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Ori Keren
Co-founder & CEO at LinearB
- Software Engineering
- Entrepreneur
- 📍Tel Aviv, Israel
If you’ve been in software for a while, think of a time when your team was operating at its best. Quick execution, fast-paced delivery, everyone knew what they needed to do.
As an ex-VP of Engineering at Cloudlock (acquired by Cisco for $293M), I discovered there’s no better feeling as an engineering leader than enabling your team to be happy with their work and deliver efficiently with the highest quality. That’s why I co-founded LinearB and serve as its CEO. We want to give organizations the ability to work like this all the time.
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BOOK NOW FOR your podcast
Ori Keren
Co-founder & CEO at LinearB
- 📍Tel Aviv, Israel
- Software Engineering
- Entrepreneur
If you’ve been in software for a while, think of a time when your team was operating at its best. Quick execution, fast-paced delivery, everyone knew what they needed to do.
As an ex-VP of Engineering at Cloudlock (acquired by Cisco for $293M), I discovered there’s no better feeling as an engineering leader than enabling your team to be happy with their work and deliver efficiently with the highest quality. That’s why I co-founded LinearB and serve as its CEO. We want to give organizations the ability to work like this all the time.
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“LinearB, a startup that helps engineering leaders optimize the workflow of their development teams, today announced that it has raised a $50 million Series B round led by Tribe Capital. New investor Salesforce Ventures, as well as existing investors Battery Ventures and 83North, also participated in this round, which brings the company’s total funding to $71 million.”
“He rose through the ranks, first as a team leader, then as a manager, director and, later, VP of Engineering—twice—leading teams of up to 100 developers. Over time, he went from solving problems for himself, to solving problems for other engineers, to solving them for managers.”
“LinearB is the name of one of the ancient scripts they discovered in Cyprus. When they tried to reach civilization it belonged to a civilization that belonged there like 3,000 years ago,” explained Ori Keren, CEO and Co-founder of LinearB. “Once they were able to decipher the font, they figured out this civilization was advanced… we really loved the name that if you decipher some of the wisdom in what we do, it can be of great benefit.”
“While planning their solution, Dan and Ori reflected on their experiences working together, specifically targeting the incredible amount of time they spent pulling data and munging reports in order to measure and demonstrate the productivity of their teams.”
“LinearB, which has developed an engineering efficiency platform, announced on Monday the raising of $50 million in Series B financing led by Tribe Capital. Joining Tribe Capital in the round is new investor Salesforce Ventures as well as existing investors Battery Ventures and 83North. This round brings total funding for LinearB to $71 million.”
“If you’ve ever mentioned cycle time or deployment frequency to a non-technical leader, you’ll immediately remember the blank stare you likely received in return. That’s because these are still engineering metrics and non-engineering leaders don’t necessarily understand — or care to understand — how the release of a tiny block of work to production helps you reach your monthly or quarterly business goals.”
“The four key DORA metrics look at deployment frequency, lead time for changes (cycle time), change failure rate, and mean time to recovery. Ori Keren, co-founder and CEO of LinearB, says those metrics helped DevOps teams move ‘from darkness to visibility.'”
Timeline
Apr 2018 - Present
LinearB
Co-Founder & CEO
Jan 2012 - Mar 2018
CloudLock
VP Advanced Development, Cyber Intelligence
Oct 2007 - Dec 2009
AT&T Unified Communications
Development Team Leader
Ask me
| What is the dual mandate of VPs of engineering and how can they tackle both? |
| How should engineer leaders communicate their team’s impact on the business to other company leadership? |
| How should technical founders approach fundraising? |
| How should technical leaders align to and drive business strategy? |
| What does great developer experience look like in 2023? |
| What do elite dev teams look like? And what industry benchmarks should you look at? |
| How can engineering leaders unlock their team’s potential? |
| How can you align engineering and product to the rest of your business? |
| What’s most surprising but substantial problem in development? What is continuous merge? |
| How did pull requests become engineering’s hidden bottleneck? |
| As an engineering leader, what processes should you be automating on your team? |
| How should engineering leaders think about resource allocation and project forecasting? |
