# Mohit Aron

> Mohit Aron is an enterprise software founder and distributed-systems engineer based in San Jose, California. After working on the Google File System, he co-founded Nutanix as CTO in 2009 and founded Cohesity in 2013. He led Cohesity as CEO until 2022, subsequently became its chief technology and product officer, and is now listed as founder emeritus. He is founder and CEO of SciFin, which emerged from stealth in September 2026 to address fragmented context in enterprise revenue teams.

- **Role:** Founder and Chief Executive Officer at SciFin; Founder Emeritus at Cohesity
- **Organizations:** SciFin, Cohesity, Nutanix, Google, Aster Data Systems, Zambeel, Rice University, IIT Delhi
- **Nationality:** Indian-American
- **Education:** B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, M.S. in Computer Science, Rice University, Ph.D. in Computer Science, distributed systems; advisor Peter Druschel, Rice University
- **Known for:** Lead developer on Google File System., Co-founded Nutanix and helped develop hyperconverged infrastructure., Founded Cohesity to consolidate enterprise data workflows.

## Career timeline

- **1995** — Graduated from IIT Delhi.
- **2000** — Completed his Rice computer science Ph.D., according to IIT Delhi and Rice alumni records.
- **Before 2003** — Worked on scalable storage at Zambeel.
- **2003-2007** — Worked at Google on the Google File System.
- **After Google, before 2009** — Worked as an architect at Aster Data Systems.
- **2009** — Co-founded Nutanix with Dheeraj Pandey and Ajeet Singh; served as CTO.
- **2013** — Founded Cohesity in June.
- **2015** — Cohesity emerged from stealth with $70 million in venture funding.
- **2022** — Sanjay Poonen succeeded him as CEO; Aron became chief technology and product officer.
- **2024** — Founded SciFin.
- **2026** — SciFin emerged from stealth on September 1 with $44 million in funding; Aron is founder and CEO.

## Achievements

- Lead developer on Google File System.
- Co-founded Nutanix and helped develop hyperconverged infrastructure.
- Founded Cohesity to consolidate enterprise data workflows.
- Rice Outstanding Engineering Alumni Award, 2018.
- IIT Delhi Distinguished Alumni Award, 2019.
- Gifted $1 million to IIT Delhi computer science and engineering, announced October 2021.
- Founded SciFin, which announced $44 million in funding in September 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — SciFin emerged from stealth September 1, announcing $44 million in funding, including a seed round co-led by Altimeter and Madrona.
- **2026-10** — StorageNewsletter covered his new venture SciFin on October 9.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohit-aron-a83858/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/mohitaron

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