Ian Erickson

Chief Architect of Web Services

Ian Erickson is the Chief Architect of web services at Alteryx. In this role, Ian leads the team responsible for architecting the delivery and presentation of Alteryx products via the web. Ian joined Alteryx in 2008 after spending 15 years in software development, specializing in geographic information systems (GIS) and the advanced processing of spatial data.

While at Alteryx, Ian was the lead developer for Alteryx web, the company's next-generation web platform. Since then, that platform has been deployed as the basis for the company's popular DemographicsNow and FreeDemographics SaaS offerings, and is expected to be the technological foundation of future web development from Alteryx.

Prior to Alteryx, Ian was the CEO of AnalyGIS, a full-service GIS consulting & data development company in Colorado. Before that, he was a marketing specialist with Telocity, a residential DSL provider based in Cupertino, California, where he advanced the company's marketing technology and increased overall subscribership. At Empower Geographics, a strategic partner of MapInfo Corp, he was a senior GIS developer responsible for client projects on the desktop and on the web.

Ian attended the University of Arizona where he focused on physics, mathematics and computer science. Ian is a general aviation pilot and enjoys pursuing his hobbies in flying, photography, and backcountry search & rescue