Snowflake Inc. announced effective February 27, 2024, Frank Slootman retired as chief executive officer of the company, and Sridhar Ramaswamy was appointed to succeed Mr. Slootman as the company?s new chief executive officer. Mr. Slootman will remain chairman of the company?s board of directors . Prior to his appointment as chief executive officer, Mr. Ramaswamy, age 57, served in various roles at the company, including as Senior Vice President, Artificial Intelligence, since May 2023.

From October 2018 to February 2024, Mr. Ramaswamy served as a Venture Partner at Greylock Partners, a venture capital firm. From January 2019 to May 2023, Mr. Ramaswamy served as Chief Executive Officer of Neeva Inc. From August 2017 to December 2019, Mr. Ramaswamy served as a member of the board of directors of Palo Alto Networks Inc., a global cybersecurity company. From March 2013 to October 2018, Mr. Ramaswamy served as Senior Vice President, Ads & Commerce at Google.

From April 2003 to March 2013, Mr. Ramaswamy served in various roles in Google?s engineering group, including as Senior Vice President Engineering. Mr. Ramaswamy holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from Brown University. Mr. Ramaswamy is qualified to serve on the Board because of his leadership experience and his business and technical experience, including his extensive cloud and infrastructure expertise and his experience in artificial intelligence and machine learning.