Dane Knecht
Chief Technology Officer of Cloudflare; led Zero Trust, the Developer Platform and AI inference work
- Chief Technology Officer, Cloudflare12
Dane Knecht is the Chief Technology Officer of Cloudflare. Over more than a decade at the company, Knecht has led the development, launch and scaling of products including Cloudflare Zero Trust, the Cloudflare Developer Platform and, most recently, its AI inference and agents platform. In April 2026 Knecht co-wrote the post opening Cloudflare's Agents Week.123
Career
Before Cloudflare, Knecht founded an e-commerce software-as-a-service company and held product leadership roles at MessageOne and Dell. Knecht joined Cloudflare when it was an early-stage company and now serves as its Chief Technology Officer, responsible for turning new ideas into products that shape the company's strategy.1
Products and projects
At Cloudflare, Knecht has led the development, launch and scaling of Cloudflare Zero Trust, the Cloudflare Developer Platform and the company's AI inference and agents platform. On the Cloudflare Blog, Knecht introduced Firebolt in 2017, announced in September 2025 that nearly every Cloudflare feature would become available to any customer, and in April 2026 co-wrote, with Rita Kozlov, the welcome post for Agents Week.1453
Work
Cloudflare AI inference and agents platform (external site: blog.cloudflare.com)Proprietary product
Led the development and launch of Cloudflare's AI inference and agents platform, and co-wrote the 2026 post introducing Cloudflare's Agents Week.13
Firebolt (external site: blog.cloudflare.com)Proprietary product
Introduced Firebolt, a 2017 Cloudflare product for delivering web ads securely and quickly.4
Career timeline
Other documented roles
Roles the sources document but that are not confirmed as current.
- Product leadership role (before Cloudflare), Dell1
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