Ronen Schwartz CEO, K2view

K2view, in AI-driven operational data management, appointed Ronen Schwartz as CEO effective immediately.

With a track record of 25 years in the data industry, he brings expertise and a wealth of executive leadership skills to the company.

He will succeed co-founder Achi Rotem as CEO, and this latter will assume the role of company president.

“Creating, deploying, and governing data products at scale is a critical enabler for business agility and innovation today,” said Schwartz. “Achi has built an incredible team committed to delivering business value to our customers, coupled with accelerated, profitable growth. Gartner’s recognition of K2view as a Visionary in its recent Data Integration Tools Magic Quadrant is a great testament of the company’s product and strategy. This is going to be a great ride.“

Most recently, Schwartz served as SVP and GM of cloud storage at NetApp, growing the business 12-fold, to become the majority of the $600 million cloud division. Prior to that, he held several senior executive positions at Informatica, a provider of data management software, in a career spanning 14 years. While at Informatica, he incepted and led multiple lines of business, including data integration, data catalog, and integration platform as-a-Service, successfully growing the business to hundreds of million dollars of annual revenue, and forging strategic partnerships with hyperscalers and analytics leaders.

He holds an MBA in IT and Business Development from Tel Aviv University, and a BSc in Information Technology from Technion, the Technological Institute of Israel.

“We’re excited to have Ronen take the helm at K2view to drive its next phases of innovation and growth,” stated Rotem. “With a proven track record in building high-performing organizations, developing industry-leading partnerships, and growing new markets in the data management domain, Ronen has all the attributes we looked for in a CEO. I look forward to working with Ronen to reach our goals in 2024 and beyond, and warmly welcome him to the K2view family.”

Rotem co-founded K2view in 2009 together with Cohen, served as CTO until 2020, and as CEO from 2020. Under his leadership, the company developed its flagship Data Product Platform, recognized by Gartner as Visionary in its Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools. During his tenure as CEO, the K2view platform was selected and deployed as the operational data backbone for some the largest enterprises in the world, driving profitability and accelerated business growth for the company.

“We have a winning combination in Ronen Schwartz as CEO and Achi Rotem as president,” added Steve Kostyshen, COB. “Ronen’s proven ability to lead companies through multiple stages of growth, combined with Achi’s unparalleled vision and commitment, will assure K2view’s market leadership position for years to come.“