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Ellen Rubin

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Pillar VC Founding Pillar at Pillar VC · Operating Partner at Glasswing Ventures · Founder at ClearSky Data

Boston

FoundedClearSky Data

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John KimunlockedEllen: together at Harvard Business School (1993–1994)
×4Ellen: together at Harvard University
×7Ellen: together at Harvard Business School

About

Repeat B2B founder and CEO with over 25 years of experience. She was VP of Marketing at Netezza through its 2007 IPO, founded CloudSwitch (acquired by Verizon in 2011) and ClearSky Data (acquired by AWS in 2019), served as a GM at AWS, and most recently founded Causely, a causal AI platform for DevOps.

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Founder at ClearSky Data

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ClearSky Data's investors · 2

General CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checksHighland Capital PartnersCambridge · $1M – $10M checks

Co-founders at ClearSky Data

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Lazarus VekiaridesDirector

Experience

  1. Glasswing VenturesOperating Partnercurrent2025 — presentGreater Boston
  2. AllegionIndependent Board Membercurrent2023 — present
  3. PEF CommunityChapter Leadcurrent2024 — presentGreater Boston
  4. Pillar VCPillar VC Founding Pillarcurrent2016 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
  5. CauselyFounder & CEO2022 — 2024
  6. Chase CorporationIndependent Board Member2022 — 2023
  7. Corvus InsuranceIndependent Board Member2019 — 2023
  8. Amazon Web Services (AWS)GM, AWS Storage Gateway and DataSync Services2020 — 2021
  9. ClearSky DataCEO & Co-founder2014 — 2019Greater Boston Area
  10. AdvisorAdvisor & Mentor2012 — 2013
  11. VerizonVP, Cloud Products2011 — 2012Greater Boston Area
  12. CloudSwitchFounding CEO & VP Products2008 — 2011
  13. NetezzaVP Marketing2001 — 2008
  14. WheelhouseVP Marketing2000 — 2001
  15. Manna, IncFounder & VP Marketing1997 — 2000
  16. Booz Allen HamiltonAssociate1991 — 1993

Skills & more

Cloud Computing99Big Data11SaaS38Go-to-market Strategy58Start-ups85Enterprise Software67Product Management26Sales Enablement3Demand Generation1Product Marketing43Storage6Business Alliances5
+12 moreScalabilityPartner ManagementAnalyticsStrategic PartnershipsVenture CapitalAgile MethodologiesProfessional ServicesMarketing AutomationPaaSVirtualizationSalesforce.comSoftware as a Service (SaaS)

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Colleagues at Pillar VC

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Founder & CEO, Asimov & Venture Partner at Pillar VC
Alex Reinhart
Associate at Pillar VC
Alex Ting
Director of Events & Operations at Pillar VC
Andras Forgacs
Co-Founder & Board Director, Modern Meadow, Fork & Goode, Organovo & Founding Pillar at Pillar VC
Andrea Coravos
Co-founder/CEO, HumanFirst & Venture Partner at Pillar VC
Andy Beck
CEO, PathAI & Founding Pillar at Pillar VC
Ash Ashutosh
CEO, Actifio & Founding Pillar at Pillar VC
Ash Ashutosh
Executive Advisory Board at NYU Innovation Venture Fund

Frequently asked questions

Who is Ellen Rubin?
Repeat B2B founder and CEO with over 25 years of experience. She was VP of Marketing at Netezza through its 2007 IPO, founded CloudSwitch (acquired by Verizon in 2011) and ClearSky Data (acquired by AWS in 2019), served as a GM at AWS, and most recently founded Causely, a causal AI platform for DevOps.
Where does Ellen Rubin work?
Ellen Rubin is Founder of ClearSky Data and Pillar VC Founding Pillar at Pillar VC.
What companies did Ellen Rubin found?
Ellen Rubin founded ClearSky Data.
Where did Ellen Rubin go to school?
Ellen Rubin studied at Harvard Business School (MBA); Harvard University (BA, Social Studies).

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Shared employers

Also worked at Wheelhouse1

Andrew KitchellFounder at Wheelhouse