Kelly Herrell

Kelly Herrell

Kelly Herrell is a highly experienced CEO with over 30 years of work experience in the technology industry. He has a proven track record of growing companies from early stage to market-leading entities, with four successful exits including two IPOs and two acquisitions.13

Herrell currently serves as the CEO of Hazelcast, a leading in-memory data management company. He joined Hazelcast in 2018 to strengthen the leadership team for future growth, as the company was experiencing 135% year-over-year growth at the time.4

Prior to Hazelcast, Herrell was the SVP & GM of the Software Business Unit at Brocade Communications, following their acquisition of his previous company Vyatta, where he was CEO.34

Herrell also serves as a Director on the Board of InspereX, a leading financial services firm.256 He brings his extensive experience in driving high-value innovation and open-source models to help guide InspereX's growth.

Herrell earned his MBA from Cornell University and started his career in product management at large companies like AT&T and Oracle, before transitioning to software startups in Silicon Valley in 1995.36

He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and has published numerous articles on topics such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and real-time data processing.3