Kannan Muthukkaruppan
About Kannan Muthukkaruppan
Kannan Muthukkaruppan is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Yugabyte, where he has worked since 2024. He has extensive experience in developing large-scale storage systems and distributed databases, having previously held positions at Oracle, Facebook, and Nutanix.
Work at Yugabyte
Kannan Muthukkaruppan serves as Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Yugabyte, a position he has held since 2024. He previously held the role of Co-Founder and CEO from 2016 to 2020 and then transitioned to Co-Founder and President from 2020 to 2024. His work at Yugabyte focuses on developing YugabyteDB, a global-scale distributed SQL database. Muthukkaruppan actively participates in YugabyteDB Friday Tech Talks, contributing to the community and sharing insights on distributed databases.
Education and Expertise
Kannan Muthukkaruppan earned a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, from 1988 to 1992. He furthered his education with a Master of Science (MS) in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, from 1992 to 1994. His expertise includes developing large-scale storage systems and language runtimes, with significant experience in distributed databases such as Cassandra and HBase.
Background
Before co-founding Yugabyte, Kannan Muthukkaruppan worked at Oracle as a Consulting Member of Technical Staff from 1994 to 2007, where he spent 13 years. He then transitioned to Facebook, serving as a Technical Lead from 2007 to 2013 for six years. Following his tenure at Facebook, he worked at Nutanix as an Engineer from 2013 to 2016 for three years, further enhancing his technical skills and industry knowledge.
Achievements
Kannan Muthukkaruppan has been instrumental in founding Yugabyte in 2016 and has played a key role in the development of YugabyteDB. His contributions to the field of distributed databases are notable, with extensive experience in building systems that support large-scale data management. His leadership at Yugabyte reflects his commitment to tackling challenging problems in technology.