Lew Cirne

Canadian technologist and entrepreneur

Lew Cirne is a Canadian-American Silicon Valley–based technologist and entrepreneur who promotes software analytics technology. He was the founder and CEO of Wily Technology, which was acquired by CA, Inc.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Lew Cirne (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Feb 21, 1970.¹

About

Cirne founded the company New Relic in 2008. "New Relic" is an anagram of Lew Cirne's name.

From Wikipedia’s article on Lew Cirne, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

New RelicFounder⁹
New RelicBoard member Dec 11, 2014 to Nov 13, 2023¹⁰
New RelicChair Jul 2, 2021 to Jul 10, 2023¹¹
New RelicChief executive officer 2008 to Jul 1, 2021¹²

Holdings

Stock this person has reported owning, from the forms officers and directors file with the SEC. See the biggest insider stakes.

Shares held

New Relic NEWR0 shares¹³Nov 8, 2023

As of each latest filing. The line shows shares held over time.

Recent filings

Nov 8, 2023Returned to company 474,000 shares of New Relic¹³
Nov 8, 2023Returned to company 4,262,098 shares of New Relic¹³
Nov 8, 2023Returned to company 107,537 shares of New Relic¹³
Nov 8, 2023Exercised options 87,518 shares of New Relic¹³
Nov 8, 2023Exercised options 20,019 shares of New Relic¹³
Oct 2, 2023Gift 841,379 shares of New Relic¹⁴
Aug 15, 2023Exercised options 2,519 shares of New Relic¹⁵
Jul 6, 2023Sold 15,000 shares at $65.54 of New Relic¹⁶
Jun 6, 2023Sold 15,000 shares at $69.42 of New Relic¹⁷
May 15, 2023Exercised options 2,520 shares of New Relic¹⁸
May 8, 2023Sold 3,125 shares at $7,357.00 of New Relic¹⁹
May 8, 2023Sold 11,875 shares at $72.82 of New Relic¹⁹
May 2, 2023Exercised options 36,852 shares of New Relic²⁰
May 2, 2023Exercised options 36,852 shares of New Relic²¹
May 2, 2023Exercised options 13,438 shares of New Relic²⁰
May 2, 2023Exercised options 13,438 shares of New Relic²¹
Apr 6, 2023Sold 3,519 shares at $73.82 of New Relic²²
Apr 6, 2023Sold 9,324 shares at $73.01 of New Relic²²
Apr 6, 2023Sold 2,157 shares at $72.17 of New Relic²²
Mar 7, 2023Sold 1,476 shares at $74.78 of New Relic²³
Mar 7, 2023Sold 13,524 shares at $74.02 of New Relic²³
Mar 2, 2023Gift 100,000 shares of New Relic²⁴
Feb 15, 2023Exercised options 2,520 shares of New Relic²⁵
Feb 7, 2023Sold 480 shares at $64.56 of New Relic²⁶
Feb 7, 2023Sold 4,778 shares at $63.98 of New Relic²⁶

Early life and education

Date not recordedDartmouth College³

Career

Occupation: engineer, computer scientist.⁶

2008 to 2021Chief executive, New Relic⁵
Date not recordedFounded New Relic⁴

Lew Cirne was raised in Port Hope, Ontario. His parents, Geoff and Jean Cirne, were immigrants to Canada from Manchester, England. Cirne attended Trinity College School and in 1993 received an A.B. from Dartmouth College with a major in computer science. After college, Cirne held senior technical positions at Apple and Hummingbird Communications.

In 1998, Cirne founded Wily Technology. He was responsible for developing Wily Technology's vision of enterprise class application performance management and is credited with bringing it to the Java platform. Cirne was one of the chief technologists and driving force in enterprise application performance and availability. He served as Wily Technology's president and chief executive officer until October 2001.

In 2008, Cirne began focusing on software as a service (SaaS) while an entrepreneur in residence for Benchmark Capital and founded New Relic. New Relic is a provider of Web application performance management. New Relic's technology monitors Web and mobile applications in real-time that run in cloud, on-premises, or hybrid environments.

Cirne stepped down as CEO on July 1, 2021, becoming executive chairman of the company's board of directors. Former Microsoft and Adobe vice president Bill Staples became CEO.