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Andy Palmer
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    Software

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    Cambridge, MA

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Andy Palmer

TECH POWER PLAYERS 50 | RANKED #46

Cofounder, Chairman and CEO, Tamr

BIOGRAPHY

Why a Tech Power Player?

For contributions to data analytics, startups, and investing.

Andy Palmer is CEO of data-curation company Tamr. Previously, he was the founding CEO of Vertica Systems. He also founded Koa Labs, a seed fund for first-time entrepreneurs. Prior to that, Palmer served as global head of software and data engineering at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research.

Palmer earned a BA in English, Computer Science, and History from Bowdoin College and an MBA in General Management from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.

CAREER MILESTONES

2020

Awarded an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2020 New England by Ernst & Young

2013

Cofounded Tamr Inc. and was recognized as Angel Investor of the year in by the New England Venture Capital Association

2012

Founded Koa Labs, a seed-stage fund

2005

Cofounded Vertica Systems, a data analytics company

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TECH POWER PLAYERS 50 | RANKED #46

Andy Palmer

Cofounder, Chairman and CEO, Tamr

Andy Palmer
  • Industry

    Software

  • Location

    Cambridge, MA

  • Social Media

BIOGRAPHY

Why a Tech Power Player?

For contributions to data analytics, startups, and investing.

Andy Palmer is CEO of data-curation company Tamr. Previously, he was the founding CEO of Vertica Systems. He also founded Koa Labs, a seed fund for first-time entrepreneurs. Prior to that, Palmer served as global head of software and data engineering at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research.

Palmer earned a BA in English, Computer Science, and History from Bowdoin College and an MBA in General Management from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.

CAREER MILESTONES

2020

Awarded an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2020 New England by Ernst & Young

2013

Cofounded Tamr Inc. and was recognized as Angel Investor of the year in by the New England Venture Capital Association

2012

Founded Koa Labs, a seed-stage fund

2005

Cofounded Vertica Systems, a data analytics company

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She’s running her Cambridge startup out of an RV

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