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 execution, 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 precision and scale has never been more critical,” said Evan Kaplan, CEO of InfluxData. “InfluxDB sits at the center of this opportunity, empowering developers to turn the relentless stream of data into innovation. Bringing Pat on board at this key moment for InfluxData ensures we have the leadership to scale our business, strengthen our developer communities, and continue to drive market leadership in this fast-growing space.”

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

At InfluxData, Walsh will spearhead the rollout of InfluxDB 3, a major leap forward in time series database technology. Developed to address the most complex time series data challenges, InfluxDB 3 sets a new standard for performance, offering unlimited cardinality, high-speed ingest, real-time querying, and advanced data compression to drive significant cost savings—all within a single datastore to power the most demanding workloads 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’m excited to join InfluxData, a true category leader built on engineering excellence in solving time series challenges. The potential for InfluxDB 3 is immense, and we’re just beginning to unlock its impact across the market.”