About Olivier Pomel
Olivier Pomel is the Co-founder and CEO of Datadog, a cloud monitoring company he co-founded in 2010. He previously served as Vice President of Technology at Wireless Generation, where he built data systems for K-12 education. Pomel is recognized for scaling Datadog into a multi-billion dollar public company with minimal capital burn.
Career

Co-founder, CEO
Building the next generation of tools for DevOps teams.
Datadog brings all IT systems, applications and services in one place, and helps teams make sense of it all.

Vice President, Technology
Joined as a software architect and one of the first employees of what was then a tiny startup.
- Built and led an engineering team of close to 100 of the best developers in NYC, many of which I still work with.
- Led teams that shipped products used by more than 3 million students in 4,000+ school districts, and generating more than $50M in recurring revenue.
- Designed, scoped, and led the implementation of customized data infrastructure projects ranging from $30M to $70M in total budget.

Sr Software Engineer
Sr Software Engineer
Software Engineer
Software Engineer

Software Engineer
Software Engineer
Education

N/A
Skills
Core technical and professional competencies inferred from career trajectory and leadership roles.
Cloud Monitoring
Distributed Systems
Software Architecture
DevOps Tools
Data Infrastructure Design
Scalability
Strategic Leadership
Team Building & Management
Product Vision
Business Scaling
Minimal Capital Burn Strategy
Entrepreneurship
K-12 Education Data Systems
Software Engineering
Open Source Contribution
Domains
Cloud Computing, Observability & Monitoring, Enterprise Software, SaaS
K-12 Education Technology, Data Systems, Software Development
Tags
Visionary, Data-Driven, Pragmatic, Technical Leader, Founder
Scaling Businesses, Infrastructure, Developer Tools, Minimal Burn
Frequently Asked Questions
Olivier Pomel is the Co-founder and CEO of Datadog, a cloud monitoring company he scaled to a $40 billion valuation with minimal capital burn.
When did Olivier Pomel co-found Datadog?
Where did Pomel work before Datadog?
Before Datadog, he was the Vice President of Technology at Wireless Generation from 2002 to 2010, focusing on K-12 education data systems.
What was Datadog's capital burn before IPO?
Datadog scaled to a multi-billion dollar valuation with a reported minimal capital burn of approximately $25 million.
What is Datadog's current market valuation?
Datadog is a public company with a reported market valuation of approximately $40 billion.
Where did Olivier Pomel attend university?
He graduated from Ecole Centrale Paris, a prestigious French engineering institution.


