Chirantan “CJ” Desai has taken on the role of President & CEO at MongoDB, bringing with him a distinguished career spanning nearly three decades across engineering, product innovation, enterprise operations, and executive leadership. His appointment marks a strategic milestone for MongoDB as it accelerates its vision in database modernization, cloud transformation, and developer-centric innovation.
Before joining MongoDB, CJ held influential leadership positions at some of the world’s most renowned technology companies. At Cloudflare, he served as President of Product & Engineering, driving platform innovation and scaling product capabilities globally. His extensive tenure at ServiceNow saw him rise through multiple senior roles—including Chief Product & Engineering Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and ultimately President & COO—where he led enterprise-wide operations covering product development, platform strategy, AI research, engineering, cloud infrastructure, and customer success.
CJ’s leadership journey also includes impactful roles at EMC, Symantec, Pivotal, and Oracle, where he drove multi-billion-dollar product portfolios and led large global teams across security, storage, cloud, and enterprise software. In addition, he spent over seven years as an Independent Board Director at Zebra Technologies, contributing to strategic growth and governance.
Alongside his corporate leadership, CJ continues to give back to the academic community as a Guest Lecturer at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and Economics programs.
With his vast experience across cloud, cybersecurity, enterprise software, and product innovation, CJ Desai is poised to play a pivotal role in advancing MongoDB’s global growth and strengthening its leadership in the modern data ecosystem.