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Brian Goldfarb

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SVP, Chief Marketing Officer

Brian Goldfarb

Brian Goldfarb serves as senior vice president and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), overseeing all aspects of global marketing strategy for SolarWinds and the world-class observability, database, and service management solutions. Mr. Goldfarb brings more than 20 years of experience driving growth at some of the world’s largest and most respected technology companies, such as Tenable, Splunk, Salesforce.com, and Google. He holds an A.B. from Duke University in Computer Science and Economics.

The Latest Posts Featuring Brian Goldfarb

The High-Performance DBA: Breaking the Burnout Cycle in Modern Database Teams

In this article, Kevin Kline introduces The High-Performance DBA webcast series, drawing on insights from our recent State of Database Report to explain why DBA burnout is rising and how teams can move beyond constant reactivity.

April 1, 2026
Database
The High-Performance DBA: Breaking the Burnout Cycle in Modern Database Teams
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Inside the Black Box: Bridging the Database Observability Gap
March 27, 2026
Database

Over the past 15 years, Agile and DevOps have accelerated application delivery, enabling faster, more reliable releases. Yet the database layer often remains a blind spot for observability and performance monitoring.

In this article, Kevin Kline shows why closing the database observability gap is critical to improving performance, efficiency, and resilience for DBAs, developers, and the businesses that depend on their data.
Marketing Stigmas Destigmafied! — SolarWinds TechPod 086
May 14, 2024
Podcast TechPod
Terms like marketing* are often associated with a long list of negative connotations and an image of a cartoon thief sneaking around a corner with a huge bag of cash…