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There seems to be some high level execs that just left. I wonder why they left before the IPO - maybe their options were forced to expire? Matt Kroll was their head of sales and he just went to google - how is Mongo going to grow without a good sales team?

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Hi Ric Johnson. This post is extremely inaccurate and false. Please remove it. Thank you.

Matt Kroll

Can you clarify what you mean by this? You're Matt Kroll and you're confirming that you still work for MongoDB? (I'm afraid that nothing is obvious from anyone's usernames.)

I'm Matt Kroll. I can confirm I was never Head of Sales at MongoDB. And I can confirm (as anyone can see on LinkedIn.com) that I departed MongoDB for Google to continue to work as an Enterprise sales rep.

If that's the only inaccuracy then I don't think you can call that post 'extremely inaccurate' and worth deleting?

His entire position was based on this idea that executives were leaving.

Which is completely false. Ergo his entire post is false.

Just do a bit of digging. Both names dropped appear to be accurate from usernames/profiles. Matt did indeed leave MongoDB for Google, that much is accurate.

Yes, and that is the only part that is accurate. If you look at my LinkedIn profile, you will see that I was NEVER Head of Sales at MongoDB.

Someone is trying to distance themselves from something.

Yeah- someone posting lies about me on Hacker News. Just look at my LinkedIn profile. I don't understand how this is even a discussion.

I don't fully get why you seem so upset about it. The OP seems to have made a faithful mistake and it doesn't seem to impact your reputation. Maybe the opposite. Why caring?

Matt, I would remove my comment because I respect what you did for Mongo but I hesitate because my statements are not false. I will correct that you were not "Head isms sales" - it looks like your title was Enterprise Account Executive and you were responsible for the Fintech sales? You did you leave Mongo for Google right before the IpO?

Your statement that I was "Head of Sales" is completely false. My job title has had nothing to do with Fintech sales since 2014. I did leave MongoDB in 2017, as did plenty of other people, and just as plenty of other people leave companies they work for every year. MongoDB, in fact, is a great company with a great product, and the reasons I left are completely personal and private. No inference can be drawn from my departure as to the state of the company- doing so would be completely unfounded and reckless.

Are you implying something? People vest and move on. Whats the point?

Wow continue digging the hole.

You were completely wrong and borderline libellous with your insinuation.

Shame on you.

Matt - you posted on linkedIn that you left Mongo for Google a few weeks ago. What part is false?

Ric- I was never Head of Sales of MongoDB. That is false. I was merely an individual contributor as an Enterprise rep. Please edit your post immediately

Matt has asked me to edit my post, but that does not seem possible now. This is a correction:

I made a honest mistake: I thought Matt was head of sales but looking at LinkedIn, Matt's actual title was 'Enterprise Account Executive' and 'solely responsible for managing all [Fintech] sales'.

I believe their largest sales channel is Enterprise Financial Services and so I was concerned about Mongo's IPO since some people left - especially right beforehand.

I respect Matt and believe his comments, but I did NOT lie.

Source?

why are you name dropping?

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