William Coughran - Founder's Coach & Partner @ Sequoia Capital

Overview

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Primary Job Title Founder's Coach & Partner
Primary Organization
Sequoia Capital

Location Los Altos Hills, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, West Coast
Gender Male
Also Known As Bill Coughran

Investor Type
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Website www.coughran.net
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William Marvin Coughran is based out of Los Altos Hills, California and is the Founder's Coach and Partner of Sequoia Capital. William previously worked at Google as a SVP, Engineering. William attended the Stanford University.

Partner Investments

Number of Partner Investments

Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	CUE Labs	Sequoia Capital	Yes	Seed Round - CUE Labs	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Prelude	Sequoia Capital	—	Venture Round - Prelude	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Graphiant	Sequoia Capital	—	Series B - Graphiant	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Alkira	Sequoia Capital	—	Series C - Alkira	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Quantum Circuits	Sequoia Capital	Yes	Series B - Quantum Circuits	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Chkk	Sequoia Capital	Yes	Seed Round - Chkk	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Graphiant	Sequoia Capital	—	Series B - Graphiant	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	QueryPal	Sequoia Capital	Yes	Seed Round - QueryPal	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Nxyz	Sequoia Capital	—	Series A - Nxyz	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Stairwell	Sequoia Capital	—	Series B - Stairwell	obfuscated obfuscation

Jobs

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William Coughran

is the

Founder's Coach & Partner

Sequoia Capital

. Additionally,

William Coughran

has had

past jobs including

Trustee

Theatreworks

Sequoia Capital Founder's Coach & PartnerOct 1, 2011

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Theatreworks	Trustee	Jul 2012	Jun 2020
Google	Senior Vice President of Research & Systems Infrastructure	—	Sep 2011
Google	Senior Vice President of Engineering	Apr 2003	Sep 2011
Google	SVP Engineering	Apr 2003	Sep 2011
Entrisphere	Co-Founder & CEO	Nov 1999	Dec 2002
Bell Labs	Vice President of the Computing Sciences Research Center	1980	1999
Lucent	GM & VP of Internet Software	Jan 1997	Jan 1998
California State University	Student programmer	Jun 1968	Mar 1970
ETH Zurich	Adjunct & Visiting Faculty	—	—
Google	VP of Engineering	—	—

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles

William Coughran

holds

board and advisor roles including

Board Member

LightStep

Board Member

Neeva

, and

Board Member

Alkira

LightStep Board MemberOct 2019
Neeva Board MemberJan 2019
Alkira Board MemberJun 2018
LILT Board Of DirectorsJun 2018
AKIRA Board MemberJun 2018
Quantum Circuits Board MemberSep 2017
Vector Launch Board MemberJun 2017
Cumulus Networks Board ObserverJan 1, 2015
Orbital Insight Member of the Board of DirectorsDec 2014
Cohesity Board MemberNov 15, 2013

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Docker	Member of the Board of Directors	Sep 2014	Oct 2019
Barefoot Networks	Board Member	Apr 2014	Jul 2019
Luminate Wireless	Member of the Board of Directors	Oct 1, 2013	Sep 2017
Wavefront	Member of the Board of Directors	Apr 2014	May 2017
FireEye	Member of the Board of Directors	Jul 2012	May 2017
Altiscale	Member of the Board of Directors	Mar 2013	Sep 2016
Metanautix	Board Of Directors	Nov 2012	Dec 2015
Metaswitch Networks	Board Of Directors	Feb 2011	Jun 2014
Clearwell Systems	Member of the Board of Directors	Mar 2005	Jun 2011
California State University	Programmer & Analyst	Jan 1973	Jan 1974

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Education

William Coughran

studied at

Caltech

, and

Stanford University

Caltech B.S.Mathematics19711975
Caltech M.S.Mathematics19711975
Stanford University M.S.Computer Science19751977
Stanford University Ph.D.Computer Science19751980