Dev Ittycheria (born 1966 or 1967[2]) is an American software executive and venture capitalist based in New York City's Silicon Alley, who is CEO of MongoDB Inc. He holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Rutgers University.[3]
Prior to MongoDB, Ittycheria co-founded BladeLogic in 2001 and worked as the company's chief executive until it was bought by BMC for $900 million in 2008, after which he became president at BMC. In 2012, he joined venture capital firm Greylock Partners as a partner. In his early career, he also co-founded and ran a cloud services company called Applica, which eventually merged with Breakaway Solutions.[4][5]
