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Mike Fey became Mesosphere’s CEO on February 1, 2019, succeeding co-founder Florian Leibert. Mesosphere had announced the appointment on December 13, 2018; a February 5 report said Fey’s first day in the role had been the preceding Friday.

When did Mike Fey become Mesosphere’s CEO?

Mesosphere announced Fey’s appointment on December 13, 2018, and said he would start on February 1, 2019. A February 5, 2019 report described that Friday as his first day as CEO. The announcement and the later report therefore point to the same transition date.

Fey succeeded Mesosphere co-founder Florian Leibert. Leibert had said he planned to recruit a CEO and was expected to shift into work focused on customers, strategy, and technology. In announcing the change, Leibert said, “Now is the time to transition Mesosphere from a founder-led company to one headed by someone who has extensive experience leading larger companies into broader markets.”

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Why was Fey chosen?

The 2019 coverage presented Fey’s senior leadership experience at Symantec, Blue Coat Systems, and McAfee as relevant to the appointment. He joined Mesosphere, an enterprise software company known for DC/OS, after those roles at security companies. The article suggested security might receive greater emphasis, but also noted that Fey’s initial comments offered few specifics; it did not establish a new security strategy.

What was Mesosphere building at the time?

Mesosphere’s product context included DC/OS, which the 2019 article described as software based on Apache Mesos and running on Linux. Those details describe the company’s position at the time of the leadership change, not a statement about a current product lineup.

What happened to Mesosphere after the appointment?

In August 2019, Mesosphere announced that it would become D2iQ and broaden its strategy around cloud-native platforms, Kubernetes, data services, training, and professional services. In that announcement, Fey, then D2iQ’s CEO, explained: “As a company name, Mesosphere doesn’t represent the evolution of our strategy and the services we have offered our customers for some time.”

The change of name and strategy is important context: Fey’s appointment was a 2019 leadership transition at Mesosphere, not a current CEO announcement for a company still operating under that name. The former article page now redirects to a publisher notice, and the available sources do not establish the company’s present leadership or operating status.

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What did Mesosphere’s funding look like?

Christine Hall’s February 5, 2019 article reported Mesosphere’s announcement of a $125 million Series D, bringing total funding to more than $251 million and a reported valuation of $725 million. These are company figures as reported in that article, not independently validated figures.

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