# Zoltan Olah

> Zoltan Olah is the co-founder and CEO of Chromatic, the UI testing and review company that helps maintain Storybook. Previously a co-founder of Percolate Studio, he joined Meteor through its 2015 acquisition and worked in customer success and product management before reuniting with Tom Coleman and Dominic Nguyen to start Chroma. His public writing explores remote collaboration, open-source businesses, and the lessons of selling a consultancy.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Chromatic
- **Organizations:** Chromatic, Chroma, Percolate Studio, Meteor Development Group, Apollo GraphQL, Storybook
- **Education:** University of Melbourne
- **Known for:** Co-founded Percolate Studio, acquired by Meteor Development Group in 2015., Co-founded Chromatic with Tom Coleman and Dominic Nguyen., Helped launch Apollo GraphQL with his co-founders.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2015** — Co-founded Percolate Studio with Tom Coleman and Dominic Nguyen; the consultancy contributed to the Meteor ecosystem.
- **2015** — Meteor announced its acquisition of Percolate Studio on June 26; Olah was appointed to lead customer success.
- **2015-2016** — Worked on Meteor and Apollo; his public writing identifies a Meteor framework product-management role and work on Galaxy.
- **2016** — Left Meteor in December to start a product company.
- **2017** — Chroma was publicly introduced in January; the team focused on developer tools and remote collaboration.
- **2018** — Chromatic 1.0 launched in July; Olah announced Storybook maintainers Norbert de Langen and Michael Shilman joining Chroma.
- **2020** — Credited as a co-developer of Storybook Essentials.
- **2022** — Credited as a co-developer of Storybook Connect for Figma.
- **2023** — Represented Chromatic in a Nasdaq interview following its Enterprise Tech 30 recognition.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Percolate Studio, acquired by Meteor Development Group in 2015.
- Co-founded Chromatic with Tom Coleman and Dominic Nguyen.
- Helped launch Apollo GraphQL with his co-founders.
- Co-developed Storybook Essentials and Storybook Connect for Figma.
- Led Chromatic when it ranked tenth in the 2023 Enterprise Tech 30 Early Stage category.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Chromatic, the company Olah leads, launched visual testing for Vitest Browser Mode on September 2.
- **2026-09** — Chromatic announced flaky-test quarantine on September 30, with a dashboard for tracking ignored tests.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/zqzoltan
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/zqzoltan
- GitHub: https://github.com/zol

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Last updated: 2026-10-11