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Joe Otto

CEO at Astronomer

United States

Overview 

Joe Otto is an experienced executive with a background in enterprise software and cloud computing, having held leadership roles at companies like Alpine Data and Greenplum/Pivotal. He is currently serving as an Advisor and Investor, specializing in post-seed and Series A investments in sectors such as Consumer Internet and Enterprise, with a focus on the Midwest region.

Work Experience 

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Astronomer

  • Member Board of Directors

    2018 - 2023

  • Chief Executive Officer

    2018 - 2023

    Astronomer is the Commercial Developer of Apache Airflow, the open source standard for Orchestration in the Modern Data Enterprise.

Astronomer develops a data orchestration platform that helps with the deployment, management, and scaling of distributed airflow services.

Raised $282,900,000.00 from Meritech Capital Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Insight Partners, Sierra Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures, JP Morgan, K5 Global, Venrock and FirstMark.

astronomer.io
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Refinery Ventures

  • Venture Partner

    2019 - 2022

    Refinery invests in early scale companies – bridging the gap and mentoring our teams between post-seed and Series A funding. We bring our partners into our personal network of trusted investors, companies, and talent – on both coasts and in the Midwest.

We invest in early scale companies – bridging the gap and mentoring our teams between post-seed and Series A funding.

refinery.com
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ENGAGE Talent

  • Board Member

    2017 - 2019

    Fortunate to have served on the Board of this amazing Company! Looking forward to even greater success for the team. Thank you, it's been a privilege!

ENGAGE leverages AI to predict people’s job security and likelihood to change jobs based on publicly available information.

Raised $9,750,000.00 from High Alpha, Grand Ventures, Engage, Silicon Valley Bank and South Carolina Research Authority.

engagetalent.com
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Alpine Data

  • CEO/Chairman

    2013 - 2017

    Alpine Data was acquired by Tibco Software.

Greenplum/Pivotal

  • Senior Vice President, Sales

    2007 - 2013

    Acquired by EMC in July 2010, Greenplum is the leading developer of next generation data platforms for big data analytics.

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Sun Microsystems

  • Vice President, Midwest Area

    2003 - 2007

Sun Microsystems is a multinational vendor of computers, computer software and hardware, and information technology services.

Raised $1,700,000.00 from Kleiner Perkins.

sun.com

Infolibria

  • Vice President, Sales

    2001 - 2003

Synergistics

  • Investor, Sales and Marketing Executive

    2000 - 2001

    Leading developer of Knowledge Management Software for sales and marketing.

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Cisco

  • Director, Service Providers

    1994 - 2000

Cisco DevNet is your source for everything developer at Cisco Systems.

developer.cisco.com
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Sun Microsystems

  • Director, Sales

    1987 - 1994

Sun Microsystems is a multinational vendor of computers, computer software and hardware, and information technology services.

Raised $1,700,000.00 from Kleiner Perkins.

sun.com

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