Team

Founders
Datum is the brainchild of Zac and Jacob Smith, cloud infrastructure veterans (Voxel, Packet, Equinix) and identical twin brothers with a passion for connecting others.
Zac Smith, Datum co-founder
Zac Smith
Infrastructure and open source nerd since 2001. Most recently leader of the Metal and Network Edge businesses at Equinix.
Jacob Smith, Datum co-founder
Jacob Smith
Former marketing guy and current product and brand builder. Passionate about holistic go-to-market and connecting the dots.
The Team
Shaping Datum are a team of passionate experts with backgrounds at StackPath, SoftLayer, Google, Fastly and Zscaler.
Chris Berridge
Chris Berridge
Brand & product design leader shaping Datum from its first words and pixels.
Steve Smyser
Steve Smyser
Financial and business operations leader who makes sure of the details.
Alex Benik
Alex Benik
Trusted advisor and longtime investor at Battery, now Encoded.vc.
Joshua Reese
Joshua Reese
Industry veteran who worked across the stack at the Planet, SoftLayer and StackPath.
Scot Wells
Scot Wells
Platform engineering guru who helped scale infra and systems at Highwinds and StackPath.
Jose Szychowski
Jose Szychowski
Backend developer, passionate about creating innovative solutions and tackling big challenges.
Felix Widjaja
Felix Widjaja
Working with websites for 25 years. Now into Customer Experience.
Yahya Fakhroji
Yahya Fakhroji
Frontend Developer passionate about crafting engaging web experiences and turning ideas into impactful solutions.
Investors
Datum is supported by its founders and a group of  visionary venture funds.
Encoded VC, Alex Benik
Vine Ventures
OSS Capital, Joseph Jacks
Cervin
Step Function VC