# Rick McConnell

> Rick McConnell is the CEO and a director of Dynatrace, which he joined in December 2021 after senior roles at Akamai and Cisco and serving as CEO of Latitude Communications. His work centres on scaling enterprise software businesses and connecting observability, security and automation. He holds two Stanford degrees and lives in Mountain View, California.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at Dynatrace
- **Organizations:** Dynatrace, Akamai Technologies, Cisco Systems, Latitude Communications
- **Education:** BA in Quantitative Economics, Stanford University, MBA, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Helped scale Akamai during a decade in which company revenue rose from roughly $1 billion to nearly $3.5 billion., Helped develop Akamai’s security business into a business with more than $1.3 billion in revenue by his 2021 move., Led Dynatrace as its annual recurring revenue exceeded $2 billion; reported ARR was $2.136 billion at June 30, 2026.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2004** — Served as President and CEO of Latitude Communications.
- **2004** — Joined Cisco when it acquired Latitude Communications; held senior executive positions through 2011.
- **2011** — Joined Akamai Technologies; held Products and Development leadership responsibilities through 2016.
- **2016** — Became President and General Manager of Akamai’s Web Division.
- **2021** — Became President and General Manager of Akamai’s Security Technology Group in March; joined Dynatrace as CEO and director on December 13.
- **2022** — Published refreshed Dynatrace mission, purpose and vision; Grail launched in October.
- **2026** — Dynatrace announced the Arize acquisition in August and completed it on October 1.

## Achievements

- Helped scale Akamai during a decade in which company revenue rose from roughly $1 billion to nearly $3.5 billion.
- Helped develop Akamai’s security business into a business with more than $1.3 billion in revenue by his 2021 move.
- Led Dynatrace as its annual recurring revenue exceeded $2 billion; reported ARR was $2.136 billion at June 30, 2026.
- Served as Latitude Communications CEO before its acquisition by Cisco.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Dynatrace completed its acquisition of Arize on October 1; integration of Arize capabilities into Dynatrace is planned over time.
- **2026-08** — Dynatrace announced an agreement to acquire Arize in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at $915 million.
- **2026-08** — Dynatrace reported Q1 fiscal 2027 ARR of $2.136 billion and quarterly revenue of $555 million for the period ended June 30, 2026.
- **2026-07** — Dynatrace announced additional autonomous operations capabilities, including Cloud SRE Agent and planned Autonomous SRE Agent and Agent Builder capabilities.

## Links

- Website: https://www.dynatrace.com/news/blog/author/rick-mcconnell/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rimcconnell/

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