Transforming Enterprise Data into Trusted Context

Previously, Swaroop was Head of Data Platform and Search Infrastructure at Airbnb from 2014 to 2020. Under his leadership, his team built the foundation for data informed decision making and built several popular tools like Apache Airflow, Apache Superset and Airbnb Dataportal. He also led the development of Airbnb’s Knowledge Graph and Search Indexing/Serving Infrastructure. He was also the overall engineering lead for the Cloud cost efficiency program at Airbnb.

Prior to Airbnb, Swaroop worked on building a distributed database at LinkedIn and ad-serving systems at Yahoo. Swaroop has a Masters in Computer Science from UCSB.

Prior to founding DataHub, Shirshanka was the overall architect for Big Data at LinkedIn from 2010 to 2020, and responsible for creating the metadata and data management strategy at the company. As part of this, he founded the DataHub project and shaped its evolution to a metadata platform that powers productivity and governance use cases at LinkedIn. He is also a PMC and committer on the Apache Gobblin project which manages 100PB+ of data assets at rest at LinkedIn, and is deployed in production at other large companies like Verizon and PayPal. Prior to LinkedIn, Shirshanka worked on high performance serving systems at Yahoo and PayPal. Shirshanka has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UCLA.

Lachlan brings extensive sales leadership experience from iconic data infrastructure startups, including Redpanda and CockroachDB, where he honed his expertise in scaling revenue for cutting-edge database and data platform technologies. His specialties encompass both software and hardware sales across enterprise and mid-market segments, with a strong focus on building and managing high-performing sales teams. With deep experience in the data infrastructure space, Lachlan understands the unique challenges and opportunities facing organizations as they modernize their data stack. His proven ability to scale revenue at leading data companies makes him instrumental in accelerating DataHub’s commercial success.

Satprit brings over 28 years of marketing expertise to DataHub, having previously built and scaled marketing teams at leading AI and tech companies including C3.ai, GE, IBM, and Unilever. He specializes in category creation, brand building, and performance marketing for enterprise software platforms, with a proven track record of delivering 15-40% revenue growth and 125+% campaign ROIs through metrics-driven B2B demand generation. At GE, he created the value packaging and pricing strategy for the Predix platform and related applications. His deep experience spans the full spectrum from pre-IPO startups to global enterprises, making him uniquely positioned to drive DataHub’s market expansion.

As CFO, Reed leads DataHub’s financial strategy and operational discipline as the company scales its operations and expands internationally. He brings more than 25 years of finance leadership experience across private and public companies. Most recently, Reed advised Sirona Medical, Inc., helping lead the company’s successful $45M Series C financing. Prior to that, he was Chief Financial Officer at RMS, where he facilitated the company’s $2B sale to Moody’s. Earlier in his career, Reed held senior finance roles at Intermolecular, Better Place, BigBand Networks, and Cellon. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from California State University, Fresno.

As VP of Product, James is leading DataHub’s product strategy and roadmap, ensuring the platform continues to deliver cutting-edge capabilities for both the open-source community and enterprise customers. He brings over 18 years of product leadership experience in data infrastructure and analytics. Most recently, James served as Senior Director of Product Management at dbt Labs, where he led the product management team following dbt Labs’ acquisition of Transform, a metrics platform company he co-founded in 2020.