Former Google, Visa and HP leader becomes CTO at Splunk

Min Wang joins the American cloud vendor as it continues to expand

Cloud vendor Splunk has appointed Min Wang as its new CTO, a former Google, Visa and HP veteran who brings more than 20 years of experience to their ranks.

Wang will report to Tom Casey, SVP of products and technology, with a focus on advancing the vision and technical direction of Splunk's product portfolio innovation.

The appointment comes just as Splunk continues its upward trajectory. In its recent 2023 fiscal results, the vendor reported a growth in revenues of 39 per cent in Q4, reaching more than $1bn for the first time.

Full-year revenue for the cloud was also up by 54 per cent as the company made a number of executive-level appointments - such as its new CFO Brian Roberts.

Wang's previous experience focused on artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, data analytics and enterprise cloud.

Recently she spent more than five years at Google, where she led a team responsible for critical components of the company's AI-driven Google Assistant.

Prior to Google, Wang served as the SVP of Visa Research, where she established the organisation responsible for applied research on data analytics, security, and the future of commerce.

She has also held research leadership roles for Google Research, HP Labs and IBM Research.

"With her extensive product leadership experience at global brands like Google, IBM, HP and Visa, deep expertise in scaled data management and passion for AI, Min is well-qualified to spearhead our efforts to build a safer, more resilient digital world through our unified security and observability solutions," said Tom Casey, SVP of products and technology, Splunk.

"Min's track record of rapidly turning advanced research and development into practical value will help Splunk enable its customers to navigate the complexities of digital transformation while keeping their systems up, running and secure."

"I am excited to join Splunk at a time when advancements in AI present a tremendous opportunity to transform our security and observability solutions," said Wang.

"By better leveraging AI technologies like machine learning and natural language processing, Splunk can extract deeper insights, provide more precise predictive analytics and streamline data analysis processes to foster more informed decision-making for our customers.

"I look forward to partnering with Splunk's leaders and teams to help ensure our customers' mission-critical systems remain secure, reliable and resilient."