ClearStory Data, a Palo Alto, CA-based company that is developing a new tool for users to conduct self-driven big data exploration.
ClearStory Data’s solution offers a new way for business users to easily discover, analyze and consume data at scale from corporate, web and premium data sources for combined and up-to-date insights. Data sources include relational databases, Hadoop, Web and social application interfaces, and third-party data providers. ClearStory Data’s platform modernizes data analysis by introducing a new user model for big data analysis. The platform simplifies access to disparate data sources, automatically manages data harmonization, and enables interactive analysis at scale. With ClearStory’s solution, organizations can easily converge data from corporate and third-party sources to make business decisions faster and across distributed teams in ways never before possible.
Sharmila was the first business executive to join the Aster Data founding team and led the companys product strategy and marketing resulting in Aster Datas leadership position in the Big Data market. Aster Data was acquired by Teradata in April 2011. Prior to Aster Data, Sharmila was Chief Marketing Officer of the largest business unit (BTO) within HP Software. Prior to HP, Sharmila was Executive Vice President of Marketing at Opsware Inc., leading marketing from 2002 to its eventual acquisition by HP in 2007. Sharmila was also VP Marketing at Netscape, VP at Kiva Software and held management positions at Microsoft and General Magic.
Brian Zotter has 15+ years of engineering and product management experience building and delivering enterprise-class products. Brian is currently VP and Technology and Products at ClearStory Data. Previously, Brian was Vice President of Engineering at Salesforce.com. Prior to Salesforce, Brian held senior engineering positions at EMC, BEA Systems and MobiTV. He is also a two-time founder and entrepreneur having founded Connectize and Boxcar Software (acquired by Documentum). With 8 patents in PaaS, SaaS and multiple other fields, hes passionate about building and leading innovative, high-performance engineering teams.
Founder & Chief Architect at ClearStory Data