10 Databricks finance leaders
Every person in this Databricks finance group holds a current role there, starting with Databricks' CFO, Dave Conte, and including senior vice presidents for finance and accounting and for strategic finance and investor relations, plus leads for corporate FP&A, treasury, product finance and US accounting. Several came from finance teams at Splunk, Atlassian, Google or Juniper, which suits a late-stage software company getting ready for public scrutiny.
Professionals to explore
Dave Conte
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Databricks
Dave Conte has been Chief Financial Officer at Databricks since October 2019, after CFO roles at Splunk (2011-2019), IronKey (2009-2011) and Opsware (1999-2007). Board member and audit committee chair at Anaplan (2016-2022). CFO titles at four companies and the Anaplan audit committee chair make Dave Conte the fit for audit, reporting and investor questions.
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John Winkenbach
LinkedInExperience: SVP of Finance & Accounting · Databricks
John Winkenbach has been SVP of Finance & Accounting at Databricks since April 2016. Earlier roles were CFO at Jobvite (2011-2015), Vice President of Finance and Administration at Technorati (2006-2011) and Senior Finance Manager at Yahoo (2003-2006). A decade in that Databricks role makes this the person for close, controls and reporting questions.
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Jonathan Parker
LinkedInExperience: SVP, Strategic Finance & Investor Relations · Databricks
SVP, Strategic Finance & Investor Relations at Databricks since February 2021, after Vice President, Strategic Finance (2018-2021). Jonathan Parker held Vice President, Strategic Finance & Investor Relations at New Relic (2014-2018) and Vice President Software Equity Research at Morgan Stanley (2009-2014). The investor relations and equity research mix fits questions on how investors read a software company's metrics.
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Maggie Law
LinkedInExperience: Director, FP&A · Databricks
Director, FP&A at Databricks since August 2023, after Sr. Finance Manager, FP&A there (2021-2023). Maggie Law previously held Sr. Manager, FP&A at Okta (2020-2021) and Finance Manager, FP&A roles at Splunk (2017-2020). FP&A roles at Databricks, Okta and Splunk suit questions on building and maintaining the operating model.
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Michael Houston
LinkedInExperience: Director - US Accounting · Databricks
US accounting at Databricks has been Michael Houston's track: Director - US Accounting since February 2023, after Senior Manager (2020-2023) and Manager - US Accounting (2018-2020) there, with audit roles at BDO USA (2015-2018) before that. Moving from audit at BDO USA into US accounting at Databricks fits questions on scaling the close and working with auditors.
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Paul Hollis
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Corporate FP&A · Databricks
Paul Hollis has been Vice President, Corporate FP&A at Databricks since November 2025, after SVP Head of FP&A and Procurement at Atlassian (2020-2025) and Finance & Strategy roles in corporate planning and G&A at Salesforce (2015-2020). Planning titles at Databricks, Atlassian and Salesforce suit questions on annual planning and headcount budgeting.
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Sai Chaithanya Marri, FRM
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director of Product Finance · Databricks
Product finance is Sai Chaithanya Marri's area as Sr. Director of Product Finance at Databricks since April 2022. Earlier, at Google, Sai held Finance, FP&A, Google Cloud (2014-2022) and Finance, Sales Finance (Ads) FP&A (2012-2014). Cloud product finance at Google and Databricks fits questions on product-level margins and pricing analysis.
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Sean Delehanty
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President Finance · Databricks
Senior Vice President Finance at Databricks since July 2024, covering FP&A and treasury. Sean Delehanty was Chief Financial Officer at EarnIn (2019-2023), SVP Finance at Symantec (2016-2019) and a Director at Silver Lake (2003-2016). CFO, SVP Finance and Silver Lake roles suit questions on planning, capital allocation and cash.
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Sonia Shah
LinkedInExperience: Head of Treasury · Databricks
As Head of Treasury at Databricks since December 2024, Sonia Shah is responsible for quarterly, annual and longer-term cash flow forecasts covering operating, investing and financing cash flows using the direct method. Head Of Treasury at Juniper Networks (2021-2024) and senior treasury manager roles at LinkedIn and VMware came before. The one to ask about cash forecasting and treasury setup.
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Tyler Murakami
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Finance Data and Strategy · Databricks
Sr. Director, Finance Data and Strategy at Databricks since August 2024. Tyler Murakami was Director, Revenue Transformation and Technical Accounting at Databricks (2022-2024), Director, Revenue Accounting and Operations at Elastic (2021-2022) and an accounting and reporting advisory manager at Deloitte. Revenue accounting and finance data systems are the areas to bring here.
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Choose the right perspective
Investor and public-readiness questions fit Dave Conte or Jonathan Parker, who also held a strategic finance and investor relations title at New Relic. Planning and forecasting go to Paul Hollis, Maggie Law or Sean Delehanty, pricing and product margins to Sai Chaithanya Marri, cash to Sonia Shah, and accounting close, revenue accounting and finance data to John Winkenbach, Michael Houston or Tyler Murakami.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you forecast revenue when customers pay for compute consumption rather than fixed seats?
- 02What does product finance track to judge the margin on a new data or AI product before it reaches scale?
- 03Which parts of the accounting close and revenue recognition process should a large private software company fix first before an IPO?
About this directory
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