Tariq Shaukat joins Sonar as Co-CEO

Tariq’s experience spans many areas, including enterprise and consumer software, cloud infrastructure, retail, travel and entertainment. Prior to joining the Sonar team, Tariq served as President of Bumble Inc. from July 2020 to August 2023 and was instrumental in the company’s successful IPO on NASDAQ in 2021. During his time at Bumble, he led business operations and, working with the company’s founder and CEO, grew revenue to over $900 million in 2022.

Previously, Tariq served as President of Google Cloud from 2016 to 2020 and played a critical role in scaling the business to over $10 billion in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR). At Google Cloud, Tariq was responsible for a variety of functions including sales, product and engineering for industry initiatives, partnerships and the AI ​​Solutions Lab. He previously held senior positions at Caesars Entertainment and McKinsey & Company.

Tariq is an independent director on the boards of Gap, Inc. and Public Storage. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in technology and policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University.

“I am delighted that Tariq is joining Sonar. Our growth-oriented product strategy, built on the widely adopted open source approach, has generated profitable growth and led us to over $200 million in revenue. And this is just the beginning for us. Tariq will help us build the sales engine that will take us to $1 billion,” said Gaudin. “In addition to his unique background spanning both B2C and B2B, Tariq understands the exact problem that Sonar solves and recognizes the tremendous value that Clean Code creates for companies. I look forward to our partnership in the next phase of growth for the company.”

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Over the past 15 years, Sonar has analyzed more than half a trillion lines of code for businesses of all sizes across all industries, providing a deep understanding of how code is written and managed. Today’s generative AI tools are expected to significantly increase the amount of code written. However, with inadequate coding practices and quality controls, generative AI is likely to generate a high number of code-based issues and vulnerabilities, which could lead to higher technical liabilities and increased risk. With Sonar’s Clean Code solution, developers ensure the quality of AI-generated code and avoid liability risks.

“It has been clear for some time that every company in every industry is a software company. Increasingly they are also AI companies. Sonar is at the center of this vast and growing ecosystem, helping more than 500,000 companies worldwide develop better code at higher speeds, resulting in higher quality, more secure software. I look forward to working with Olivier and the team as we expand the impact and reach we can have,” said Shaukat.

“As software and the software development cycle become more complex, organizations must find systemic ways to ensure that what they generate is truly secure, reliable and maintainable,” said Deep Nishar, Managing Director at General Catalyst. “I believe Sonar’s Clean as You Code methodology is the ideal, developer-tested and trusted approach to achieve this goal. The addition of Tariq gives us confidence that developer adoption and enterprise adoption of Sonar’s clean code solution will accelerate and that Sonar will continue to cement its place as an indispensable component of the software development cycle worldwide.”

“Sonar’s growth, market presence and technical innovations continue to impress us. Given the many opportunities to grow the business, we are delighted that Tariq is joining our leadership team to lead the business alongside Olivier,” said Richard Wells, Managing Director at Insight Partners. “Tariq and Olivier complement each other in every way. We are excited to see what the two of them will achieve together.”

SOURCE: BusinessWire