Myrle Krantz

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Senior Director of Engineering at Grafana Labs

United States

Overview

Myrle Krantz is the Senior Director of Engineering at Grafana Labs, where she heads Application Observability. A renowned open-source strategist with an MBA and a Computer Science degree from Rice University, she has held numerous leadership roles at The Apache Software Foundation. Colleagues describe her as diligent, reliable, kind, and a calm, reasoned leader.

An American immigrant living in Germany, Myrle is a mother to two daughters. She leads an active life outside of work, enjoying hobbies such as jogging, hiking, swimming, and reading. She lives with her family and their hunting dog in the Voreifel region of Germany.

Unique fact: In a conference bio, she humorously mentions that she also plays the piano badly.

Personality Overview

Fast-Paced

Challenger

Vision Oriented

They can be nudged to make faster decisions by offering what they value.  They focus on objectivity in a pitch and pay little attention to bells and whistles. They don’t always try to control the conversation but neither do they like yielding it fully.

Topics They Care About

Open Source Strategy
Her career is centered around open source, with extensive leadership at The Apache Software Foundation and an MBA thesis on vendor neutrality.
Observability & OpenTelemetry
Leads the Application Observability department at Grafana Labs and actively speaks on panels about operationalizing OpenTelemetry at scale.
Community Building
Her long-term volunteer work with Apache and personal blog highlight a deep interest in fostering and participating in strong, collaborative communities.

Media Appearances

HIRE Learning with Grafana Labs Senior Engineering Manager Myrle Krantz. Featured in Grafana Blog

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Work History

11-2025
Senior Director of Engineering at Grafana Labs
11-2022 - 10-2025
Director of Engineering at Grafana Labs
12-2020 - 11-2022
Senior Software Engineering Manager at Grafana Labs
5-2019
Committee Member, Diversity And Inclusion Initiative at The Apache Software Foundation
12-2018
PMC member, Apache Community Development at The Apache Software Foundation

Education

2018 - 2020
Executive MBA from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
2018 - 2020
Executive MBA from University of Cologne

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During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

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  • Refer to testimonials from others in similar positions
  • Make sure that you you respond to any queries from them quickly

DONT's

  • Refrain from asking too many questions
  • Don't try too hard to get friendly, let it happen with time
  • Don’t expect them to change their mind quickly if they say no once

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Myrle is

  • Belief in the product plays an important role, followed by objective proof and testimonials.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Myrle

  • They may hesitate slightly, but if they are not convinced, they will say no.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Myrle move?

  • Their decision making speed is somewhere in the middle.
  • Can Myrle take some risk or not?

  • They can take risks only after they have analyzed the advantages and disadvantages.

You And Myrle

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