Armon Dadgar, one-half of the duo that founded freemium software platform provider HashiCorp, has left the company.

Having served as CTO since the company’s inception, Dadgar confirmed his departure in a post on LinkedIn, saying his exit was to “pause and recharge.”

“This is the start of a new chapter, and I’m glad to have played a role in helping get us here,” Dadgar wrote. “The team has the products, people, and market position required to be the leading solution for enterprises.”

Founded alongside Mitchell Hashimoto back in 2012, HashiCorp offers open-source software platforms that allow enterprises to manage distributed application infrastructure.

Having previously picked up clients, including some major hyperscale scalps like Microsoft and Google, HashiCorp would find itself the subject of a $6.4 billion bid from IBM in April 2024, with the acquisition closing the following February.

That deal saw the firm’s Vault platform integrated with Red Hat OpenShift to provide customers with enhanced security capabilities across hybrid cloud environments.

Prior to founding the now IBM-owned HashiCorp, the departing Dadgar was a software engineer at the now-defunct mobile advertising network firm Kiip.

The former CTO said he had “no immediate plans for what comes next” and that he instead planned to “catch up on some much-needed sleep.”

“HashiCorp has been an adventure of a lifetime, and I’m deeply appreciative of all the people who joined us for it. I’ll be cheering for the team from the sidelines,” Dadgar added in the LinkedIn post.

HashiCorp brought in Satyan Nair to serve as its new field CTO.

Nair most recently served as founder and CEO of engineering observability platform Ergonnex and counts prior roles at J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, and Computer Science Corporation (now DXC Technology) under his belt.

“Deeply passionate about the convergence of product, platform, and infrastructure engineering, [Nair] specializes in building high-performance engineering cultures and establishing robust governance frameworks,” a HashiCorp post on X reads.