Daniel
Portillo
COFOUNDER
Team
Daniel
Phin
Barnes
COFOUNDER
Megan
Zengerle
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Anthony
Kline
INVESTMENTS
Bret
Reckard
TALENT
Dan
Pupius
Chief Technology Officer
Rifki
Zable
Chief Financial Officer
Alec
Flett
ENGINEERING
Allison
Light
GTM
Ben
Cmejla
INVESTMENTS
Breanna
Manore
Operations
Danny
Oliveri
GTM
David
Watson
ENGINEERING
David is a master generalist who joined Google before it was household name.
David is a big systems thinker dedicated to high-potential products that touch real lives.
Portfolio companies
Previous experience
David joined Google before it was a household name. He worked with the company during its hyper-growth stage, where it went from about 50 to 10,000 people. While at Google, he developed for core Search and led the creation of enterprise hardware solutions.
Autonomous vehicles
At Voyage, David worked on building robo-taxis for seniors. During his time at Aurora, he worked to commercialize self-driving vehicles. As Chief Architect at Embark, he wrote robotics software, designed safety-critical architecture, and led complex multi-team integrations in order to put self-driving trucks on interstate highways.
For David, the work he enjoys most as a builder is when he can quickly get his head in the game, and then do whatever it takes to breathe life into a product.
Highlights
Mastering new product domains
David is intrinsically motivated by things that are new to him—he works best when he’s diving into unfamiliar industries and getting in over his head. For him, that’s where maximum growth comes from—the thrill of pulling it off in new territory.
Understanding the problem
David’s consistent approach is to roll up his sleeves in order to figure out the problem that needs solving. His specialty is architecting products, engineering cultures, and processes, but he can handle anything that’s thrown at him—both on the technical side and the leadership side of startups.
Doug
Hanna
GTM
Graham
Carney
INVESTMENTS
Daniel
Portillo
COFOUNDER
Megan
Zengerle
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Bret
Reckard
TALENT
Rifki
Zable
Chief Financial Officer
Allison
Light
GTM
Breanna
Manore
Operations
David
Watson
ENGINEERING
David is a master generalist who joined Google before it was household name.
David is a big systems thinker dedicated to high-potential products that touch real lives.
Portfolio companies
Previous experience
David joined Google before it was a household name. He worked with the company during its hyper-growth stage, where it went from about 50 to 10,000 people. While at Google, he developed for core Search and led the creation of enterprise hardware solutions.
Autonomous vehicles
At Voyage, David worked on building robo-taxis for seniors. During his time at Aurora, he worked to commercialize self-driving vehicles. As Chief Architect at Embark, he wrote robotics software, designed safety-critical architecture, and led complex multi-team integrations in order to put self-driving trucks on interstate highways.
For David, the work he enjoys most as a builder is when he can quickly get his head in the game, and then do whatever it takes to breathe life into a product.
Highlights
Mastering new product domains
David is intrinsically motivated by things that are new to him—he works best when he’s diving into unfamiliar industries and getting in over his head. For him, that’s where maximum growth comes from—the thrill of pulling it off in new territory.
Understanding the problem
David’s consistent approach is to roll up his sleeves in order to figure out the problem that needs solving. His specialty is architecting products, engineering cultures, and processes, but he can handle anything that’s thrown at him—both on the technical side and the leadership side of startups.
Graham
Carney
INVESTMENTS
Phin
Barnes
COFOUNDER
Anthony
Kline
INVESTMENTS
Dan
Pupius
Chief Technology Officer
Alec
Flett
ENGINEERING
Ben
Cmejla
INVESTMENTS
Danny
Oliveri
GTM
Doug
Hanna
GTM