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Dane Knecht

Chief Technology Officer, Cloudflare

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

At a glance

Current role
Chief Technology Officer
Company
Cloudflare
Sector
Company
Work listed
2
Sources cited
5
Profile reviewed

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 and contributions

  • Cloudflare AI inference and agents platform 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 Proprietary product

    Introduced Firebolt, a 2017 Cloudflare product for delivering web ads securely and quickly.4

Timeline

  1. Introduced Firebolt, a Cloudflare product for secure and fast web ads.4
  2. Announced that nearly every Cloudflare feature would be made available to any customer.5
  3. Co-wrote the welcome post for Cloudflare's Agents Week with Rita Kozlov.3

Other documented roles

Roles the sources document that are not confirmed as current.

  • Product leadership role (before Cloudflare), Dell1

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References

5 sources · profile reviewed Oct 22, 2026 · data updated Oct 22, 2026

  1. Cloudflare — Press kit (leadership bios)Cloudflare · Official page · accessed Oct 22, 2026
  2. Dane Knecht — Cloudflare Blog author pageCloudflare · Official page · accessed Oct 22, 2026
  3. Welcome to Agents WeekCloudflare · Announcement · published Apr 12, 2026 · accessed Oct 22, 2026
  4. Firebolt: the fastest, safest ads on the webCloudflare · Announcement · published Jan 30, 2017 · accessed Oct 22, 2026
  5. Every Cloudflare feature, available to everyoneCloudflare · Announcement · published Sep 25, 2025 · accessed Oct 22, 2026