# Prat Moghe

> Prat Moghe is the CEO of Promethium, a Menlo Park data fabric and self-service analytics startup he took over in October 2024 after founder Kaycee Lai moved to Chief Strategy Officer. A UCLA-trained electrical engineer, Moghe started at Bell Labs, ran product and strategy at Netezza through its $1.7B IBM acquisition, founded cloud data-as-a-service company Cazena (later acquired by Cloudera, where he became EVP), and served as president of TiE Boston.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at Promethium
- **Organizations:** Promethium, Cloudera, Cazena, IBM Netezza, Tizor, StreamCenter, Bell Labs, TiE Boston
- **Education:** PhD, Electrical Engineering, UCLA
- **Known for:** Led Netezza through its $1.7B acquisition by IBM in 2010, Founded and sold Cazena to Cloudera, Served as President of TiE Boston (2012-2014) and Trustee of the TiE Board

## Career timeline

- **early career** — Researcher at Bell Labs
- **pre-2010** — Founder & CEO of Tizor (behavioral auditing/analytics for data compliance); company acquired by Netezza
- **pre-2010** — Founder of StreamCenter (real-time data mining for video delivery)
- **2010** — SVP of Strategy, Products & Marketing at Netezza during IBM's $1.7B acquisition; led 400-person global team
- **2012-2014** — President of TiE Boston
- **2014** — Founded Cazena, a cloud data-as-a-service platform
- **2022** — Cazena acquired by Cloudera; Moghe became EVP & GM, Cloud at Cloudera
- **2024-10** — Named CEO of Promethium, succeeding founder Kaycee Lai

## Achievements

- Led Netezza through its $1.7B acquisition by IBM in 2010
- Founded and sold Cazena to Cloudera
- Served as President of TiE Boston (2012-2014) and Trustee of the TiE Board
- Contributor at DATAVERSITY, Entrepreneur, and Cloud Computing News
- Speaker at Databricks Data + AI Summit 2025

## Latest updates

- **2024-10** — Named CEO of Promethium, succeeding founder Kaycee Lai (who moved to CSO).
- **2025-06** — Featured speaker at Databricks Data + AI Summit 2025.

## Links

- Website: https://promethium.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pratmoghe/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/promethiumi

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