Redis Gets a Fresh Leadership Makeover

Former Snowflake managing director Vimal Venkatram will now lead real-time database Redis’s growth and innovation as managing director for Asia Pacific Japan. 

“I am truly grateful for the amazing experience that Snowflake has given me. The people I have worked with have left an indelible impact on my life. Thank you to everyone at Snowflake, as well as to our customers and partners who have made this journey memorable,” Venkatram added in his LinkedIn post. 

Based in Singapore, he has been with Snowflake for almost five years and has been previously associated with Oracle, Citrix, and Hitachi Data Systems, among others. 

Apart from Venkatram, two weeks ago, Redis also underwent another leadership change. Cofounder Yiftach Schoolman has taken up the role of President after serving 11 years as the chief technology officer since the company’s inception. 

“I'll continue to help Redis develop its strategy and execute our technology vision, and I'll spend time with customers and peers,” said Schoolman. 

Benjamin Renaud, who previously worked as Airbnb’s engineering director and Cisco’s VP,  has joined the Redis team as CTO, replacing Schoolman. 

The company recently acquired Israel based Speedb, a RocksDB-compatible key-value storage engine, expanding its capabilities beyond in-memory storage. S, all the employees of Spedb have joined Redis. It is also transitioning from the open-source BSD license to a dual-licensing model. This change aims to thwart large cloud providers from offering free alternatives to Redis' hosted services.