Ittycheria Dev

About Ittycheria Dev

Dev Ittycheria is a seasoned enterprise software executive best known for his long tenure as President and Chief Executive Officer of MongoDB, Inc., a role he held from 2014 until 2025. During that period, he helped guide MongoDB through a major growth phase, including its 2017 initial public offering. Company biographies describe his leadership as instrumental in transforming MongoDB from an open-source database company into a global software platform with broad customer adoption and international reach. He is also closely associated with Datadog, where he serves as Lead Independent Director on the board, underscoring his influence in the public cloud software ecosystem. Before joining MongoDB, Ittycheria co-founded BladeLogic and served as its CEO. BladeLogic went public in 2007 and was later acquired by BMC Software in 2008 for approximately $900 million. Following that acquisition, he became President of BMC’s Enterprise Service Management business. Earlier in his career, he was a Managing Director at OpenView Venture Partners and a Venture Partner at Greylock Partners, giving him experience on both the operating and investing sides of technology growth. He earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University. Across his career, Ittycheria has been associated with company creation, public offerings, acquisitions, and board leadership at high-growth software firms. His most notable achievements include taking an enterprise software company public, scaling a cloud data platform, and contributing to the governance of major U.S.-listed technology companies. When specific details are uncertain, the description is kept generic to avoid overstating claims.