Maybe I'm not too informed but who is this? Looking at his linked in he seems to be a sales person/business development person just moving to a new position. I

Maybe I'm not too informed but who is this? Looking at his linked in he seems to be a sales person/business development person just moving to a new position. Is he well known in the big data community and/or built any of the big data tools widely used? Just curious for more background than what sounds like a pretty common occurrence at startups.