Kurt Mackey
Kurt Mackey is the Co-Founder and CEO of Fly.io, a developer-centric public cloud company he co-founded in 2016. Under his leadership, Fly.io has focused on providing a platform that allows developers to deploy and run applications close to end-users with low latency and at an attractive cost. He has overseen the company's growth and its evolution to meet the demands of modern applications, including those leveraging machine learning and AI.
Career Milestones
- Kurt Mackey co-founded MongoHQ in 2009, a MongoDB as a Service company, which was later acquired.
- He then co-founded Compose in 2010, a database as a service for multiple databases, also acquired.
- Since 2016, Mackey has served as the Co-Founder and CEO of Fly.io, a developer-focused public cloud platform.
- Fly.io aims to provide a platform for running full-stack applications and databases close to users globally, emphasizing developer experience and low-latency performance.
About Fly.io
Fly.io, founded in 2016, is a developer-focused cloud platform in the software development industry. They help developers and businesses deploy full-stack applications and databases globally, targeting those needing low-latency, scalable, and reliable hosting. Core features include running Docker containers as VMs, global load balancing, private networking, and managed Postgres. Benefits include reduced latency, improved user experience, and simplified global deployments.