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Our mission is to...

Democratize data.

Directus is a Composable Data Platform purpose-built for democratizing the world's data. By staying small and agile, we remain completely focused on the product itself, avoiding the financial trap that often comes with taking on capital too early and concentrating solely on sales and rapid expansion. We believe in stable, informed growth, with every decision based on real-world usage and research.

The Directus Team
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An all-remote team

Our team is 100% remote, with flexible working hours, asynchronous communication, and the freedom to work from anywhere that has a reliable internet connection.

International by design

To build a global platform, you need a global team. It's no accident that our talented, diverse, and multilingual team is distributed around the entire world.

Contributor-first hiring

Many of our hires start off as contributors, so they are already familiar with our codebase, understand the pull request flow, and are engaged in open-source.

Brooklyn, NY — Globally decentralized, but formally headquartered in NYC

The Core Team

The key members responsible for creating, maintaining, and sharing the vast open-source ecosystem of Directus.

Benjamin Haynes

Benjamin Haynes

CEO, Founder

Rijk van Zanten

Rijk van Zanten

CTO, Co-Founder

Rob Clifford

Rob Clifford

Vice President, Sales

William Friedman

William Friedman

Vice President, Customer

Alexandre Chopin

Alexandre Chopin

Vice President, Engineering

David Stoyanov

David Stoyanov

Vice President, Operations

Emma Paajanen

Emma Paajanen

Vice President, Marketing

Matt Minor

Matt Minor

Director, Demand Generation

Christina Harker

Christina Harker

Director, Product Marketing

Ian Ng

Ian Ng

Director, Backend Engineering

Alex Gaillard

Alex Gaillard

Director, Web Engineering

Wryn Wagner

Wryn Wagner

Director, Infrastructure

Alex van der Valk

Alex van der Valk

Solutions Engineer

Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson

Account Manager

Colton Schmidt

Colton Schmidt

Partner Manager

John Daniels

John Daniels

Account Executive

Jonathan Wagner

Jonathan Wagner

Sales Engineering Manager

Pedro Pizarro

Pedro Pizarro

Account Executive

Antonio Djigo

Antonio Djigo

Technical Customer Success Manager

José Varela

José Varela

Escalations Support Engineer

Vincent Kempers

Vincent Kempers

Support Engineer

Beth Loft

Beth Loft

Community Ops Specialist

Bryant Gillespie

Bryant Gillespie

Growth Engineer

Carmen Huidobro

Carmen Huidobro

Developer Educator

Connor Winston

Connor Winston

Data Engineer

Lindsey Zylstra

Lindsey Zylstra

Marketing Engineer

Mike Elsmore

Mike Elsmore

Developer Experience Engineer

Daniel Breitlauch

Daniel Breitlauch

DevOps Engineer

Flavian Desverne

Flavian Desverne

Software Engineer

Florian C. Wachmann

Florian C. Wachmann

Software Engineer

Guillaume Chau

Guillaume Chau

Software Architect

Hannes Küttner

Hannes Küttner

Software Engineer

Hugo Torzuoli

Hugo Torzuoli

Software Engineer

Judd Abraham

Judd Abraham

Software Engineer

Maybelle Kakulu

Maybelle Kakulu

Site Reliability Engineer

Nicola Krumschmidt

Nicola Krumschmidt

Software Engineer

Nils Twelker

Nils Twelker

Software Engineer

 Robert Luton

Robert Luton

Software Engineer

Serhii Tatarintsev

Serhii Tatarintsev

Software Engineer

Tim de Heiden

Tim de Heiden

Software Engineer

Rachel Sun

Rachel Sun

Designer

Vicky Chen

Vicky Chen

Designer

Michelle Riber

Michelle Riber

Account Executive

Advisors

Our advisors bring decades of industry-leading experience to help guide our products, services, and organization.

Skip Glass

Skip Glass

Board Chairman & Strategic Advisor

Philip Black

Philip Black

Board Member

Natasha Jen

Natasha Jen

Creative Advisor

John McKinney

John McKinney

Technical Advisor

Investors

We're backed by leading B2B investors that share our vision for democratizing data at a global scale.

Handshake Ventures

Handshake Ventures

Investor

True Ventures

True Ventures

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Key Contributors

Beyond the Core Team, there are been many people who have helped craft Directus over two decades of product evolution.

Daniel Biegler

Daniel Biegler

Engineer

Azri Kahar

Azri Kahar

Engineer

Benny Michaels

Benny Michaels

Developer Experience Engineer

Kevin Lewis

Kevin Lewis

Director, Developer Experience

Pascal Jufer

Pascal Jufer

Engineer

Esther Agbaje

Esther Agbaje

Education

Nicholas Ergemla

Nicholas Ergemla

UI/UX Designer

Jan Arends

Jan Arends

Engineer

Lori Maupas

Lori Maupas

Content Writer

Michelle Maddox

Michelle Maddox

Marketing

John Booth

John Booth

Marketing

Welling Guzman

Welling Guzman

Core Developer

Shea Lavington

Shea Lavington

Community Moderator

Jay Cammarano

Jay Cammarano

Engineer

Jason El-Massih

Jason El-Massih

Core Developer

Olov Sundström

Olov Sundström

Core Developer

Eron Powell

Eron Powell

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Jacob Rienstra

Jacob Rienstra

Engineer

Roger Stringer

Roger Stringer

Engineer

Conner Bachmann

Conner Bachmann

Engineer

Aurèle Ferotin

Aurèle Ferotin

Engineer

Tanya Byrne

Tanya Byrne

Core Developer

Sharon Sahadevan

Sharon Sahadevan

Cloud Engineer

Adrian Hajdin

Adrian Hajdin

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Binal Gajjar

Binal Gajjar

Core Developer

Getulio da Silva

Getulio da Silva

Developer

Lasha Krikheli

Lasha Krikheli

Core Developer

João Biondo

João Biondo

DevOps Engineer

Max Glantzman

Max Glantzman

Core Developer

Jolomi Onosode

Jolomi Onosode

Community Moderator

Selwyn Baptiste

Selwyn Baptiste

Sales Development

Daniel Westman

Daniel Westman

Community Moderator

Jan Bílek

Jan Bílek

Key Contributor

Jan Biasi

Jan Biasi

Key Contributor

Ivan Bobrov

Ivan Bobrov

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Oleg Beresnev

Oleg Beresnev

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Peter Tarka

Peter Tarka

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Mate Miminoshvili

Mate Miminoshvili

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Rahul Patel

Rahul Patel

Key Contributor

Aleš Vaupotič

Aleš Vaupotič

Content Writer

Paolo Pustorino

Paolo Pustorino

Key Contributor

Harsh Kansagara

Harsh Kansagara

Core Developer

Daniel Bickett

Daniel Bickett

Core Developer

Hem Bhimani

Hem Bhimani

Core Developer

Maarten Van Neyghem

Maarten Van Neyghem

Key Contributor

Kaushal Gajjar

Kaushal Gajjar

Project Manager

Nat Higginbottom

Nat Higginbottom

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A huge thank you to all of our supporters and GitHub Sponsors.

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Open-source software is maintained by few, but built by many. We're grateful for every single contributor, collaborator, and pull-request.

Brand assets

Directus (duh REKT iss) is Latin for: laid straight, arranged in lines. The goal of our platform is to present data in a simple, orderly, and intuitive way. We use Inter for our typography, and have included a vector logo kit below.

 

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