Get to know InfluxData
The company behind InfluxDB, the #1 time series database
We created InfluxDB to solve one of the hardest challenges in software:
storing analyzing and acting on data that changes every second.
The scale of time series
Today millions of developers and thousands of organizations rely on InfluxDB to power real-time systems, industrial AI, and observability platforms.
#1
Time series database
Source: DB Engines
1.3M+
Active InfluxDB instances
5B+
Telegraf
downloads
2,600+
Enterprise customers
400+
Official Telegraf plugins to integrate with anything
2012
Founded, More than a decade of innovation and category leadership
It’s about time
For more than a decade, InfluxData has defined the time series database category.
Time series powers all real-time systems, from industrial equipment and power grids to cloud infrastructure, financial platforms, and AI applications. As those systems become more connected, the ability to process data in real-time becomes critical.
That's why we've spent more than ten years focused on a single mission: helping developers collect, store, analyze, and act on time series data at any scale.
Read our story
Trusted to power real-time systems
Meet our leadership
Evan Kaplan is a seasoned entrepreneur and technology leader with over 25 years of executive experience. He is currently the CEO of InfluxData, the company behind InfluxDB, the leading time series database. Since joining InfluxData in 2016, he has played a key role in scaling the company to meet the growing demand for time series data solutions, especially for IoT, Industrial IoT, and AI applications. Previously, Evan served as President and CEO of iPass Corporation, where he led its transformation into a global leader in Wi-Fi connectivity. Earlier in his career, he founded Aventail Corporation, a pioneering SSL VPN company later acquired by Dell, and served as an Executive in Residence at Trinity Ventures.
Beyond technology, Evan is active in philanthropy and venture investing. He is a longtime board member and Treasurer of One Heart Worldwide, a nonprofit that partners with the Nepalese government to improve maternal and neonatal healthcare in remote communities. He also serves on the board of and advises several early-stage AI companies, including Diffblue and Botpress.
An experienced alpinist, Evan is a veteran of multiple Himalayan expeditions, reflecting his passion for adventure and endurance. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science from Western Washington University and an MBA from the University of Washington.
Paul is the creator of InfluxDB. He has helped build software for startups, large companies and organizations like Microsoft, Google, McAfee, Thomson Reuters, and Air Force Space Command. He is the series editor for Addison Wesley's Data & Analytics book and video series. In 2010 Paul wrote the book Service Oriented Design with Ruby and Rails for Addison Wesley's. In 2009 he started the NYC Machine Learning Meetup, which now has over 7,000 members. Paul holds a degree in computer science from Columbia University.
Winnie is a veteran financial executive with over twenty years of strategic and operational financial management experience at both public and privately held companies. Before InfluxData, Winnie served as VP of Finance at iPass, Corporate Controller at Merriman Capital, divisional Head of FP&A at VeriSign, and finance leader at Chemdex where she played a key role in the company's highly successful IPO and convertible notes offering. Winnie holds a Bachelor's degree in Accounting and an MBA from San Francisco State University. Winnie also received the CPA certification (currently inactive).
Pat Walsh is InfluxData's Chief Marketing Officer, responsible for shaping and driving the company's global marketing strategy. Pat has extensive experience in open source innovation, product management, and go-to-market execution. Before joining InfluxData, Pat most recently served as CMO at Privitar (acquired by Informatica). Before that, he was CMO at Tufin, where he led global marketing strategy that spearheaded company growth. He also led marketing at Core Security and Talend (acquired by Qlik), where he played a key role in scaling their product offerings, expanding market presence, and driving revenue growth.
Arwa has nearly two decades of experience in cloud go-to-market strategies and scaling startups and large enterprises with triple-digit growth. At InfluxData, she oversees all global sales activities, including sales enablement, customer success, and technical support and services. Prior to InfluxData, Arwa was VP of Worldwide Sales & Go-to-Market at HPE Greenlake Cloud Services, and before that led Azure Cloud App Dev Go-to-Market at Microsoft.
Jeremy Freeland is the Chief Legal Officer of InfluxData. He has more than 25 years of experience working with early, mid and late stage technology companies focused on innovating and disrupting established industries. He has held inside and outside general counsel roles, with an emphasis on operationalizing the company's legal function, compliance obligations and risk approach. Before joining InfluxData, he was Chief Legal Officer at Auth0.
Barbara leads the engineering team at InfluxData. She has extensive experience leading globally distributed teams in designing, developing, deploying and supporting products and services that are delivered on a cloud-based service platform and on a range of client platforms. Prior to InfluxData, Barbara had a variety of engineering and technical leadership roles, including VP Engineering at iPass, CTO at Cirrent, and Principal Architect at eBay. Barbara has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from University College Dublin, Ireland.
Gary Fowler is VP of Product at InfluxData. Gary has nearly three decades of experience in product management, program management, software engineering and sales engineering. He previously held Vice President roles in Product and Engineering at iPass, Airborne Interactive, and Lilee Systems. Gary resides in Holualoa, Hawaii.
Yvette La Rue is VP of People at InfluxData. She has extensive experience in building high-performing teams and fostering meaningful employee experiences. She has a proven track record in designing and scaling organizational workforces, implementing programs that strengthen company cultures, and creating talent strategies that attract, develop, and retain top talent.
Prior to joining InfluxData, Yvette led global people operations at Auth0 (acquired by Okta), where she played a key role in growing its workforce.
A passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion, Yvette is dedicated to partnering with organizations that support underrepresented groups to build diverse and inclusive workplaces.
Core values
Delivering Time to Awesome starts with being awesome ourselves. At InfluxData, we hire and lead by these core values:We value each other
We recognize we come from a variety of backgrounds and have a variety of beliefs and values. We embrace each other as people, respect our differences, and are committed to working together to achieve our shared objectives.
We get stuff done
We are direct, truthful, action oriented, goal driven, and we take ownership. We work together to deliver a great experience for our customers, community, and partners.
We believe humility drives learning
We approach each other, our work, customers, and community with respect, candor, and humility. We are not greedy. We remain open to new ideas and are committed to continuous learning and improvement.
We embrace failure
We try things, break things, take risks, and believe failure is key to innovation. We bounce back from failure and learn quickly.
We are committed to open source
We believe in open source and are committed to participating in and contributing to the open source community in meaningful ways.
Backed by top-tier investors
We partner with some of the most respected investors in enterprise software and infrastructure
Built around the world
InfluxData is a remote-first company with team members across the world. Together, we're building the technology behind some of the world's most demanding real-time systems.
Help build what's next
Join the team helping developers turn real-time data into faster systems, smarter infrastructure, and better operations.
