

In the Top 10% of 2126 Similar Sized Companies on Comparably
In the Top 20% of 932 Nearby Companies in San Francisco
5th place versus 5 competitors rated on Comparably
Mr. Lewis Cirne, also known as Lew, founded New Relic, Inc. in 2008 and has been its Chief Executive Officer since February 2008. Mr. Cirne serves as a Strategic Limited Partner at The Four Rivers Group. He served as Entrepreneur in Residence of Benchmark Capital since February 15, 2008. He served as Advisor of Pano Logic, Inc. He founded Wily Technology Inc. in 1998 and served as its Chief Technology Officer where he was responsible for sharing with customers and partners Wily Technology's vision of bringing enterprise class performance management to the Java platform. Mr. Cirne is a widely cited expert in enterprise application performance and availability. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Wily Technology until October 2001. He takes a leading role in the future technological development of Wily Technology and its products, with the goal of extending the services offered by Wily to customers deploying high-performance e-business solutions. Prior to founding Wily, Mr. Cirne held senior technical positions at Apple Inc. and Hummingbird Ltd. He is a seasoned entrepreneur, technologist and enterprise software pioneer. He has been focused on application performance management for more than 10 years. He has been a Director of New Relic, Inc. since February 2008. He served as Director of Wily Technology, Inc. He holds an A.B. in Computer Science from Dartmouth College.
The CEO score provides an understanding of how employees feel about the CEO’s leadership style and effectiveness at New Relic.
Based on 112 ratings, Lew Cirne ranks right below Dynatrace's CEO, Rick McConnell.
New Relic's CEO is highly regarded by Hispanic or Latino employees, the Sales department, and African American/Black employees. However, the Product department and employees who have been at the company Less than 1 Year have a less favorable view of the CEO and believe there is room for improvement. Overall, the CEO score has remained stable over the last 90 days.
New Relic ranks in the Top 10% of other companies on Comparably with 1,001-5,000 Employees for CEO Rating Score.
New Relic ranks in the Top 20% of other companies in San Francisco for CEO Rating Score.
