Team

We bring a wealth of experience as founders, investors, and operators. Our team includes some of the best execution machines in the business—all passionate about solving hard problems and helping to build your company.

Team Members

Greg Gottesman
Managing Director

Vivek Ladsariya
Managing Director

Palvi Mehta
Operating Partner / CFO

David Zager
Partner

Julie Sandler
Venture Partner

Ben Gilbert
Venture Partner

Geoff Entress
Venture Partner

T.A. McCann
Venture Partner

Matt Wang
Principal

Andrea Leach
Administration

Alex Ray
Principal

Caitlin Sowers
Product Design

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Malaika Brown
Executive Assistant

Technical Advisory Board (TAB)

The Pacific Northwest (PNW) boasts some of the best technical talent in the world. We are thrilled to unite the exceptional leaders who have been the heart of our technical community for decades. As founders tackle hard problems in this transformational time, the PSL TAB exists to support them with their unique expertise, experience, and relationships.

Ali Farhadi
CEO of AI2 (Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence) and Professor UW Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering
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Bharat Shah
Former CVP of Microsoft Azure Cloud Security & Microsoft for Startups
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Diego Oppenheimer
Partner at Factory and Founder & former CEO of Algorithmia (acquired by DataRobot)
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Ed Lazowska
Professor, and Bill & Melinda Gates Chair Emeritus, UW Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering
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Jesse Rothstein
Co-founder, board director, and former CEO / CTO of ExtraHop
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Joe Beda
Founder of Kubernetes, and Founder & Former CTO of Heptio (acquired by VMware)
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Lili Cheng
CVP of Microsoft Cloud and AI, and Distinguished Engineer
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Shwetak Patel
Washington Research Foundation Entrepreneurship Endowed Professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Department of Engineering Electrical & Computer, and Head of Health Technologies at Google
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