LaunchDarkly adds new tech, finance chiefs amid growth
LaunchDarkly has appointed a new Chief Technology Officer and Chief Financial Officer and confirmed the return of its Senior Vice President of Product, as the company reports annual recurring revenue nearing USD $200 million.
The feature management platform said it has recorded more than 20% year-on-year growth in annual recurring revenue. The company also reported "well over $300K ARR per FTE".
LaunchDarkly said it works with more than 5,500 organisations. It said its customer base includes over a quarter of the Fortune 500, including 37 of the Fortune 100 and seven of the Fortune 10.
New Appointments
LaunchDarkly named Cameron Etezadi as Chief Technology Officer and Robert O'Donovan as Chief Financial Officer. It also said Jonathan Nolen has returned as Senior Vice President of Product.
Etezadi joins after senior roles at Hashicorp, Google and SAP. LaunchDarkly described him as a technology leader with experience scaling engineering teams and cloud-native platforms.
O'Donovan joins from a career in software finance roles. LaunchDarkly cited experience at SingleStore, Cohesity, DataStax and Pivotal Software, plus work across international markets at Dell/EMC.
Nolen previously led product and engineering at LaunchDarkly. The company said he spent more than a decade at Atlassian, where he worked on the Atlassian Marketplace and the company's growth in headcount.
LaunchDarkly tied the leadership changes to its growth and what it described as increasing demand for AI-related software delivery infrastructure. It said enterprises have moved from AI pilots to production workloads.
Platform Focus
LaunchDarkly positions its product as a runtime control plane for software features. It said its platform provides visibility and control over features that reach customers.
The company stated that engineering teams use the platform to release new features progressively. It also mentioned that customers observe performance in real time and remediate issues before users are impacted.
LaunchDarkly said it has expanded into a multi-product platform. It also pointed to the demand for "AI guardrails".
The company referenced customers including Merck, Clari and Neo4j. It said companies use its tooling to ship software with "speed and safety".
LaunchDarkly also linked its offering to a shift towards what it described as "intelligent, self-healing software". It said such systems can detect and resolve issues in real time.
Executive Comments
LaunchDarkly's Chief Executive addressed the leadership changes and current market conditions.
"These executive appointments come at a time of accelerating growth and unprecedented market demand," said Edith Harbaugh, CEO and co-founder of LaunchDarkly. "Engineering leaders are under more pressure than ever to deliver, and they need trusted platforms to do it safely and at scale."
Etezadi pointed to risk controls for AI deployments and cited research from the company.
"Engineering leaders are being asked to ship faster than ever, all while managing more risk," said Etezadi. "According to our 2025 AI Control Gap Report, 73% of teams deploying AI say their biggest concern is controlling unpredictable behaviour. LaunchDarkly helps teams move from reactive to resilient, bringing structure and intelligence to AI-driven pipelines so organisations can move fast, turning probability into predictability."
LaunchDarkly said Etezadi will lead platform engineering and technical strategy. It also said the role will cover investment in AI and "release intelligence".
The company said O'Donovan will lead finance, IT and operations as it scales globally. It said Nolen returns with "deep domain expertise" in feature rollout and risk management practices.