• by Ray Schultz , March 2, 2020

Former Google executive Kevin Rodgers has been named CEO of data analytics provider Fastbase. He replaces founder Rasmus Refer. 

Refer will now lead product development for the company, focusing on data analytics solutions, data labs and technology engineering. 

Rodgers, who has served on the Fastbase advisory board for a year,  will be responsible for company strategy and operations, business development, marketing and sales.

Rodgers worked at Google for over 13 years, leading sales, customer success and operations teams.

Commenting on his new role, he says: “Fastbase is a data company. As technology has advanced around areas like machine learning and artificial intelligence the ability to synthesize large amounts of data and find the right data points are critical.”