Our Company

Cultivating Clarityin Observability

At OllyGarden, we believe reliable systems start with high-quality telemetry. Founded by OpenTelemetry® contributors, OllyGarden helps engineering teams identify bad telemetry, improve instrumentation at the source, reduce unnecessary observability costs, and get more value from their data — no matter which backend they use.

Our mission is to make telemetry cleaner, more trustworthy, and easier to use, so engineers, teams, and AI agents can work from reliable signals.

How we started

From Community Roots to Company Vision

OllyGarden was born from real-world experience in the OpenTelemetry ecosystem and a clear belief that telemetry should be useful, trustworthy, and efficient from the moment it is generated.

Why we built OllyGarden

OllyGarden began with a simple observation: while OpenTelemetry felt intuitive to those deeply involved in the project, many teams still struggled to understand, implement, and maintain it effectively. This gap between powerful standards and practical adoption sparked the idea for a company dedicated to making telemetry easier to understand, improve, and trust — with products purpose-built for busy Observability Engineers.

Because OllyGarden is not a traditional observability backend vendor, we can focus on a clear and unambiguous goal: improving the efficiency of your telemetry pipelines.

The Name “OllyGarden”

The name ‘OllyGarden’ reflects our connection to the observability (‘o11y’) and OpenTelemetry communities, as well as our belief that high-quality telemetry must be carefully cultivated. Just like a healthy garden, reliable observability depends on the quality of what is planted, maintained, and allowed to grow. At OllyGarden, we help teams nurture cleaner, more trustworthy telemetry so they can gain more value from their observability data.

What Moves Us

Efficient telemetry starts at the source

Good observability begins with purposeful instrumentation. OllyGarden helps teams improve telemetry quality before data reaches the backend, so engineers and AI agents can work from cleaner, more reliable signals.

Our Mission

To improve the efficiency of telemetry pipelines

We strive to empower engineering teams by providing tools and insights that simplify the complexities of telemetry management, reduce waste, and make observability more accessible and cost-effective.

Our Vision

Companies confidently generating, collecting, and storing the telemetry they need, without excess

We envision a future where ‘bad telemetry’ is a rarity, where instrumentation is purposeful, and where observability data consistently delivers profound value, driving better software and more resilient systems.

Our Principles

What We Stand For

These are the principles that guide how we build products, work as a team, and collaborate with the broader observability community.

Efficiency
We focus on making telemetry pipelines more efficient, reducing waste, and helping every signal serve a clear purpose.
Community & Collaboration
We believe in collaboration within our team and with the broader open-source, OpenTelemetry, and observability communities.
Clarity & Transparency
We believe in straightforward communication, open processes, and clear insights teams can understand and act on.
Continuous Learning
Observability and OpenTelemetry are always evolving. We are committed to learning, improving, and adapting to meet new challenges.
Pragmatism & Actionability
We focus on real-world telemetry problems and deliver practical, actionable solutions that make a measurable difference.

Our Team

The OllyGardeners

OllyGarden is powered by a dedicated team of engineers and strategists with deep roots in OpenTelemetry and a shared passion for efficient observability.

Founding Backend Engineer

Jonathan Silva

Jojo started programming at 12 and developed his engineering mindset through scientific research and aerospace projects. He entered observability through the Linux Foundation mentorship program and now contributes to the OpenTelemetry and Prometheus communities. At OllyGarden, he helps expand the Insights Platform with new features and capabilities and maintains our OTel Collector enterprise distribution.

Leandro Caracciolo

Founding Designer

Leandro shapes the look and feel of OllyGarden, turning complex observability workflows into clear, intuitive experiences. He leads product and brand design, crafting interfaces that make high-quality telemetry approachable for every team.

Darby Huye

Founding Software Engineer

Darby moved into industry from academic research on distributed tracing and characterizing large distributed systems. At OllyGarden, she works on Rose, our AI code review agent, bringing that research perspective to the everyday problem of getting instrumentation right.

Co-founder

Juraci Paixão Kröhling

A Brazilian software engineer based in Germany since 2011, Juraci brings extensive experience from open-source leaders like Red Hat and Grafana Labs. He is a highly respected OpenTelemetry project leader, serving on the Governance Committee, a CNCF Ambassador, and the creator of key OTel tools like the OTel Collector Builder, Operator, and OTel Collector load-balancer. With six patents in telemetry and security, Juraci is passionate about solving complex observability challenges and fostering the OTel community.

Arianna Vespri Knudsen

Founding Backend Engineer

Arianna is a talented backend engineer passionate about building robust distributed systems. At OllyGarden, she contributes to the development of our core platform services, helping deliver powerful observability capabilities to our customers.

Erika Kido Hahn

Founding Marketing Lead

Erika leads OllyGarden's marketing efforts, crafting strategies to build brand awareness and drive customer engagement. She develops content, supports community outreach, and collaborates with engineering and product teams on go-to-market initiatives.

Founding Engineer

Catalina Syddall

Catalina thrives on turning complex problems into clean, maintainable code—crafting delightful, performant user experiences. With hands-on experience across startups and scale-ups, she brings deep knowledge of modern frontend frameworks to help build OllyGarden's products.

Lanay Marques

Founding Platform Engineer

Lanay builds and maintains the platform foundations that keep OllyGarden reliable and scalable. She focuses on infrastructure, developer experience, and the systems that let the team ship high-quality telemetry tooling with confidence.

Nicolas Wörner

Founding AI Engineer

Nicolas works at the intersection of AI and observability, building intelligent tooling that helps teams make sense of their telemetry. He explores how machine learning can surface insights and improve the quality of instrumentation at scale.

Founding Backend Engineer