### 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](/content/team/greg-gottesman/index.html)

**Vivek Ladsariya**  
[Managing Director](/content/team/vivek-ladsariya/index.html)

**Palvi Mehta**  
[Operating Partner / CFO](/content/team/palvi-mehta/index.html)

**David Zager**  
[Partner](/content/team/david-zager/index.html)

**Julie Sandler**  
[Venture Partner](/content/team/julie-sandler/index.html)

**Ben Gilbert**  
[Venture Partner](/content/team/ben-gilbert/index.html)

**Geoff Entress**  
[Venture Partner](/content/team/geoff-entress/index.html)

**T.A. McCann**  
[Venture Partner](/content/team/t-a-mccann/index.html)

**Matt Wang**  
[Principal](/content/team/matt-wang/index.html)

**Andrea Leach**  
[Administration](/content/team/andrea-leach/index.html)

**Alex Ray**  
[Principal](/content/team/alex-ray/index.html)

**Caitlin Sowers**  
[Product Design](/content/team/caitlin-sowers/index.html)

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**Malaika Brown**  
[Executive Assistant](/content/team/malaika-brown/index.html)

### 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  
[→](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-farhadi-098430b1/)

**Bharat Shah**  
Former CVP of Microsoft Azure Cloud Security & Microsoft for Startups  
[→](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bharatshah1/)

**Diego Oppenheimer**  
Partner at Factory and Founder & former CEO of Algorithmia (acquired by DataRobot)  
[→](https://www.linkedin.com/in/doppenheimer/)

**Ed Lazowska**  
Professor, and Bill & Melinda Gates Chair Emeritus, UW Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering  
[→](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ed-lazowska-6b8170/)

**Jesse Rothstein**  
Co-founder, board director, and former CEO / CTO of ExtraHop  
[→](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jrothste/)

**Joe Beda**  
Founder of Kubernetes, and Founder & Former CTO of Heptio (acquired by VMware)  
[→](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jbeda/)

**Lili Cheng**  
CVP of Microsoft Cloud and AI, and Distinguished Engineer  
[→](https://www.linkedin.com/in/chenglili/)

**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  
[→](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shwetak_Patel)