Olivier Pomel
Olivier Pomel is the co-founder and CEO of Datadog, a cloud monitoring and analytics platform, a role he has held since June 2010. Under his leadership, Datadog has grown significantly, going public in 2019 and achieving a market capitalization of nearly $36 billion. Pomel is recognized for his customer-centric approach and his focus on bridging the gap between development and operations teams. Olivier Pomel co-founded Datadog in 2010 and has led its growth as CEO, culminating in a successful IPO in 2019. In 2016, he received the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year award in the New York region, recognizing his leadership and innovation. Pomel is also credited with pioneering the observability space, defining and popularizing the concept of logs, metrics, and traces for monitoring complex systems. Before Datadog, from 2002 to 2010, he served as Vice President of Technology at Wireless Generation, building data systems for K-12 education. His career began as a software engineer at IBM Research in 1999. These achievements underscore his commitment to advancing cloud monitoring and analytics.
Career Milestones
- Co-founded Datadog in 2010 and has served as CEO since its inception.
- Led Datadog through rapid growth and a successful IPO in 2019, reaching a market capitalization of nearly $36 billion.
- Received the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year award in the New York region in 2016 for leadership and innovation.
- Pioneered the observability space, introducing the integrated use of logs, metrics, and traces for system monitoring.
- Previously served as Vice President of Technology at Wireless Generation from 2002 to 2010, developing data systems for K-12 education.
- Began his career as a software engineer at IBM Research in 1999.
About Datadog
Datadog, founded in 2010, is a SaaS company in the technology industry. They provide a monitoring and security platform for cloud-scale applications, helping developers, IT operations, and business users. Core features include infrastructure monitoring, APM, log management, and security monitoring. Benefits include real-time observability, faster troubleshooting, and improved system reliability.