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Dynatrace Names Roger Klantschi

“Can a unified AI-powered observability platform become the default intelligence layer for enterprise cloud and digital operations?”

Founded2005
HQWaltham, Massachusetts, USA
Latest roundIPO (August 2019)
Valuation$4.5B at IPO (2019)
IndustryHorizontal SaaS / Observability & APM

The story

Dynatrace was founded in 2005 as an application performance monitoring (APM) tool, was acquired by Compuware in 2011, then spun out as an independent entity in 2014 backed by Thoma Bravo. The company repositioned itself from a traditional APM vendor into an AI-powered software intelligence platform (the 'Davis AI' engine) covering observability, security, and business analytics. It went public in 2019 and has since expanded its platform into cloud-native environments, DevSecOps, and AIOps. Dynatrace does not operate embedded finance products; it is a B2B SaaS platform whose customers include financial institutions such as Temenos.

Last 12 months

2020-10

Temenos (a Dynatrace customer) named Roger Klantschi as EVP of Delivery for the Americas — this is a Temenos personnel announcement, not a Dynatrace product event.

Product timeline

2005

Dynatrace founded as a software intelligence and application performance monitoring company.· pivot

2011

Acquired by Compuware Corporation.· acquisition

2014

Dynatrace spun out from Compuware as an independent company.· pivot

2019

Dynatrace IPO priced above range at $16/share, valuing the company at approximately $4.5B.· ipo

The stack

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