Professional History

Mark Porter has held a number of technical executive roles in his career. He currently serves as Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of dbt Labs, helping lead companies to understand and process their data better. Prior to dbt Labs, he was the CTO of MongoDB, where he was responsible for crafting the long-term technology roadmap and vision for the company. Prior to MongoDB, Mark was CTO of Core Technology and Transport at Grab, Southeast Asia’s super app that provides everyday services such as ride-hailing, food, package, grocery delivery, mobile payments and financial services to millions of people. Previously, Mark was a General Manager at Amazon Web Services for 5+ years, where he led the Relational Database Service (RDS), Amazon Aurora and RDS for PostgreSQL, the AWS Database Migration Service, and the AWS Schema Conversion Tool. Prior to Amazon, Mark held various roles including CTO of the Amplify division of NewsCorp and Vice President of Engineering at Oracle Corporation, as well as working at NASA/JPL and being an early member of the Oracle Database Kernel group.

Board Service

Mark currently serves on the Board of Directors of Super Technologies and on the Remuneration Committee. He has served on the Board of Directors for GitLab, the leading DevSecOpsAI company, as well as serving on GitLab’s Audit Committee. Mark previously served on the Board of Directors of MongoDB and on the Board of Directors of Splyt, a global mobility company. He also served as a Board Advisor to MariaDB, a database company. Mark also serves as a member of the Board of Directors or as an advisor to various private companies.

Education

He holds a BS in Engineering and Applied Science from Caltech and attended Harvard Business School’s Disruptive Innovation course, authored and partially delivered by Clay Christensen. He bought his own 4k computer when he was 11, learned BASIC and Z-80 assembly, and has been coding professionally since he was 16 years old. Separate from his professional experience, he founded and grew his own high-end audio-video electronics company.

Personal

Mark has been married for 25+ years and splits his time between the US and Europe. He spends a lot of time with his soulmate, friend, and spouse, and spends as much time as possible with his incredible (and incredibly diverse) five grown children.

To get to know Mark professionally better, please see Mark’s leadership videos, his LinkedIn page, and his Cultural Hints. For those of you who have to work with him, you might find his user manual useful: Mark’s User Manual V0.5

Contact

For speaking engagements, media inquiries, or general questions, please message him on LinkedIn.