David Chao is general manager of Elastic’s Self-Service Cloud business, leading a cross-functional organization for its cloud growth motion. He previously served as Alation’s chief marketing and strategy officer and held marketing leadership roles at Datadog, Sqreen, and MuleSoft.
David Chao is general manager of Elastic’s Self-Service Cloud business, leading a cross-functional organization for its cloud growth motion. He previously served as Alation’s chief marketing and strategy officer and held marketing leadership roles at Datadog, Sqreen, and MuleSoft.
Career
David Chao studied at The Wharton School (MBA), The Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania (M.A., International Studies), and University of Oxford (B.A., Economics and Management).
EGeneral Manager, Self-Service Cloud at Elastic from 2026-06 to Present
AChief Marketing and Strategy Officer at Alation from 2023-05 to 2025-12
DVice President of Marketing at Datadog from 2021 to 2023-05
SVice President and Head of Marketing at Sqreen until 2021
MVice President and Head of Product Marketing at MuleSoft from 2018 to 2019