James Markarian is the former CTO of Informatica where he spent 15 years leading the data integration technology and business as the company grew from a startup to over a $1 billion revenue company. Since leaving Informatica in 2013, he has been an investor in and advisor to many startup data management companies. Previously, he was an an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) at Khosla Ventures, focussing on integration and business intelligence. James got his start at Oracle in 1988 where he was a developer, manager and a member of the company-wide architecture board. He has a B.A. in Computer Science and B.A. and M.A. in Economics from Boston University.