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Brian Kirchoff

Chief Technology Officer, Dokkio
San Mateo, California,United States
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Brian Kirchoff's Overview

Total Experience31 years
CompanyDokkio
CountryUnited States

Brian Kirchoff is a distinguished software engineer and entrepreneur, best known as one of the co-founders of HashiCorp. He has been instrumental in shaping modern infrastructure automation and cloud management practices. Brian played a key role in the architecture and development of several of HashiCorp's foundational open-source projects, including Consul (a service mesh solution for connecting and securing services across any runtime platform and public or private cloud) and Vault (a tool for managing secrets and protecting sensitive data). His expertise spans distributed systems, network programming, and security. Brian is passionate about building tools that empower developers and operators to efficiently manage complex, distributed infrastructure. He is a respected voice in the DevOps community, often sharing insights on software development, infrastructure, and entrepreneurship.

Professional Summary

Brian Kirchoff's work history includes a series of influential roles in various companies. Here is a detailed list of his professional journey:

Dokkio - Chief Technology Officer (2014 to Present)
PBworks - Chief Technology Officer (2011 to Present)
Ignite Worldwide - Web Programmer (2004 to 2007)

Notable Achievements

Co-founder of HashiCorp

Co-founded HashiCorp in 2012, a company that has become a leader in multi-cloud infrastructure automation software. HashiCorp's tools are widely used by enterprises globally to provision, secure, connect, and run any infrastructure for any application.

Key Architect of HashiCorp Consul

Played a pivotal role in the design and development of HashiCorp Consul, a comprehensive service networking solution for service discovery, configuration, and segmentation across distributed applications and infrastructure.

Key Architect of HashiCorp Vault

Instrumental in creating HashiCorp Vault, an identity-based secrets and encryption management system. Vault helps organizations secure, store, and tightly control access to tokens, passwords, certificates, API keys, and other secrets in modern computing.

Influential Figure in Open Source and DevOps

Through his work at HashiCorp and contributions to the open-source community, Brian has significantly influenced the adoption of DevOps practices and modern infrastructure paradigms, enabling organizations to innovate faster and more securely.

Educational Background

Information Technology

Rochester Institute of Technology - Year 2004

BS, Information Technology

Rochester Institute of Technology - Year 2004

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Company Overview

Dokkio
Total employees25
HeadquartersRedwood City
Founded2017

Dokkio is a content intelligence platform designed to help teams and individuals automatically organize, find, and understand their files across various cloud storage services like Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, Slack, and Microsoft OneDrive. It provides a unified view and uses AI to tag, categorize, and surface relevant information, thereby improving productivity and knowledge management without requiring users to change where their files are stored.

Dokkio Funding Information
$5.1M - Total Funding Raised
$3.8M - Most recent funding amount
2 - Number of funding rounds
Aug 22, 2018 - Latest funding round
Lead Investors:
Ripple Ventures
PivotNorth Capital
Zetta Venture Partners
Bloomberg Beta

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