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Aaron Katz

Co-Founder & CEO, Clickhouse

Aaron Katz is the Co-Founder and CEO of ClickHouse, Inc., a company focused on high-performance database solutions. With over two decades of experience scaling technology companies, Katz has established himself as a go-to-market expert in enterprise software. Prior to founding ClickHouse in 2021, Katz served as Chief Revenue Officer at Elastic for nearly six years, growing the company from $5M to over $500M in revenue and guiding it through IPO. His earlier career includes twelve years at Salesforce.com, where he rose to Senior Vice President of Enterprise Sales, helping transform the company from a 200-employee startup to a $200B+ market leader. A UC Davis graduate with a BS in Managerial Economics, he recently led ClickHouse's acquisition of HyperDX to enhance the company's observability offerings.

Aaron Katz

Sessions / 2025 / 1 talk

  • Real-Time Data Infrastructure and AI: Powering the Next Generation of Analytics

    Join us for an authentic fireside chat that cuts through industry hype to explore how real-time data infrastructure is transforming analytics and AI. We'll examine technical hurdles in processing data at scale in real-time and the architectural decisions enabling performance breakthroughs. The discussion covers data processing evolution, performance bottlenecks in distributed systems, observability innovations, and approaches for maintaining consistency while increasing throughput. Gain insights into how real-time processing creates competitive advantages for business intelligence and AI applications, with honest assessments of implementation challenges and practical solutions.

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