design, Product Marketing, and Industry Solutions across the MongoDB portfolio. He joined MongoDB in 2016 as SVP, Cloud Products & GTM to lead MongoDB's Cloud Products and Go-to-Market Strategy ahead of the launch of Atlas and helped grow the Cloud business from zero to over $800 million annually. Sahir joined MongoDB from Sumo Logic, a SaaS machine-data analytics company, where he managed platform, pricing, packaging and technology partnerships. Before Sumo Logic, Sahir was the Director of Cloud Management Strategy & Evangelism at VMware where he launched VMware's first organically developed SaaS management product and helped grow the management tools business to over $1B in revenue. Earlier in his career, Sahir held a variety of technical and sales-focused roles at DynamicOps, BMC Software, and BladeLogic.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Board
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Compensation Committee
- Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
- Compensation Committee
- Member of Our Board of Directors
Tom Killalea has served as a member of our board of directors since December 2015 and as the chairperson of the board of directors since July 2019. He has been an advisor to technology-driven companies since November. Formerly at Amazon for 16 years, Tom was Amazon's first Chief Information Security Officer, led the infrastructure and distributed systems team, and led the Kindle Content Ecosystem. Tom currently serves on the board of directors of Akamai Technologies, Inc., a public technology company that provides cloud services for delivering content and business applications over the internet, and Capital One Financial Corp., a public bank holding company, and Satellogic, Inc., a public earth observation company. Previously, he was a Director of Carbon Black, Inc. (CBLK), from April 2017 until its acquisition by VMware, Inc. in October 2019, and Xoom Corporation (XOOM), from March 2015 until its acquisition by PayPal, Inc. in November 2015. He serves on the editorial board of ACM Queue (Association for Computing Machinery). He holds a B.Ed. in Education from the National University of Ireland, and a B.S. in Computer Science from Trinity College in Dublin.