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Sriharsha Chintalapani

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Co-Founder & CTO at Collate
📍 San Mateo, California, United States

Sriharsha is the Co-Founder and CTO of Collate, where he leads the development of the open-source data intelligence platform, OpenMetadata. An expert in distributed systems and stream processing with a Masters from the University of North Carolina, he is described by colleagues as brilliant, innovative, and exceptionally dedicated.

He has a deep-seated interest in the open-source ecosystem, demonstrated by his leadership roles at Mozilla and his active contributions to the Apache Software Foundation. This focus highlights his commitment to community-driven software development and the principles of an open web.

Unique fact: Sriharsha was the sole developer of Kafka Security, a critical framework for securing one of the worlds most popular data streaming platforms.

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Experience
19 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder & CTO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Mateo, California, United States
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Data Discovery & Governance
As the CTO of Collate, he is building OpenMetadata to centralize metadata and solve data discovery, observability, and governance challenges for enterprises.
Open-Source Leadership
He is a long-time Committer and PMC member for major Apache projects like Kafka and Storm and is now fostering the community around OpenMetadata.
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Career

Work history

9-2021
Co-Founder & CTO
Collate
9-2021
Builder at OpenMetadata
OpenMetadata
6-2018 - 9-2021
Data Architect at Uber
Uber
9-2015
Apache Kafka Committer & PMC
The Apache Software Foundation
8-2014
Apache Storm Committer & PMC
The Apache Software Foundation
In the press

Media appearances

OpenMetadata - Ask the Experts: Harsha Chintalapani. Featured in YouTube
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Education
2006 - 2007
MS
University of North Carolina
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