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Cribl, the Data Engine for IT and Security, announced on June 24, 2025, the appointment of Mike Kourey as audit committee chair on its board of directors. With over 30 years of financial leadership in technology, Kourey joins a distinguished board to support Cribl’s rapid growth and market expansion, following a $319M Series E round in 2024 that valued the company at over $3.5B.
Mike Kourey appointed as Cribl’s audit committee chair.
Over 30 years of tech experience, led five companies through IPOs.
Cribl surpasses $200M ARR, with 70% YoY growth in 2025.
Serves 50% of Fortune 100 with telemetry data solutions.
$319M Series E in 2024, valuing Cribl at over $3.5B.
Recognized by Forbes Cloud 100, Fortune Cyber 60, and more.
Kourey’s appointment comes as Cribl, founded in 2018, experiences unprecedented growth, surpassing $200M in annual recurring revenue (ARR) in January 2025, with over 70% year-over-year growth. “With deep financial expertise and proven track record of scaling hypergrowth companies, Mike will play a critical role in steering Cribl’s strategic growth initiatives,” said CEO Clint Sharp. Kourey’s experience includes guiding Aruba Networks, Okta, Polycom, RingCentral, and Riverbed Technology through IPOs, and he currently serves as CFO at Dialpad.
Cribl’s vendor-agnostic solutions, including Cribl Stream, Edge, Search, and Lake, empower 50% of Fortune 100 companies to manage telemetry data effectively. “What sets Cribl apart is not just its customers first mindset and visionary product strategy, but the operational discipline and execution behind it,” said Kourey. The company’s $3.5B valuation, bolstered by a $319M Series E round, reflects its leadership in observability and security data management, earning accolades like Forbes Cloud 100 and Fortune Cyber 60.
Kourey’s financial expertise will guide Cribl as it expands its product portfolio and global reach, addressing telemetry data challenges for IT and security professionals. His role as audit committee chair strengthens Cribl’s governance, ensuring sustainable growth as it serves a growing enterprise customer base, including a quarter of Fortune 500 companies.
Cribl’s appointment of Mike Kourey underscores its commitment to scaling responsibly while maintaining innovation and customer focus, positioning it as a leader in the evolving data management landscape.
Cribl, the Data Engine for IT and Security, empowers organizations to transform their data strategy. Customers use Cribl’s vendor-agnostic solutions to analyze, collect, process, and route all IT and security data from any source or to any destination, delivering the choice, control, and flexibility required to adapt to their ever-changing needs. Cribl’s product suite, which is used by Fortune 1000 companies globally, is purpose-built for IT and Security, including Cribl Stream, the industry’s leading observability pipeline, Cribl Edge, an intelligent vendor-neutral agent, Cribl Search, the industry’s first search-in-place solution, and Cribl Lake and Lakehouse, turnkey open format storage solutions designed for telemetry volume and variety. Founded in 2018, Cribl is a remote-first workforce with an office in San Francisco, CA.
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