Benjamin Renaud

Benjamin Renaud is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Redis, a position he has held since 2024.13 He is an experienced technologist and entrepreneur with a strong background in building teams and delivering market-leading products.

Career Highlights

Early Career::

• Began his career as one of the engineers on the original Java team at Sun Microsystems
• Authored crypto libraries and made significant contributions to security and networking
• Holds several patents in computer networking and security1

Prior Roles::

• Engineering Director at Airbnb (2019-2024), leading Engineering, Product, and Design for the Airbnb for Real Estate team3
• Co-founder of Urbandoor, acquired by Airbnb in 2019
• Vice-President of Engineering at Cisco (following the acquisition of Versly, which he co-founded)
• Deputy CTO at BEA Systems
• Early engineer at WebLogic (acquired by BEA Systems)1

Education and Skills

• Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology13
• Started programming in elementary school on an Apple ][
• Described as an energetic, intelligent, and highly effective technologist with uncommon strength of character4

Role at Redis

As CTO, Renaud is likely responsible for overseeing Redis's technological strategy and innovation. Redis provides a real-time data platform that offers high performance, scalability, and low latency for various applications, including those in the telecommunications industry.2

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