Ariel Tseitlin

Ariel is a Partner at Scale investing in infrastructure and security.
Prior to Scale, Ariel was Director of Cloud Solutions at Netflix, helping the company stand up the cloud platform and operations team as they were moving from a DVD-by-mail business to global streaming. He was responsible for creating and operating one of the most modern cloud infrastructures in the industry, accounting for a full third of all US downstream internet traffic at peak. Ariel’s team built many of the Netflix OSS components like Asgard and the Simian Army, including the Chaos Monkey.
Prior to Netflix, Ariel was VP of Technology and Products at Sungevity and the Founder & CEO of CTOWorks, a software consultancy helping early-stage entrepreneurs deliver their first product to market. Earlier in his career, Ariel held senior management positions at Siebel Systems and Oracle. Ariel holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from UC Berkeley and an MBA with honors from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
When not at the office, Ariel is above it in his Cirrus SR22T plane.