Who is the Chief Architect of Databricks?

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Reynold Xin is the Chief Architect of Databricks, reporting to Ali Ghodsi. He designed and led development of the GraphX, Project Tungsten and Structured Streaming components, co-designed the DataFrames API, and served as release manager for the Spark 2.0 release. Before this, Reynold was Co-founder and Chief Architect at Databricks Inc.. Reynold is one of 19 tracked leaders at the company.

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Reynold Xin
Chief Architect, Databricks

Reynold Xin is a co-founder and the chief architect of Databricks. He is a computer scientist and engineer working on big data, distributed systems and cloud computing, and he is best known for his contributions to Apache Spark. According to the 2021 AI 2000 records he was the most cited scholar in the field of databases.

Reports to
Ali Ghodsi
Email
••••@databricks.com

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Reynold Xin career history

  • Co-founder and Chief Architect, Databricks Inc.2013 to present
  • Researcher, AMPLab, University of California, Berkeleybefore 2013

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Other leaders at Databricks

LeaderEmailProfile
AGAli GhodsiAli GhodsiCo-founder and Chief Executive Officer ••••@databricks.com
DCDavid ConteChief Financial Officer ••••@databricks.com
MZMatei ZahariaMatei ZahariaCo-founder and Chief Technology Officer ••••@databricks.com
RSRick SchultzChief Marketing Officer ••••@databricks.com
HSHatim ShafiqueChief Operating Officer ••••@databricks.com
ISIon StoicaIon StoicaCo-founder and Executive Chair ••••@databricks.com
AKAndy KofoidPresident, Global Field Operations ••••@databricks.com
NZNaveen ZutshiChief Information Officer ••••@databricks.com
AKAndy KonwinskiAndy KonwinskiCo-founder ••••@databricks.com
ATArsalan Tavakoli-ShirajiCo-founder and SVP of Field Engineering ••••@databricks.com
PWPatrick WendellCo-founder and VP of Engineering ••••@databricks.com
RGRon GabriskoChief Revenue Officer ••••@databricks.com
ARAmy ReichanadterChief People Officer ••••@databricks.com
FSFermín SernaChief Security Officer ••••@databricks.com
TPTrâm PhiSVP and General Counsel ••••@databricks.com
VMVinod MarurSVP of Engineering ••••@databricks.com
DMDavid MeyerSVP of Products ••••@databricks.com
ACAdam ConwaySVP of Products ••••@databricks.com

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Who is Reynold Xin?

Reynold Xin is the Chief Architect of Databricks (as of August 2026). You can see their background and career history above.

What is Reynold Xin's background?

Reynold Xin is a co-founder and the chief architect of Databricks. He is a computer scientist and engineer working on big data, distributed systems and cloud computing, and he is best known for his contributions to Apache Spark. He designed and led development of the GraphX, Project Tungsten and Structured Streaming components, co-designed the DataFrames API, and served as release manager for the Spark 2.0 release. According to the 2021 AI 2000 records he was the most cited scholar in the field of databases.

How can I contact Reynold Xin at Databricks?

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Who does Reynold Xin report to?

Reynold Xin reports to Ali Ghodsi. See the full org chart on the Databricks executives page.