Doug Merritt

Doug Merritt believes that data has the power to address many of the world’s most pressing problems. Since becoming Splunk’s President and Chief Executive Officer in 2015, Merritt’s leadership focus has been around driving large-scale, simultaneous transformations in high-growth environments. He has led major shifts in the technology roadmap, financial model and go-to-market approach — dramatically increasing Splunk’s market capitalization. Splunk is one of the only enterprise software companies to accomplish a transformation of this size and scope. Over his 30+ years in the tech industry, Merritt has held senior leadership roles in organizations across a wide range of disciplines, including Product, Sales, Marketing and HR, for companies like Cisco, SAP and PeopleSoft.