About Us

Our Team

OtterTune was founded by database management systems and machine learning researchers from Carnegie Mellon University. We are on a mission to help people save money and lower stress by making database management systems autonomous and self-driving.

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    Andy Pavlo

    Co-founder

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    Andy Pavlo

    Co-founder

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    Dana Van Aken

    Co-founder

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    Dana Van Aken

    Co-founder

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    Bohan Zhang

    Co-founder

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    Bohan Zhang

    Co-founder

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    Nate Appelson

    Software Engineer

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    Nate Appelson

    Software Engineer

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    Ruogu Du

    Software Engineer

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    Ruogu Du

    Software Engineer

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    Michael Hermenault

    Software Engineer

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    Michael Hermenault

    Software Engineer

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    Evelyn Chen

    Software Engineer

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    Evelyn Chen

    Software Engineer

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    Neal Kaviratna

    Software Engineer

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    Neal Kaviratna

    Software Engineer

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    Yuze Liao

    Software Engineer

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    Yuze Liao

    Software Engineer

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    Sylvia Zhang

    Software Engineer

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    Sylvia Zhang

    Software Engineer

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    Haonan Wang

    Software Engineer

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    Haonan Wang

    Software Engineer

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    Brynne Arsenault

    Creative Strategist

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    Brynne Arsenault

    Creative Strategist

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    Dao Chen

    Senior Software Engineer

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    Dao Chen

    Senior Software Engineer

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    Shannon Ferretti

    Product Manager

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    Shannon Ferretti

    Product Manager

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    Gibran Garcia

    Software Engineer

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    Gibran Garcia

    Software Engineer

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    Gorman Stock

    Software Engineer

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    Gorman Stock

    Software Engineer

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    Liam Francis Walsh

    Illustrator

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    Liam Francis Walsh

    Illustrator

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    George Norris

    Senior Software Engineer

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    George Norris

    Senior Software Engineer

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    Levon Ritter

    Front End Engineer

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    Levon Ritter

    Front End Engineer

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    Daniel Swartz

    Head Of Design

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    Daniel Swartz

    Head Of Design

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    Megan McDonough

    Operations Manager

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    Megan McDonough

    Operations Manager

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