Cloud data warehouse company Yellowbrick Data has appointed Mark Cusack as chief technology officer. Dr. Cusack will shape the company’s roadmap and guide product development, among other things.

Prior to joining Yellowbrick Data, Dr. Cusack was vice president for data and analytics at Teradata. He joined Teradata in 2014, when the company acquired the startup RainStor; where he was a cofounding developer. Prior to RainStor, Dr. Cusack was a lead scientist in the UK Ministry of Defence,

Dr. Cusack holds a PhD in computational physics from Newcastle University, UK.