Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D., is the founder at Platify Insights, a new independent-analyst firm focused on software platforms. Prior to that, he was SVP Product Management at open-source database company Percona and VP Products at Docker. His background includes leadership, advisory, and engineering roles at organizations including Scale Venture Partners, travel-tech leader CWT, Gentoo Linux, and leading-edge industry-analyst firms 451 Research and RedMonk.