Tableau Software to Add 300 to Staff After Near-Double Sales Growth

Tableau Software, the Seattle-based data visualization company that started as a Stanford University spinoff, says it plans to hire some 300 employees this year after ending 2011 with nearly double revenue growth.

The company, which views itself as “a future IPO prospect,” says its hiring plans include an expansion of its San Francisco Bay Area office to a location in Menlo Park, CA that can house 60 employees. Tableau also has offices in Kirkland, WA and London.

Tableau’s software helps businesses analyze data in charts, graphics, and other visual displays. It also has a free version of the software that is available to the public, which has been used by news organizations in big demographics projects.

Tableau had big staff growth in 2011, adding more than 160 workers to bring its total to about 350. It also recently reported 2011 revenue growth of 94 percent, which would give it yearly sales of about $66 million, based on the 2010 revenue figure cited in the Inc. 5000 entry about the company.

Author: Curt Woodward

Curt covered technology and innovation in the Boston area for Xconomy. He previously worked in Xconomy’s Seattle bureau and continued some coverage of Seattle-area tech companies, including Amazon and Microsoft. Curt joined Xconomy in February 2011 after nearly nine years with The Associated Press, the world's largest news organization. He worked in three states and covered a wide variety of beats for the AP, including business, law, politics, government, and general mayhem. A native Washingtonian, Curt earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA. As a past president of the state's Capitol Correspondents Association, he led efforts to expand statehouse press credentialing to online news outlets for the first time.