MongoDB names Dev Ittycheria as President and CEO

As per the latest report, MongoDB has announced appointment of Dev Ittycheria as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective September 3, 2014. Max Schireson, the company's current CEO will become Vice-Chairman and remain with the company full-time after transitioning the CEO role.

"We are delighted that Dev will be leading the next leg of our amazing growth. Max has built a world-class team that has shipped great software, raised a record amount of money from smart investors, attracted hundreds of great partners and generated millions in revenue from the world’s leading companies. Dev's skills are a fantastic addition as we continue to grow our leadership in the market," said Dwight Merriman, Chairman & Co-Founder, MongoDB.

"I'm thrilled at the opportunity to help create the next great database company. MongoDB helps companies create entirely new types of business applications, while dramatically accelerating time-to-market and lowering overall costs. I look forward to scaling what we can do," said Dev Ittycheria.

Dev is an accomplished enterprise software leader. He was the Co-Founder and CEO of BladeLogic, one of the fastest-growing enterprise software companies of the last decade. After co-founding the business in 2001, he went on to take the company public in 2007, and then sold it to BMC Software in 2008 for approximately $900 million. After the acquisition, Dev became President of the Enterprise Service Management business at BMC Software, a business with $1.4 billion in annual revenue and over 4,000 employees.