Leadership Team
Fangjin Yang
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Fangjin is one of the original authors of the open source Apache Druid® project and co-founder and CEO at Imply. Fangjin previously held senior engineering positions at Metamarkets and Cisco. He holds a BASc in Electrical Engineering and a MASc in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo
Gian Merlino
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Gian is one of the original authors of the open source Apache Druid® project and co-founder and CTO at Imply. Gian is also the Apache Druid® Committee (PMC) Chair. Previously, Gian led the data ingestion team at Metamarkets and held senior engineering positions at Yahoo. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Caltech.
Vadim Ogievetsky
Co-Founder and Chief Experience Officer
Vadim is one of the original authors of the open source Apache Druid® project and co-founder and CXO at Imply. Prior to Imply he worked at Metamarkets (acquired by Snapchat). Vadim holds an M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University. At Stanford he was part of the Data Visualization group where he contributed to Protovis and D3.js.
Eric Tschetter
Chief Officer, Emerging Solutions
Eric is one of the original authors of the open source Apache Druid® project and Chief Officer, Emerging Solutions at Imply. He has been consistently working with Druid throughout his roles as a Fellow at Splunk and before that as a Distinguished Engineer at Yahoo Inc. Eric was a member of the founding team of Tidepool, a Diabetes Data Non-Profit, and was the VP of Engineering at Metamarkets, where Druid originated. Eric holds a Masters in Computer Science from the University of Tokyo and B.A. in Computer Science and Japanese from the University of Texas at Austin.
Pranav Parekh
Chief Customer Officer
Pranav, Chief Customer Officer at Imply, brings 25 years of tech leadership with stints at Google, Oracle, Apigee, and DataStax. An integral part of the team that led Apigee’s IPO and acquisition by Google, his vision blends strategic innovation with a deep commitment to customer success. He holds an MBA from Pepperdine and emphasizes a customer-first approach in his work. As a cancer survivor, his involvement with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society underscores his dedication to community service. At Imply, he’s redefining excellence, driving the team towards unparalleled customer experiences fueled by a deep understanding of customer needs.
Jennifer Palecki
Chief People Officer
Jennifer is Chief People Officer at Imply and is in charge of building and retaining our exceptional team of #imployees. Prior to joining Imply, she held various HR leadership roles at Highspot, Skytap and Dell EMC. Jennifer holds a B.A. in Psychology and Sociology from University of California, Berkeley.
Tony Russo
Chief Financial Officer
Tony is CFO at Imply and leads the corporate finance teams. He has extensive experience leading teams in finance, accounting, legal, HR, facilities, sales operations and corporate development. Tony holds a B.A. from John Hopkins University and an MBA from Stanford University.
Gabriel Tavridis
Vice President, Product Management
Gabriel is the VP of Product Management at Imply. He leads the Product, UX, Documentation and Developer Relations teams. Prior to Imply he held product leadership roles at Adobe, Appcelerator, Twin Prime (acquired by Salesforce) and Salesforce. Gabriel holds an MBA from Stanford University.
Juleen Konkel
General Counsel
Juleen is General Counsel at Imply where she leads the global legal and compliance team. She is a seasoned legal executive with fifteen years of experience growing the legal function in both growth startups and global enterprises. Her expertise includes a nuanced understanding of the goals of emerging growth companies and is known for driving alignment between the business, people, and legal functions. Juleen earned a B.S. in Biochemistry from CSU East Bay and a JD from the University of New Hampshire, Franklin Pierce Law Center.
Board of Directors
Fangjin Yang
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Fangjin is one of the original authors of the open source Apache Druid® project and co-founder and CEO at Imply. Fangjin previously held senior engineering positions at Metamarkets and Cisco. He holds a BASc in Electrical Engineering and a MASc in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo
Gian Merlino
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Gian is one of the original authors of the open source Apache Druid® project and co-founder and CTO at Imply. Gian is also the Apache Druid® Committee (PMC) Chair. Previously, Gian led the data ingestion team at Metamarkets and held senior engineering positions at Yahoo. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Caltech.
Martin Casado
General Partner, a16z
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
Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
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.
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