CrateDB Appoints Robert Ekstrom as new CEO

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Oct. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CrateDB, the real-time database for analytics, search, and AI across any data, today announced the appointment of Robert Ekstrom as Chief Executive Officer. Ekstrom's arrival marks a major milestone for the company as it accelerates its growth trajectory and deepens its commitment to customers worldwide. Alongside this strategic leadership move, CrateDB also welcomes Gregor Bauer as Vice President of Customer Engineering.

Robert Ekstrom, CEO

With more than two decades of experience leading global technology organizations, Robert Ekstrom has consistently demonstrated a unique ability to scale companies at the intersection of data, cloud, and analytics. He has built and led high-performing teams across international markets, guided product innovation, and successfully aligned technology strategies with business outcomes.

At CrateDB, Ekstrom will focus on expanding global adoption, strengthening the company's position as the leading real-time database for analytics, search, and AI, and steering innovation to meet the growing demand for scalable data platforms. He succeeds Lars Färnström, bringing a fresh vision and a track record of execution at a critical moment in CrateDB's journey.

"CrateDB has built an outstanding technology with immense market potential," said Robert Ekstrom. "The ability to deliver real-time insights at scale is becoming mission-critical for enterprises across industries. I am excited to lead the company into its next phase, expanding our impact, and ensuring our customers can innovate faster with data."

Gregor Bauer, VP of Customer Engineering

Joining Ekstrom on the leadership team is Gregor Bauer, an experienced technical leader in customer engineering and enterprise support. Bauer has led global solution engineering and customer success functions, helping organizations adopt and scale advanced data and analytics technologies. At CrateDB, he will lead the customer engineering organization, ensuring enterprises achieve rapid success and long-term value with the platform.

"Gregor brings a strong mix of technical depth and customer focus," added Ekstrom. "As we expand, his leadership will be critical to ensuring our customers are not only supported but empowered to innovate."

About CrateDB

CrateDB is a distributed SQL database that brings together analytics, search, and AI in real time. It ingests data from any source (streams, operational databases, warehouses, or files) and makes it instantly available for dashboards, BI tools, AI models, and applications. Unlike specialized databases that force trade-offs, CrateDB unifies structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data in one scalable system, delivering faster insights at a lower cost. Learn more at cratedb.com.

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