Kevin Thompson

Thompson has an impressive background leading global technology companies and is a seasoned executive and cloud software veteran. After serving as the CFO and COO of SolarWinds from 2006 to 2010, Thompson then served as President and CEO from 2010 to 2020 – taking the company from $20 million in revenue to over $1 billion in revenue and becoming a global leader in IT Management. Prior to SolarWinds, Thompson was SVP and CFO of analytics company SAS and EVP and CFO of software company Red Hat.

During his time at SolarWinds, Thompson played a pivotal role in the company’s growth and trajectory toward the company’s IPO in 2009, its transaction to go private in 2016, and its second IPO in 2018. Thompson led the SolarWinds effort to further establish the company as one of the leading IT management and monitoring partners in the industry and, while doing so, was featured in Forbes magazine as one of America’s top CEOs.