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Datadog Appoints Dominic Phillips to Board of Directors


Datadog Appoints Dominic Phillips to Board of Directors
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  • March 3, 2026

Datadog, Inc., the leading AI-powered observability and security platform for cloud applications, has appointed Dominic Phillips to its Board of Directors. Phillips brings more than two decades of financial leadership in high-growth technology companies, with extensive experience in scaling global operations, strategic finance, investor relations, and corporate development.

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  • Dominic Phillips joins Datadog’s Board of Directors, effective immediately.
  • Phillips currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Samsara, overseeing global financial operations, strategic finance, accounting, treasury, investor relations, corporate development, IT, and security.
  • Prior to Samsara, he was Vice President of Finance and Head of Corporate Development at ServiceNow, leading FP&A, investor relations, treasury, and corporate development during significant growth.
  • Earlier in his career, Phillips was a Vice President in Morgan Stanley’s technology investment banking group, advising technology companies on financings and strategic transactions.
  • He holds a BS in Business from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, and an MBA from UC Berkeley.
  • The appointment strengthens Datadog’s governance as the company continues to scale its unified platform for observability, security, and AI-driven insights across cloud environments.

“As AI compounds complexity for businesses across the globe, Datadog’s vision for driving autonomy while providing full-stack visibility and security across all applications stands out in the industry,” said Phillips. “I’m looking forward to bringing my expertise and knowledge in scaling high-growth companies to help further this vision.”

“Dominic has a strong track record of leading rapidly growing global technology companies. His experience building high-performing teams and delivering strong financial results will be invaluable as Datadog continues to scale,” said Olivier Pomel, Chief Executive Officer at Datadog.

Phillips’ appointment enhances Datadog’s Board with proven expertise in financial discipline, strategic growth, and navigating complex technology landscapes—aligning with the company’s mission to empower organizations with real-time observability, security, and faster problem resolution across their entire technology stack.

About Datadog

Datadog is the leading AI-powered observability and security platform for cloud applications. Our SaaS platform integrates and automates infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring, log management, user experience monitoring, cloud security and many other capabilities to provide unified, real-time observability and security for our customers’ entire technology stack. Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes and across a wide range of industries to enable digital transformation and cloud migration, drive collaboration among development, operations, security and business teams, accelerate time to market for applications, reduce time to problem resolution, secure applications and infrastructure, understand user behavior and track key business metrics.

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