SolarWinds Appoints Tim Karaca as Chief Financial Officer

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SolarWinds, a leading provider of simple, powerful, secure observability and IT management software, announced the appointment of Tim Karaca as its Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer effective June 16, 2025.

Karaca served for three years as the group vice president for strategic finance and investor relations at SolarWinds. He also led cross-functional teams spanning strategic finance, investor relations, data science, and analytics, helping shape the company’s financial direction and decision-making, and made significant contributions to improving its growth, profitability, and market position.

Prior to SolarWinds, Karaca spent nearly two decades in the technology industry and Wall Street serving in senior finance roles. He oversaw multi-billion-dollar P&Ls while continually deploying important strategic investment and growth strategies. His leadership experience spans senior roles at AIG, Microsoft, and Bridgewater Associates.

“Tim’s significant strengths in strategy, capital allocation, and operating discipline are critical to our growth-focused partnership with Turn/River Capital,” said Sudhakar Ramakrishna, President and CEO of SolarWinds. “There is no one better suited to serve as CFO as we embark on this next chapter.”

“When I joined SolarWinds three years ago, I saw a company with a strong foundation and huge potential for significant growth,” said Karaca. “It’s been incredibly rewarding to help SolarWinds prepare for what’s next. I’m proud to be part of a leadership team focused on creating long-term value for our investors and driving innovation in today’s market with our customers, partners, and employees.”

Additional Resources

• Turn/River Completes Acquisition of SolarWinds, April 16, 2025

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SolarWinds is a leading provider of simple, powerful, secure observability and IT management software built to enable customers to accelerate their digital transformation. Our solutions provide organizations worldwide—regardless of type, size, or complexity—with a comprehensive and unified view of today’s modern, distributed, and hybrid network environments. We continuously engage with IT service and operations professionals, DevOps and SecOps professionals, and database administrators (DBAs) to understand the challenges they face in maintaining high-performing and highly available hybrid IT infrastructures, applications, and environments. The insights we gain from them, in places like our THWACK community, allow us to address customers’ needs now and in the future. Our focus on the user and our commitment to excellence in end-to-end hybrid IT management have established SolarWinds as a worldwide leader in solutions for observability, IT service management, application performance, and database management. Learn more today at www.solarwinds.com.

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