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Continuum Expands Executive Team, Grows Booked Sales by 200%
[September 01, 2015]

Continuum Expands Executive Team, Grows Booked Sales by 200%


Continuum Analytics, which develops Anaconda, the leading modern open source analytics platform powered by Python, has announced significant year-over-year company growth, including 50 new hires, including Michele Chambers as CMO and Randy Russell as CFO. With more than 200 of the Fortune 500 as customers, and 100% revenue growth year-over-year, Continuum Analytics is positioned for record momentum in 2015.

"Python and Anaconda offer unprecedented opportunities to solve the most complex challenges of our time," said Continuum CEO Travis Oliphant. "We couldn't be more excited with the traction our company is experiencing, and the talent we're attracting. Anaconda is already changing the world in important ways, with unlimited possibilities to benefit the use of data in every field."

More than 2 million people use the Python-based Anaconda platform to solve complex problems, from accurate financial-services analysis to telescope image processing and media monetization. With Anaconda, organizations quickly analyze, manage and visualize big data in order to make critical decisions. Anaconda's flexibly integrates into existing IT environments and can take advantage of new Big Data architectures, easing the process of exploring and leveraging data. Customers include Procter & Gamble, Boeing (News - Alert), Pepsi and the Securities and Exchang Commission. The new hires come on the heels of a $24M Series A round of funding, which Continuum will use to expand its community and customer ecosystem, as well as further enhance the Anaconda platform.



"Continuum Analytics is a rare find. The founders, Travis and Peter, truly understand, value and appreciate open source technology," said CMO Michele Chambers. "Our technology and product teams are some of the most talented and passionate data scientists I've had the pleasure of working with in my 20+ year history in analytics. The products they've created are delighting community and enterprise customers worldwide."

Chambers and Russell build upon an already eminent executive team that are thought leaders and visionaries in the open source Python community. An entrepreneurial executive with over 25 years of industry experience, Chambers has held executive leadership roles at database and analytic companies including IBM, Netezza (News - Alert), Revolution Analytics, MemSQL and RapidMiner. She has published two books on big data and modern analytics, and holds an M.B.A. from Duke University.


Russell has more than two decades of experience in corporate executive roles. Previous roles include CFO of Haas Outdoors, home of the "Mossy Oak" brand, SVP of Financial Services at ePartners, and founder/CEO of 121 Micro, an award-winning consulting firm specializing in business process, accounting technology and custom business software applications. Russell holds a BA in Professional Accountancy from the University of Southern Mississippi.

About Continuum Analytics

Continuum Analytics develops Anaconda, the leading modern open source analytics platform powered by Python. Continuum's Python-based platform and consulting services empower organizations to analyze, manage and visualize big data - turning massive datasets into actionable insights and business value. Built on proven open-source technology and easily integrated within existing IT environments, Anaconda allows organizations to make critical business decisions based on their data quickly, easily, inexpensively, and with flexibility. Without having to worry about how to access their data, organizations can free up resources to solve actual problems. Continuum's founders and developers have created or contribute to some of the most popular data science technologies, including NumPy, SciPy, Pandas, IPython, and many others. To learn more about the Anaconda platform, training and consulting services, visit http://www.continuum.io.


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