Kentik, the Network Intelligence platform, has expanded its executive team with seven new hires across engineering, product, sales, finance, and partnerships to meet surging demand for AI solutions in network design, management, and optimization. These leaders bring decades of experience from top enterprises like Dell Technologies, Palo Alto Networks, Red Hat, SolarWinds, SentinelOne, and Splunk, positioning Kentik to capitalize on the increasing complexity of modern networks.
The expanded team includes Chris Khadan as Chief Customer Officer, Jason McKerr as SVP of Engineering, Mav Turner as SVP of Product, Daniel Donovan as VP of Global Sales, Magnus Friberg as Chief Financial Officer, Steve Stover as VP of Product Marketing, and Ken Marks as VP of Channels and Alliances. This infusion of expertise from industry leaders equips Kentik to address the heightened demands of AI infrastructure, where networks require precise management for capacity, performance, cost, reliability, and security.
Kentik has pioneered the shift from traditional network monitoring to intelligence with recent AI launches. The Kentik Query Assistant allows non-experts to gain insights into network operations through natural language queries. Kentik Journeys provides AI-assisted workflows for troubleshooting complex issues, while Cause Analysis automatically detects and explains root causes of traffic anomalies, empowering teams to resolve problems efficiently.
In the past year, Kentik's revenue has doubled, with customers now numbering 500 enterprises and service providers. The platform processes a trillion telemetry points per day, unifying cloud, device, flow, and synthetic data to deliver actionable intelligence across data centers, clouds, and the internet. This scale supports organizations in optimizing applications and innovation without the opacity of legacy tools.
“As AI infrastructure continues to fuel strong demand for Network Intelligence, we’ve assembled a world-class executive team to drive our strategy and growth,” said Avi Freedman, Co-Founder and CEO of Kentik. “Today’s networks are more complex and vital than ever, and with Kentik, enterprises and service providers can finally take control of their infrastructure to drive their business — and manage capacity, performance, cost, reliability, and security with confidence.”
Kentik's enhanced leadership and AI capabilities solidify its role as the real-time source of truth for network operations, relied upon by market leaders to maintain competitive edge in digital infrastructure.
Kentik is the network intelligence platform for modern infrastructure teams. Unlike traditional monitoring and observability tools, Kentik demystifies complex network operations, enabling organizations to deliver applications and innovation at scale. Built by network experts to make critical insight accessible to every engineer, Kentik is the real-time source of truth that understands every network in context — from data center to cloud to the internet. This single platform unifies and correlates cloud, device, flow, and synthetic data to turn telemetry into action. Market leaders like Akamai, Booking.com, Dropbox, and Zoom rely on Kentik to run, manage, and optimize their networks.
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