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Database software maker MongoDB said on Monday that CEO Dev Ittycheria is stepping down from the top job after an 11-year run.

Chirantan "CJ" Desai, who has spent the past year as president of product and engineering at Cloudflare , is replacing Ittycheria, effective Nov. 10, MongoDB said. Ittycheria will remain on the company's board.

"Earlier this year, I would say as part of our normal succession planning process, the board asked me about my long-term plans and whether I could commit for another five years as CEO," Ittycheria told CNBC in an interview. "I thought long and hard about it, and I talked to my family, I talked to the board and ultimately realized I couldn't make that kind of decisi

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