# Bruno Kurtic

> Bruno Kurtic is the co-founder, president and CEO of Bedrock Data, where he is pursuing a data-first approach to enterprise AI security and governance. His career spans software architecture, strategy consulting and product leadership, including more than 13 years helping build Sumo Logic from inception through its 2020 IPO and 2023 acquisition. After a year of travel, study and conversations with more than 100 technologists, he joined the company he had advised and set out to make enterprise data discoverable, classifiable and governable at scale.

- **Role:** Co-founder, President and CEO at Bedrock Data
- **Organizations:** Bedrock Data, Sumo Logic, SenSage, Boston Consulting Group, webMethods, Accenture, TSI, Sutter Hill Ventures
- **Education:** B.S. in Quantitative Methods and Computer Science, University of St. Thomas, M.B.A., MIT Sloan School of Management
- **Known for:** Helped build Sumo Logic from inception through its 2020 Nasdaq IPO and 2023 acquisition., Led product and strategy work at Sumo Logic as the business grew to about $300 million in annual recurring revenue, according to his departure note., Helped establish strategic partnerships for Sumo Logic with AWS, Akamai, CrowdStrike and Google Cloud.

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Worked at Accenture and TSI and ran a custom software services firm.
- **1998-2004** — Spent six years at webMethods, including work as a software architect and Product Group Director for two product lines.
- **2007** — Completed an M.B.A. at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
- **Before 2010** — Worked at Boston Consulting Group on growth strategies for large technology clients, then served as Vice President of Product at SenSage for its SIEM product.
- **2010** — Joined Sumo Logic at inception as a founding product and strategy executive and is identified by company and industry biographies as a co-founder.
- **2020** — Helped lead Sumo Logic through its Nasdaq initial public offering; shares began trading on September 17, 2020.
- **2023** — Stayed through Sumo Logic's $1.7 billion acquisition by Francisco Partners, which closed in May, then left after more than 13 years.
- **2023-2024** — Took roughly a year for travel, study and reflection; served as an entrepreneur in residence at Sutter Hill Ventures, spoke with more than 100 technologists and advised Bedrock.
- **2024** — Joined Bedrock Data full-time as co-founder, president and CEO.
- **2025** — Led Bedrock Data through a $25 million Series A led by Greylock Partners.
- **2026** — Advanced Bedrock Data's focus on AI data security and agent governance, including ArgusAI, while expanding the leadership team.

## Achievements

- Helped build Sumo Logic from inception through its 2020 Nasdaq IPO and 2023 acquisition.
- Led product and strategy work at Sumo Logic as the business grew to about $300 million in annual recurring revenue, according to his departure note.
- Helped establish strategic partnerships for Sumo Logic with AWS, Akamai, CrowdStrike and Google Cloud.
- Named as an inventor on multiple granted Sumo Logic patents, including automatic parser generation and anomaly-detection technologies.
- Joined Bedrock Data as co-founder, president and CEO after advising the company during its inception.
- Raised a $25 million Series A for Bedrock Data in November 2025, led by Greylock Partners.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Promoted an upcoming discussion with Omdia and Sportradar on governing the data that AI agents can see and use.
- **2026-05** — Bedrock Data announced senior hires across engineering, marketing and revenue operations following its Series A and a strategic investment from Snowflake Ventures.
- **2026-04** — Published 'Context for Data: The Missing Layer in Enterprise AI,' arguing that enterprise AI needs deep context about data origin, sensitivity, ownership, access and lineage.
- **2026-03** — Discussed data context, metadata and agent governance in an RSAC 2026 interview with theCUBE.
- **2025-11** — Bedrock Data announced a $25 million Series A led by Greylock Partners.

## Links

- Website: https://bedrockdata.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bkurtic
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/bkurtic

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Last updated: 2026-08-18