ClickHouse Appoints Kevin Egan as Chief Revenue Officer to Drive Global Expansion and AI-Powered Analytics Growth

SAN FRANCISCO -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- ClickHouse, a leader in real-time analytics, data warehousing, observability, and AI/ML solutions, announced the appointment of Kevin Egan as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). With over two decades of experience in building and leading enterprise sales organizations at Atlassian, Slack, Dropbox, and Salesforce, Egan will be responsible for overseeing ClickHouse’s global go-to-market functions as the company experiences rapid growth. “I am incredibly excited to join ClickHouse at such a pivotal time,” said Egan. “As organizations seek to compete and thrive in the AI era, ClickHouse is becoming the go-to database for real-time, scalable analytics that AI-driven applications require. I am eager to build strong relationships with forward-thinking customers and our channel and technology partners, helping businesses modernize their data infrastructure and achieve transformative outcomes with this foundational technology.” Egan’s career highlights include scaling companies to over $1 billion in revenue. Most recently, he served as Chief Sales Officer at Atlassian, where he oversaw global sales strategies for a multi-product portfolio. Previously, he held senior sales leadership positions at Salesforce, where he spent ten years driving global enterprise growth, and at Dropbox, where he expanded the company's reach into the enterprise market. He also led North American sales at Slack. Egan’s appointment comes on the heels of ClickHouse’s $350 million Series C funding round, which included contributions from both new and existing investors and brought the company’s valuation to $6.35 billion. This investment is fueling the expansion of ClickHouse Cloud, the company’s fully managed service, which grew over 300% in the past year and now serves more than 2,000 customers across various industries, including fintech, transportation, consumer, and healthcare. In May 2025, ClickHouse hosted its inaugural user conference, Open House, featuring presentations from organizations like Tesla, OpenAI, and Anthropic. These companies shared how they use ClickHouse to analyze petabytes of data in real time, underscoring the platform’s growing role in critical, large-scale production environments. “I am absolutely thrilled to welcome Kevin to our leadership team,” said Aaron Katz, CEO of ClickHouse. “Having known him for over 20 years, Kevin’s proven track record in scaling enterprise sales at leading software companies makes him an invaluable addition. His ability to cultivate trusted customer relationships, build world-class teams, and drive sustainable go-to-market strategies aligns perfectly with our growth trajectory. His expertise is essential as we continue to expand and operate at a larger scale.” ClickHouse is a fast, open-source columnar database management system designed for real-time data processing and analytics. The ClickHouse Cloud service delivers exceptional query speed and concurrency, making it ideal for applications that require immediate insights from vast datasets. As AI agents become more integrated into software, generating even more frequent and complex queries, ClickHouse offers a high-throughput, low-latency engine tailored to meet these challenges. Trusted by industry leaders such as Sony, Tesla, Anthropic, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Lyft, and Instacart, ClickHouse empowers teams to unlock valuable insights and make informed decisions with a scalable, efficient, and modern data platform. For more information, visit clickhouse.com.