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Cloudera

    • Why we were created

    We were born out of the commitment of Cloudera Inc., a software company headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices in 30 countries, to empower more nonprofits to use data as a tool to achieve impact. When the company became publicly traded, management chose to mirror Pledge 1%’s model by donating 1 percent of the company’s equity, profit, product, and employee time to their communities.

    Our team

    We are a team of professionals with deep experience across both nonprofit and private sectors, with backgrounds in tech, business, and strategy. Based in Silicon Valley, we proudly represent perspectives from 5 continents.

     

     

     

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    Our board

    Mike Olson Chairman of the Board
    Chairman of the Board

    Mike Olson

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    Mike (@mikeolson) co-founded Cloudera in 2008 and served as its CEO until 2013, when he took on the role of Chief Strategy Officer. As CSO, Mike was responsible for Cloudera’s product strategy, open source leadership, engineering alignment, and direct engagement with customers. Mike retired from Cloudera in summer 2019, but continues his involvement with the foundation. Prior to Cloudera, Mike was CEO of Sleepycat Software, makers of Berkeley DB, the open source embedded database engine. Mike spent two years at Oracle Corporation as vice president for Embedded Technologies after Oracle’s acquisition of Sleepycat in 2006. Before co-founding Sleepycat, Mike held technical and business positions at database vendors Britton Lee, Illustra Information Technologies, and Informix Software. Mike has a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley.

    Natalie Harris Board Member Cloudera Foundation
    Board Member

    Natalie Harris

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    Natalie is a thought leader on the ethical and responsible use of data after nearly 20 years advancing the public sector’s strategic use of data, including a 16 year career at the National Security Agency, and 18 months with Obama Administration. Natalie co-founded and currently serves as Head of Strategic Initiatives of BrightHive, a data trust platform. She founded the Community-driven Principles for Ethical Data Sharing (CPEDS) community of practice with over 1200 active members focused on strengthening ethical practices in the data science community through crowd-sourcing of a Data Science Code of Ethics. Now the Global Data Ethics Project (GDEP) she serves as a Strategic Advisor in advancing the adoption of tools, techniques, and practices developed by the community. As a Senior Policy Advisor to the US Chief Technology Officer in the Obama Administration, she founded The Data Cabinet - a federal data science community of practice with over 200 active members across more than 40 federal agencies.

    Claudia Juech Board Member Cloudera Foundation
    Board Member

    Claudia Juech

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    Claudia is the founding CEO and a board member of the Cloudera Foundation. Working with partners around the globe, she and her team identify and support large-scale, data-driven opportunities to address the world’s pressing challenges in any area of critical need, such as in health, the environment, economic inequality, education and more. She is pioneering a foundation model that combines intellectual capital and private sector expertise with financial grants to help nonprofits realize impactful data capabilities. Previously Claudia was Associate Vice President at the Rockefeller Foundation, leading the organization’s Strategic Insights Division. Claudia also was a Vice President at DB Research, Deutsche Bank’s think tank for trends in business, society, and the financial markets. Claudia advises organizations and consortiums worldwide. She is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Trustworthy Data Initiative, GovLab’s Global Advisory Group and 100Kin10’s Strategic Advisory Committee. She has a degree in information science from Cologne University of Applied Sciences and an International MBA from the University of Cologne.

    Kathleen Khadder Board Member Cloudera Foundation
    Board Member

    Kathleen Khadder

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    Kathleen Khadder is a Director and Portfolio Manager at The Rockefeller Foundation, where she is part of the investment team that directs the organization’s $4.5 billion endowment. She oversees portfolio management and manager selection for Rockefeller’s hedge fund portfolio as well as advises on asset allocation and risk management for the broader endowment. Before joining Rockefeller in 2015, Kathleen worked in investment banking at J.P. Morgan and advised on strategic initiatives and business development for Clear Channel Communications. Kathleen is a member of The Economic Club of New York and is an avid runner, with multiple marathons under her belt. She holds a bachelor’s in political science from the University of Michigan.

    Anne Toth Board Member Cloudera Foundation
    Board Member

    Anne Toth

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    Anne was recently Head of Technology Policy & Partnerships at the World Economic Forum and was a member of the founding leadership team at the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Prior to that, she was the VP of People & Policy for Slack where she managed privacy, security, policy and compliance, along with people operations and recruiting. Earlier in her career Anne was the Head of Privacy for Google's social products and was Yahoo!'s Chief Trust Officer. Anne has testified before Congress about online privacy and behavioral advertising and before the Article 29 Working Party in Europe on search data retention policies. She has appeared in many media outlets on the topics of privacy, security, diversity, and the role of women in technology. Anne is a graduate of Wellesley College with a B.A. degree in Economics, and attended the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley and the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

    Jay Wedge Board Secretary, Cloudera Foundation
    Board Secretary

    Jay Wedge

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    Jay is a board advisor. He serves as secretary of the Cloudera Foundation Board of Directors as well as its legal advisor. He has worked closely with the foundation since its inception. At Cloudera, Inc., Jay serves as the Vice President, Legal, and Associate General Counsel. Jay focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and board matters, public company reporting, equity and stock, employment law, and other general corporate matters. Prior to joining Cloudera in 2015, Jay worked in law firms for seven years, including Fenwick and West, and Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Jay earned his JD degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 2008.

    John Martinez Board Member Cloudera Foundation
    Board Member Emeritus

    John Martinez

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    John is a founding board member of the Cloudera Foundation, serving as a director until May 2020. John spent most of his career helping democratize investing, creating, and managing low-cost, high-quality index and quantitatively managed investment products. After serving as a senior executive at Barclays Global Investors for 13 years, John joined the board of directors of iShares exchange-traded funds in 2004, providing governance oversight for over 270 funds in excess of $1 trillion in assets under management. He also served on the board of directors of Unison, an innovative residential real estate finance company. In addition, John served on the board of directors of Larkin Street Youth Services and Reading Partners.

    Our staff

    Claudia Juech CEO of Cloudera Foundation
    CEO and President

    Claudia Juech

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    Claudia is the founding CEO and a board member of the Cloudera Foundation. Working with partners around the globe, she and her team identify and support large-scale, data-driven opportunities to address the world’s pressing challenges in any area of critical need, such as in health, the environment, economic inequality, education and more. She is pioneering a foundation model that combines intellectual capital and private sector expertise with financial grants to help nonprofits realize impactful data capabilities. Previously Claudia was Associate Vice President at the Rockefeller Foundation, leading the organization’s Strategic Insights Division. Claudia also was a Vice President at DB Research, Deutsche Bank’s think tank for trends in business, society, and the financial markets. Claudia advises organizations and consortiums worldwide. She is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Trustworthy Data Initiative, GovLab’s Global Advisory Group and 100Kin10’s Strategic Advisory Committee. She has a degree in information science from Cologne University of Applied Sciences and an International MBA from the University of Cologne.

    Lilly Giraldo Program Manager, Cloudera Cares
    Program Manager, Cloudera Cares

    Lilly Giraldo

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    Lilly leads the Cloudera Cares program, which builds a culture of philanthropy and community involvement at Cloudera Inc. The program provides year-round opportunities for Clouderans worldwide to have a positive impact in their respective local communities. Lilly has extensive experience in nonprofit administration and philanthropy and has spent the better part of her career working at nonprofits. She was an Associate Manager on the Sustainability Team at Khan Academy and a Program Associate at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, where she managed the logistics of a $20 million international grant portfolio. She also has worked at several public-interest law firms and was an investigator at the Santa Cruz County Office of the Public Defender. Lilly speaks fluent Spanish and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Art History from Yale University.

    Nikita Japra, Global Health Advisor in Residence
    Program Manager

    Nikita Japra

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    Nikita leads program strategy and partnerships at the intersection of public health, data science, and technology. She has more than 15 years of experience building strategies and creating content that moves stakeholders to take action on global health, social justice, and humanitarian issues. Previously, Nikita worked on the strategic development of the Rockefeller Foundation’s digitally enabled community health initiative. She was an inaugural member of the NBC News Health and Medical Unit, where she wrote and produced health and medical coverage broadcast nationally across the U.S. Nikita holds a master’s of public health in population and family health from Columbia University, a master’s in media studies from New School for Public Engagement, and graduate certificates in Media Management and Comparative Effectiveness Outcomes Research (CEOR). She earned her bachelor’s in international relations and writing at Johns Hopkins.

    Hazem Mahoud
    Data Solutions Architect

    Hazem Mahmoud

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    Hazem works closely with the foundation's nonprofit partners as the Data Solutions Architect. Before joining the Foundation, Hazem worked with some of Cloudera's largest customers in designing, architecting and deploying the Cloudera platform on premises and in the cloud. Hazem has more than 15 years of experience working in systems engineering and devops roles, primarily in the banking, advertising, and mobile industries. He spent 10 of those years working on big data solutions for several San Francisco Bay Area startups. At the same time, Hazem stays active in nonprofit work. He helped co-found and was a board member of a private high school in the San Francisco Bay Area that focuses on the holistic development of young men and women. Hazem has a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Michigan and a Master’s in Information Systems from Metropolitan State University.

    Ananthan (A.B.) Srinivasan Data Technologist, Cloudera Foundation
    Data Technologist

    Ananthan (A.B.) Srinivasan

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    A.B. helps nonprofit partners harness their data assets by using modern open source data management, analysis tools and engineering practices that improve their decision making abilities & effectiveness. A.B has worked on operating systems, distributed & networked systems and data & management platforms in roles spanning software development, data engineering, application & API design and establishment of build, testing and deployment practices at Apple, Geoworks, BEA Systems, VMware and Cloudera. In a previous nonprofit stint in 2005, A.B. attempted to establish 'iInfra4Dev' (Information Infrastructure for Development), a platform facilitating the development of information services relevant to low-income communities in India. A.B. has a Bachelor of Technology degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India, and a Master’s in Computer Science from Rice University, Houston, Texas.

    Lilly Giraldo Program Manager, Cloudera Cares
    Special Assistant to the President

    Linda Tsai

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    Linda executes on chief-of-staff functions for the CEO and president to elevate the foundation’s impact. She leads communications for the foundation and facilitates day-to-day operations as well as longer-term strategic projects. Linda is a veteran in nonprofit management, previously serving as Vice President for Strategy at The Tech Interactive and as Senior Communications and Marketing Director at the American Heart Association. Her first love was newspapers; she spent over a decade writing, editing and managing at publications including the Mercury News and the Miami Herald. She holds dual degrees in Journalism and Business Administration from the University of Missouri - Columbia.

    Jade Wong, Intern
    Program Associate

    Jade Wong

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    Jade assists in the execution of operations and projects. She has a strong interest in the public sector and plans to pursue her passion through impact investing and development work in industries such as agriculture, healthcare, and education. She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in Economics with additional areas of study in Food Systems, Data Science, Global Urban Humanities, and Technology and Entrepreneurship.

    Our relationship
    with Cloudera Inc.

    While the foundation is legally independent of the company, Cloudera Inc. makes its technology and staff available to our grantees, free of charge. As a result, we can draw on the deep expertise of hundreds of corporate data engineers and scientists to assist our nonprofit partners. In addition, we rely on our own team of data technologists to provide continuous support and ensure that corporate volunteers with specialized knowledge are able to engage with grantee projects seamlessly. We are not a business development or sales arm of Cloudera Inc. targeting the nonprofit sector.

    Our relationship
    with Cloudera Inc.

    While the foundation is legally independent of the company, Cloudera Inc. makes its technology and staff available to our grantees, free of charge. As a result, we can draw on the deep expertise of hundreds of corporate data engineers and scientists to assist our nonprofit partners. In addition, we rely on our own team of data technologists to provide continuous support and ensure that corporate volunteers with specialized knowledge are able to engage with grantee projects seamlessly. We are not a business development or sales arm of Cloudera Inc. targeting the nonprofit sector.

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