TP

Todd Papaioannou

Equity Partner at Data Collective

San Jose, California

Overview 

Todd Papaioannou is a seasoned entrepreneur with experience as a Chief Technology Officer at Splunk and as a Founder and CEO at Continuuity/Cask, which was later acquired by Google. He has also held leadership roles at Yahoo! and Teradata, and has invested in companies like Hortonworks at Series C stage. Currently based in San Jose, California, Todd Papaioannou is a prominent figure in the tech industry, known for his expertise in Big Data, Hadoop, and Cloud Computing. With a PhD from Loughborough University, he has a successful track record as a disruptor and investor, contributing to the growth and success of various startups and established companies in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Work Experience 

  • Equity Partner

    2012 - Current

  • Entrepreneur in Residence

    2013 - 2013

DCVC backs entrepreneurs using deep tech to solve problems and multiply the benefits of capitalism for everyone while reducing its cost.

  • Advisory Board Member

    2014

  • Advisory Board Member

    2012

TigerGraph supports advanced analytics and machine learning platforms through its distributed native graph database.

Raised $171,846,262.00 from Victor Koch and Tiger Global Management.

  • Advisory Board Member

    2016

BigID is a data intelligence company that helps organizations discover, manage, and protect sensitive information.

Raised $306,099,999.00 from Riverwood Capital, Advent International and Silver Lake Waterman.

  • Advisory Board Member

    2011

Hortonworks is a business computer software company that focuses on the development and support of Apache Hadoop.

Raised $248,000,000.00 from TA Capital, Accel, Hewlett Packard Pathfinder, Yahoo, Index Ventures, Passport Capital, Tenaya Capital, Dragoneer Investment Group, BlackRock and Benchmark.

  • Chief Technology Officer

    2013 - 2014

Splunk Ventures is an Investment Firm.

  • Entrepreneur in Residence

    2011 - 2012

    Entrepreneur in Residence at Battery Ventures, a multi-stage investment firm focused on technology and innovation worldwide. My role draws on both my start-up and public company experiences, and role as a Cloud and Big Data thought leader to help Battery portfolio companies build reliable and scalable computing infrastructures, work with the investment team to evaluate investments in Big Data, Analytics, and Cloud Computing infrastructure, and focus on developing potential new investment opportunities.

Battery Ventures is a investment firm that focuses on technology.

  • VP, Chief Cloud Architect

    2010 - 2011

    Chief Architect for Yahoo! Global Cloud Computing team. Focused on shaping and driving the strategic and technical direction for the Yahoo! Cloud and Hadoop teams. Yahoo! uses its cloud computing infrastructure to power nearly all of its consumer and advertiser experiences. Yahoo!’s private cloud of 400k+ machines store, analyze and process 200+ petabytes of data and content, captures 100Bn+ daily events, delivers it in a reliable and scalable way, making it accessible to users around the world on a variety of platforms and devices. Yahoo!’s cloud technology stack encompasses edge caching, content distribution networks, automated cloud serving infrastructure, multiple serving containers, massive scale data processing and ETL, data warehousing with Hadoop and multiple types of structured and unstructured data stores that form the backbone of data at Yahoo!.

Yahoo is a technology and media company that serves users through its portfolio of digital platforms, products, and services.

Raised $6,800,000.00 from Visa, SoftBank Capital, Sequoia Capital and Reuters Venture Capital.

  • VP, Architecture and Emerging Technologies

    2008 - 2010

  • CTO, Client Software

    2007 - 2008

  • Chief Architect, Teradata Viewpoint

    2005 - 2007

Teradata is the connected multi-cloud data platform company. Our enterprise analytics solve business challenges from start to scale.

Education 

Articles About Todd

Relevant Websites