Meet the leaders behind Imply

Sets company direction. Original author of Apache Druid; previously held senior engineering roles at Metamarkets and Cisco.

Owns the technology. Original Apache Druid author and its PMC Chair; led data ingestion at Metamarkets.

Owns how the product feels to use. Original Apache Druid author; contributed to Protovis and D3.js at Stanford’s Data Visualization group.

Eric is one of the original authors of the open source Apache Druid® project and Chief Officer, Emerging Solutions at Imply.

Owns product strategy and the roadmap.

Owns the customer relationship from first deployment onward.

Owns finance and the operating plan.

Owns hiring, people operations, and how it feels to work here.

Owns marketing, brand, and how Imply explains itself.

Martin Casado is a general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz where he focuses on enterprise investing. He was previously the cofounder and chief technology officer at Nicira, which was acquired by VMware for $1.26 billion in 2012. While at VMware, Martin was a fellow, and served as senior vice president and general manager of the Networking and Security Business Unit.

Elliott Robinson is a partner and co-founder of the growth investment practice at Bessemer, where he focuses primarily on Cloud software investments. He looks to partner with companies and management teams that are defining their market category while also maintaining a set of core values that will allow them to expand and solidify their leadership position.