InfluxData Appoints Pat Walsh as Chief Marketing Officer

InfluxData, creator of the leading time series platform InfluxDB, announced the appointment of Pat Walsh as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Walsh brings extensive expertise in open source innovation, product management and go-to-market, along with a proven track record of scaling businesses and building strong developer communities.

“InfluxData is at a pivotal moment, redefining what’s possible with time series data”

“Real-time systems are reshaping industries, and managing time series data with accuracy and scale has never been more important,” said Evan Kaplan, CEO of InfluxData. “InfluxDB is at the heart of this opportunity, enabling developers to turn the relentless stream of data into innovation. Bringing Pat on board at this pivotal time for InfluxData ensures that we are in a leadership position to grow our business, strengthen our developer communities, and continue to drive market leadership in this rapidly growing space.”

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Walsh joins InfluxData from Privitar (acquired by Informatica), where he served as CMO, leading global go-to-market strategy, including demand generation, product marketing, strategic communications and branding. Prior to that, Pat was CMO at Tufin, where he oversaw all marketing activities and led the company through a successful IPO in 2019. He also held key marketing and product leadership roles at Core Security (acquired Courion) and Talend (acquired Qlik), where he to scale the enterprise data management platform.

At InfluxData, Walsh will lead the rollout of InfluxDB 3, a major leap forward in time series database technology. Developed to address the most complex time series data problems, InfluxDB 3 sets a new standard for performance, offering unlimited capacity, high-speed ingest, real-time querying, and advanced data compression for significant cost savings—all within a single data store. it can handle even the most demanding tasks with speed and precision.

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“InfluxData is at a pivotal moment redefining what’s possible with time series data,” said Walsh. “I am excited to join InfluxData, a true category leader built on technical excellence in solving time series problems. The potential of InfluxDB 3 is huge and we are just beginning to unlock its impact across the market.”