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StarTree Joins the Vendor Forum

Pete Goldin
Editor and Publisher
APMdigest

Chad Meley, SVP Marketing and Developer Relations at StarTree, has joined the APMdigest Vendor Forum.

Meley's experience includes more than 20 years as a leader in SaaS, big data, AI & advanced analytics, data-driven marketing, strategy and planning for early-stage software companies and large, established leaders alike. Prior to joining StarTree, he was CMO at Kinetica; and before that VP of Product Marketing at Teradata, where he played a key role in repositioning Teradata during the rise of big data and the cloud to its current leadership position. Meley has also held a variety of leadership roles centered on data and analytics with Electronic Arts, Dell and FedEx. He holds a doctorate from the University of Florida where his dissertation was on Applied Artificial Intelligence and teaches AI part-time at The University of Texas.

StarTree helps businesses deliver real-time analytics into their customer-facing applications. StarTree Cloud, powered by Apache Pinot, is a fully-managed real-time analytics Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS). StarTree's platform is built to power insights at massive speed and scale, and a fraction of the cost of alternatives. With StarTree, customers unlock the full potential of their data while exceeding user expectations.
 

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StarTree Joins the Vendor Forum

Pete Goldin
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Chad Meley, SVP Marketing and Developer Relations at StarTree, has joined the APMdigest Vendor Forum.

Meley's experience includes more than 20 years as a leader in SaaS, big data, AI & advanced analytics, data-driven marketing, strategy and planning for early-stage software companies and large, established leaders alike. Prior to joining StarTree, he was CMO at Kinetica; and before that VP of Product Marketing at Teradata, where he played a key role in repositioning Teradata during the rise of big data and the cloud to its current leadership position. Meley has also held a variety of leadership roles centered on data and analytics with Electronic Arts, Dell and FedEx. He holds a doctorate from the University of Florida where his dissertation was on Applied Artificial Intelligence and teaches AI part-time at The University of Texas.

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