David Chao

David is Chief Marketing Officer at Alation. He oversees all aspects of Alation's marketing strategy. David has more than 15 years of experience building and scaling go-to-market functions for hyper-growth B2B enterprise SaaS companies. He recently served as VP of Marketing at Datadog, joining through the company’s acquisition of Sqreen. Before Sqreen, David was VP and Head of Product Marketing at MuleSoft. He holds a BA in economics and management from the University of Oxford, an MA in international relations from The Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from The Wharton School.