Doug Merritt has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of
our Board since 2015. Previously, Mr. Merritt served as Senior Vice President of Field
Operations at Splunk from 2014 to 2015.
Prior to joining Splunk, Mr. Merritt served as Senior Vice President of Products and So-
lutions Marketing at Cisco Systems, Inc., a networking company, from 2012 to 2014.
From 2011 to 2012, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Baynote, Inc., a behavioral
personalization and marketing technology company. Previously, Mr. Merritt served in a
number of executive roles and as a member of the extended Executive Board at SAP
A.G., from 2005 to 2011. From 2001 to 2004, he served as Group Vice President and
General Manager of the Human Capital Management Product Division at PeopleSoft
Inc. (acquired by Oracle Corporation). He also co-founded and served as Chief Execu-
tive Officer of Icarian, Inc. (since acquired by Workstream Corp.), a cloud-based com-
pany, from 1996 to 2001.
Mr. Merritt holds a B.S. from The University of the Pacific in Stockton, California.