Andrew Palmer (technologist)

Andrew Palmer (born 17 June 1966) is an American technologist, Internet entrepreneur, and investor.

Andrew Palmer
Born	(1966-06-17) June 17, 1966 (age 58)
Other names	Andy Palmer
Citizenship	United States
Alma mater	Bowdoin College, Dartmouth College
Occupation	Technologist & Internet Entrepreneur
Employer	Tamr
Known for	Co-founding Vertica; co-founder of Tamr; founder of Koa Labs, former global head of software and data engineering at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
Title	CEO & Co-Founder

Biography

Andrew Palmer is CEO and co-founder of the data analytics company Tamr and founder of Koa Labs, a seed fund for first-time entrepreneurs.^[1][2] Previously he was co-founder of database software company Vertica with computer scientist Michael Stonebraker. Vertica was successfully acquired by Hewlett-Packard in March 2011.^[3]

Earlier in his career he served as Global Head of Software and Data Engineering at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR) and as a member of the start-up team and Chief Information and Administrative Officer at Infinity Pharmaceuticals.^[4] Additionally, he has held positions at Bowstreet, pcOrder.com, and Trilogy.

He earned undergraduate degrees in English, history and computer science from Bowdoin College, and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.^[5][6] In 2023 Palmer co-authored the book Live for A Living with Paula Caligiuri, which focuses on career development.^[7]

Awards and recognition

Entrepreneur Of The Year 2020 New England by Ernst & Young^[8]

Boston Globe Tech Power Players 50^[9]

New England Venture Capital Association Angel Investor of the Year^[10]

Patent: Data curation system with version control for workflow states and provenance^[11]

References

1. Hofherr, Justine (2015-12-30). "CEO desk: Founder of Cambridge startup prefers diner tables to corner office". Boston.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
2. "Boston Tech Leaders: Andy Palmer, Tamr - The Boston Globe". bostontechleaders2022.bostonglobe.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
3. Rao, Leena (2011-02-14). "HP Acquires Data Management And Real-Time Analytics Company Vertica". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
4. "Informaticians at Infinity". mba.tuck.dartmouth.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
5. "Musing on the Common Good While Interning with a Venture Capital Firm". News. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
6. "Fireside Chat with Andy Palmer T'94". Center For Digital Strategies. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
7. "Live for a Living". Goodreads. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
8. "EY Announces Winners for the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2020 New England Award". www.ey.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
9. "Boston Tech Leaders: Andy Palmer, Tamr - The Boston Globe". bostontechleaders2022.bostonglobe.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
10. Association, New England Venture Capital. "2013 NEVY Award Winners Announced". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
11. US patent 20200117643A1, Vladimir Gluzman PEREGRINE, Ihab F. Ilyas, Michael Ralph Stonebraker, Stan Zdonik, Andrew H. Palmer, Alexander Richter Pagan, Daniel Meir Bruckner, George Beskales, Aizana Turmukhametova, Tianyu Zhu, Kanak Kshetri, Jason Liu, Nikolaus Bates-Haus, "Data curation system with version control for workflow states and provenance", published 2021-04-16, issued 2022-06-22, assigned to Tamr Inc