Dan Wright

Dan Wright formerly served as CEO of DataRobot, the AI Cloud leader. He drove the strategic direction of the company to enable organizations around the world to solve their most pressing business and societal challenges with AI. Dan has extensive experience driving growth and operational excellence at disruptive technology companies. Previously, he served as the COO of AppDynamics. During the nearly seven years that Dan worked at AppDynamics, it became the largest and fastest-growing application performance management (APM) vendor. It was named a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for APM for seven years in a row and recognized as one of Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work. In 2017, AppDynamics was acquired by Cisco for $3.7 billion. Following the acquisition, it continued its aggressive growth as a part of Cisco. Dan is also an investor, board member, and advisor to leading startup companies such as Abnormal Security, Avi Networks (acquired by VMware), Ironclad, LogDNA, People.ai, and Quantum Metric. He is a Co-Founder of the Jordan Zapper Memorial Scholarship and a member of the Dean’s Council at Boston College. Dan lives in San Francisco, CA, with his family.