# Marty Kagan

> Marty Kagan is the Portland-based co-founder and CEO of Hydrolix, a data platform founded in 2018 with Hasan Alayli to address the cost of retaining and analyzing log data. Previously a Cedexis co-founder and an engineering leader at Cisco, Akamai, Jive Software and Fastly, he has built Hydrolix around large-scale analytics and partnerships including Akamai and AWS.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Hydrolix
- **Organizations:** Hydrolix, Cedexis, Fastly, Jive Software, Akamai, Cisco, Web Power Authority
- **Education:** BA, History, University of California, Santa Barbara, MA, History, University of California, Irvine
- **Known for:** Co-founded Cedexis, acquired by Citrix in early 2018., Co-founded Hydrolix in 2018 with Hasan Alayli., Hydrolix announced $80 million in Series C financing led by QED Investors in April 2025, following reported 8x revenue growth in 2024.

## Career timeline

- **1992** — Completed an undergraduate history thesis at UC Santa Barbara on Lithuania in Nazi-Soviet relations.
- **1995-1997** — Worked at Web Power Authority in Santa Barbara.
- **1996** — Designed the initial UC Santa Barbara history department homepage, credited in its October newsletter.
- **1997-1999** — Worked at Cisco in engineering management and program management.
- **1999-2007** — Held engineering and technology roles at Akamai, including director of technology, international in Paris, 2004-2007.
- **2007-2008** — VP of engineering at Jive Software.
- **2008** — Co-founded Cedexis; accounts vary on its founding year, with some using 2009.
- **2012** — Hasan Alayli joined the Cedexis engineering team.
- **2016-2018** — VP of engineering at Fastly.
- **2018** — Citrix acquired Cedexis; Kagan and Alayli founded Hydrolix.
- **2021** — Published an account of Hydrolix's first commercial offering.
- **2025** — Led Hydrolix through an $80 million Series C, announced April 3.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Cedexis, acquired by Citrix in early 2018.
- Co-founded Hydrolix in 2018 with Hasan Alayli.
- Hydrolix announced $80 million in Series C financing led by QED Investors in April 2025, following reported 8x revenue growth in 2024.
- Hydrolix supported FOX with nearly 200 TB of log data and 55 billion records during the February 2025 Super Bowl stream.
- Hydrolix ranked fourth on the 2026 Inc. Regionals Pacific list.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Hydrolix announced IBC 2026 participation with partner demonstrations of agentic AI and multi-CDN operations.
- **2026-05** — Hydrolix appointed Brian Howie chief revenue officer and Enrico Risi vice president of global strategic sales.
- **2026-03** — Hydrolix announced its Inc. Regionals Pacific recognition and reported growth from four to over 650 customers and from 40 to over 200 employees over two years.
- **2025-12** — Appeared in a Silicon Florist conversation with Rick Turoczy on understanding the problem a startup solves.

## Links

- Website: https://hydrolix.io/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martykagan/

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Last updated: 2026-10-23