10 Oracle alumni who founded companies
These Oracle alumni who founded companies each worked at Oracle before starting the company they run now, where they hold titles such as Co-founder & CEO, Founder and Co-Founder. A reader can learn how people who worked at Oracle went on to build companies, from the founders themselves.
Professionals to explore
Alok Pareek
LinkedInExperience: Founder, EVP Products · Striim
Alok Pareek was Vice-President, Server Technologies at Oracle from 2009 to 2012, and has been Founder, EVP Products of Striim since 2012. Alok Pareek was also Principal Software Developer at Oracle from 1994 to 2004 and Vice President, Technology at GoldenGate from 2005 to 2009.
Eric Xu
LinkedInExperience: Founder · Konstella
Eric Xu was Principal Member of Technical Staff at Oracle from 2004 to 2007, and has been Founder of Konstella since 2014, based in Sunnyvale, California. Eric Xu was also Co-Founder of MyPlick from 2007 to 2008 and Sr. Architect and Dev Manager at HP from 2008 to 2013.
Leslie Buhrer
LinkedInExperience: Founder · Acornix AI
Leslie Buhrer was Sr. Director, Product Management at Oracle from 2013 to 2022, and has been Founder of Acornix AI since 2025. Leslie Buhrer was also Sr. Director, Product Strategy/Management at Oracle from 2005 to 2011 and Vice President Strategic Partnerships | Internal Advisor at Flybits from 2022 to 2023.
Moiz Moizuddin
LinkedInExperience: Co-founder & CEO · Aurithm
Moiz Moizuddin was Vice President - AI & Cloud Infrastructure at Oracle from 2021 to 2026, and has been Co-founder & CEO of Aurithm since 2026. Moiz Moizuddin was also Senior Director Product Management, Oracle Cloud at Oracle from 2018 to 2021, and the profile says Aurithm is building vertical AI that helps infrastructure vendors' presales and channel teams plan and design IT, cloud and AI infrastructure.
Rob Bertolina
LinkedInExperience: Co-Founder CEO · Us Agency
Rob Bertolina was Vice President of Brand Experience at Oracle from 2020 to 2022, and has been Co-Founder CEO of Us Agency since 2023. Rob Bertolina was also Founder President & Executive Creative Director of Pixel & Press, Inc. from 2014 to 2020, and the profile describes work in brand strategy and storytelling for enterprise, B2B and startup companies.
Shriman Yajnik
LinkedInExperience: Co-Founder · ExergyIQ
Shriman Yajnik was Vice President, Product Development - Commerce Cloud at Oracle from 2011 to 2022, and has been Co-Founder of ExergyIQ since 2023. Shriman Yajnik was also Director, Software Development and Operations at Art Technology Group from 2001 to 2011, and the profile describes a specialty in product development.
Tom O'Malley
LinkedInExperience: Founder - CEO · Meshi.io
Tom O'Malley was Director, Strategy and Insights at Oracle from 2013 to 2015, and has been Founder - CEO of Meshi.io since 2024, based in Palo Alto, California. Tom O'Malley has also been Founder of Currnt and Co-Founder and Advisor of Yardbook, Inc since 2015.
Vadim Tkachenko
LinkedInExperience: Technology Fellow / Co-Founder · Percona
Vadim Tkachenko was Performance Engineer at Oracle from 2004 to 2006, and has been Technology Fellow / Co-Founder of Percona since 2024. Vadim Tkachenko was CTO/Co-Founder of Percona from 2006 to 2024, and the profile describes a specialty in performance tuning, RDBMS and MySQL.
Vijay Tella
LinkedInExperience: Co-founder and CEO · Workato
Vijay Tella was Chief Strategy Officer, Fusion Middleware at Oracle from 2003 to 2008, and has been Co-founder and CEO of Workato since 2013. Vijay Tella was also Founding SVP of Engineering at TIBCO from 1997 to 2003, CEO of Qik from 2009 to 2011 and VP, Mobile video at Skype in 2011.
Wade Urich
LinkedInExperience: Founder · Second Line Services
Wade Urich was Senior Director, Product Management Oracle Health at Oracle from 2024 to 2026, and has been Founder of Second Line Services since 2026. Wade Urich was also Senior Director Director of Product Management at Oracle from 2016 to 2024, and the profile describes Second Line Services as an early-stage venture building an AI-driven revenue recovery system for home service businesses.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What from your work at Oracle carried over most directly into starting your company?
- 02How did you decide what your company would build first?
- 03What did you have to learn as a founder that your Oracle roles did not prepare you for?
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