Prabhat Sharma

Co-Founder

San Francisco, California, United States20 yrs 9 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Founder of a top open-source observability platform.
  • Reduced log storage costs by ~140x for clients.
  • Expert in cloud-native architectures and cost optimization.
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Skills

Core Skills

ObservabilityCloud-native ArchitecturesContainer StrategyKubernetes

Other Skills

OpenTelemetryCost optimizationContainersDistributed systemsMachine LearningAWSRustS3-compatible storageEmbedded analyticsAmazon EKSKubernetes adoptionCloud architectureArtificial Intelligence (AI)Information SecuritySolution Architecture

About

I'm the Founder & CEO of OpenObserve, building a cloud-native observability platform that helps engineering teams reduce log storage costs by ~140x while maintaining petabyte-scale performance. 🚀 What I'm Building: OpenObserve is an open-source observability platform for logs, metrics, traces, and RUM (Real User Monitoring). We've grown to 17,000+ GitHub stars with 15M plus docker downloads, 5000+ active installations and serve companies managing data from megabytes to petabytes. 💡 My Expertise: • Observability & Monitoring at scale • OpenTelemetry & cloud-native architectures • Cost optimization for observability infrastructure • Containers, Kubernetes & distributed systems • Machine Learning & AWS (Former AWS Specialist Solutions Architect) 📈 My Journey: • 4+ years at AWS as Specialist Solutions Architect (Containers) • Led container architecture initiatives for startups, ISVs, and some of the largest enterprise customers of AWS. • 15+ years in technology across financial services, insurance, and cloud platforms • Built and scaled systems for companies like Accenture, HSBC, and SBI Life 🎯 What I Share: I write about observability best practices, OpenTelemetry adoption, cost optimization strategies, and the future of cloud-native monitoring. I'm passionate about open source and helping engineering teams build better observability solutions. 🔗 Get Started: github.com/openobserve/openobserve 📧 Let's Connect: Open to discussions about observability, cloud architecture, and open source.

Experience

Openobserve

Founder & CEO

Apr 2022 – Present · 4 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Building OpenObserve (O2), a cloud-native observability platform designed to replace expensive solutions like Elasticsearch with a simpler, faster, and more cost-effective alternative.
  • 🎯 Impact & Metrics:
  • 17,000+ GitHub stars (top 0.1% of open source projects)
  • Reduced observability storage costs by ~140x compared to Elasticsearch
  • Serving customers from startup to petabyte-scale
  • Support for logs, metrics, traces, analytics, and RUM
  • Sub-2 minute deployment time
  • 🔧 Technical Highlights:
  • Built with Rust for performance and efficiency
  • OpenTelemetry native
  • Cloud-agnostic (AWS, GCP, Azure, on-prem)
  • S3-compatible object storage for unlimited scale
  • Advanced query capabilities with embedded analytics
  • 🌟 Community & Growth:
  • Active open source community with contributors worldwide
  • Regular speaking engagements on observability topics
  • Published thought leadership on cost optimization and OpenTelemetry adoption
  • 🔗 https://github.com/openobserve/openobserve
ObservabilityCloud-native architecturesOpenTelemetryCost optimizationContainersKubernetes+3

Amazon web services (aws)

3 roles

Specialist Solutions Architect (Containers)

Promoted

May 2021 – Apr 2022 · 11 mos

  • Led container strategy and Kubernetes adoption for enterprise customers
  • Designed architectures for mission-critical containerized workloads
  • Spoke at AWS events and customer briefings on EKS and container best practices
  • Helped customers migrate from monoliths to microservices on AWS
  • Key Projects:
  • Architected multi-region Kubernetes platform for multiple Fortune 500 companies.
  • Reduced container costs by 20-60% for multiple customers through optimization strategies
  • Mentored Solutions Architects on container technologies
Amazon EKSContainer strategyKubernetes adoptionKubernetes

Senior Solutions Architect

Oct 2019 – May 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos

Solutions Architect

Jun 2017 – Oct 2019 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Uplift mutuals

Technology Advisor

Jan 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 3 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Accenture

Associate Manager

Jul 2014 – Jun 2017 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Dallas, US

Dhfl pramerica life insurance

Senior Manager - IT

Nov 2012 – Jul 2014 · 1 yr 8 mos · Gurgaon, India

Hsbc amanah takaful

Project Manager

Nov 2009 – Sep 2010 · 10 mos · Kuala Lumpur

  • Worked on data migration project from Penta Takaful (An Islamic Insurance System) to Life400.
  • Worked on Money Laundering Reporting

Canara hsbc oriental bank of commerce life insurance company

Technology Manager

Oct 2007 – Oct 2012 · 5 yrs · Gurgaon, India

  • Worked in the following areas -
  • Continuous Integration
  • Development projects based on Java, J2EE and sharepoint
  • Financial and AML reporting
  • Vendor evaluation

Swabhimaan

IT Consultant

Jan 2006 – Apr 2006 · 3 mos

  • Worked to implement an Information System for a group of NGOs working in the area of Microfinance.
  • Primary responsibilities included:
  • 1. Evaluation of different microfinance softwares available in market.
  • 2. Implementation of the microfinance software.
  • 3. Migration of data from the legacy system to the new system

Sbi life insurance co. ltd.

Assistant Manager

Jun 2005 – Oct 2007 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Worked in the area of Project Management, Process Improvement and Information security management.

Education

Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies

MBA — IT & Telecommunication

Jan 2003 – Jan 2005

Symbiosis

MBA — IT & Telecom

Jan 2003 – Jan 2005

Osmania University

BCA — Computer Sciences

Jan 2000 – Jan 2003

Kendriya Vidyalaya

Jan 1991 – Jan 2000

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