New Relic CEO and leadership

Lew Cirne is a Canadian-American Silicon Valley-based technologist and entrepreneur who promotes software analytics technology. He was the founder and CEO of Wily Technology, which was acquired by CA, Inc. in March 2006. Cirne founded the company New Relic in 2008.

Kristy Friedrichs is New Relic’s chief operating officer. As COO, Friedrichs oversees corporate operations, business systems and applications, data analytics and engineering, sales strategy and operations and product operations. She is passionate about what she calls ‘turning strategy into reality’: aligning the company around an inspiring vision, mission and strategy; establishing goals and clear priorities toward achieving that strategy; and enabling cross-functional execution against those goals. She believes that aligned teams with high trust are the foundation of good execution, and works to empower all employees to execute against business goals by bringing their best, authentic selves to work every day. Friedrichs has served as chief people officer at New Relic for more than 4 years. Prior to New Relic, she spent more than 15 years at Bain & Company, first as a consulting principal and most recently as the head of consulting operations for the Bay Area. She holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Duke University.

Tracy Williams is New Relic’s chief diversity officer and vice president of the global HR business partner group. In this role she is responsible for the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion strategy, as well as developing and directing a people strategy that supports New Relic’s business goals. Prior to joining New Relic, Williams was the HR leader for CJ Affiliate (a division of Conversant/Epsilon) and was responsible for full scale HR support for the most trusted name in affiliate marketing. She has over 15 years of HR experience including holding regional HR leadership positions with Target (Mervyns) and Michaels Arts & Crafts stores. Williams holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Juris Doctorate from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.

Manav Khurana is New Relic’s chief growth officer. He and his team are responsible for global marketing programs and building self-service product experiences. He is passionate about empowering engineers to take a data-driven approach and do their best work. He brings deep experience in creating new technology categories by merging product-led and sales-led growth strategies.

Khurana joined New Relic as SVP, Product GM and implemented the company’s consumption business model. Prior to New Relic, he held product and marketing leadership roles at Twilio, InVision, Aruba (HPE), and Motorola. Khurana holds a Bachelor of Science of Electrical and Computer Engineering degree from the University of Rochester and a Masters degree in Business Administration from Santa Clara University.

Lew Cirne is a Canadian-American Silicon Valley-based technologist and entrepreneur who promotes software analytics technology. He was the founder and CEO of Wily Technology, which was acquired by CA, Inc. in March 2006. Cirne founded the company New Relic in 2008.

Lew Cirne is a Canadian-American Silicon Valley-based technologist and entrepreneur who promotes software analytics technology. He was the founder and CEO of Wily Technology, which was acquired by CA, Inc. in March 2006. Cirne founded the company New Relic in 2008.