Summary
Elliott Cordo is a founder and seasoned data and software engineering leader with 12 years of experience designing cloud architectures and turning analytics into operational business capabilities. He has led data organizations and technical strategy across media, fitness, and consumer tech—most recently founding Datafutures and serving as Head of Data at Capsule. Elliott combines hands-on architecture and infrastructure advising with public-facing thought leadership as a Forbes Technology Council member and technical advisor to startups. His career traces deep enterprise data work (EDW leadership at Equinox) through modern cloud-native practices, giving him rare fluency from legacy data warehouses to contemporary data platforms. Based in New Jersey, he pairs mechanical engineering roots with a pragmatic, product-focused approach to make data both reliable and actionable. He’s known for translating complex technical tradeoffs into clear business outcomes while mentoring teams to operationalize analytics at scale.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BS Mechanical Engineering, BS Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology