Pioneer Jeff Naughton, One of the Most Influential Database Scientists of This Generation, Joins Snowflake to Advance Data Systems for the Agentic Enterprise

S. "Murali" Muralidhar, Chief Technology Officer, Snowflake

“We are delighted to welcome Jeff to Snowflake. He helped write the playbook for how data systems scale, and I am thrilled he’s here to help us write the next one for AI”

S. "Murali" Muralidhar, Chief Technology Officer, Snowflake

“As AI demands fundamentally new things from data infrastructure, we couldn’t ask for a better mind to help connect frontier research with the engineering that ships it. We’re building something extraordinary at Snowflake, and Jeff’s arrival makes that ambition unmistakable.”

Jeff Naughton, Technical Fellow, Snowflake

“I’m excited to join Snowflake because the caliber of engineering here is extraordinary”

Jeff Naughton, Technical Fellow, Snowflake

“The opportunity to strengthen the flow of ideas between academia and industry while helping build the next generation of data infrastructure is exactly why I’m here. I’ve spent my career at the intersection of database research and systems that ship. AI is now rewriting the fundamental assumptions behind both, making this a pivotal moment for the field and Snowflake is the right place to meet it.”

Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau, Founding dean, College of Computing & Artificial Intelligence, University of Wisconsin–Madison

“Few people have shaped the field of database systems the way Jeff has, both through his groundbreaking research and the generations of researchers he mentored at UW–Madison”

Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau, Founding dean, College of Computing & Artificial Intelligence, University of Wisconsin–Madison

“Jeff’s career reflects the powerful connections between academic research and industry innovation. We’re excited to see him take on this new role at Snowflake and look forward to building on those connections through opportunities for research collaboration.”