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Barnaby Dorfman

Investor

CTO-in-Residence at Mainsail Partners

Greater Seattle Area

About

Barnaby Dorfman is a CTO-in-Residence at Mainsail Partners, advising portfolio CTOs, CPOs, and CEOs on scaling product and engineering organizations, with a focus on AI integration and execution strategy. A technology executive with over 30 years of experience, he held roles at Amazon (helping build the original Marketplace, IMDbPro, and A9 search), early startups Kyte.tv and Peerflix, and served as Global CTO at Go1; he was also part of the leadership that led to PayScale's acquisition by Francisco Partners. He founded Foodista.com, co-owns Don and Joe's Meats at Pike Place Market, and holds an MBA from Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business and a B.S. in International Business from San Francisco State.

Invests in

AI & Machine Learning

Experience

  1. Mainsail PartnersExecutive in Residence - CTO/CPO Advisor - AI Strategycurrent2024 — present
  2. 85 Pike, LLCCo-Owner/Foundercurrent2024 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
  3. SyncroBoard Advisorcurrent2026 — present
  4. MirrorWebBoard Advisorcurrent2025 — present
  5. SkimmerBoard Advisorcurrent2024 — present
  6. BoostlingoBoard Advisorcurrent2024 — present
  7. Builders PatchAdvisorcurrent2020 — presentGreater Seattle Area
  8. Red OakBoard Advisor2025 — 2026
  9. CenterbaseBoard Advisor2024 — 2025
  10. PairTreeAdvisor2021 — 2025Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States
  11. Leaf LogisticsAdvisor2023 — 2024Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States
  12. Leaf LogisticsFractional CTO2023
  13. LibsynProduct and Technology Advisor2024Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States
  14. Go1Chief Technology Officer2021 — 2022Greater Seattle Area
  15. Go1Strategic Advisor2020 — 2021Greater Seattle Area
  16. KaratAdvisor2021 — 2022Seattle, Washington, United States
  17. PayScale, Inc.Chief Technology and Product Officer (CTO & CPO)2019 — 2020Greater Seattle Area
  18. PayScale, Inc.Chief Engineering Officer (CPTO & CIO)2015 — 2019Greater Seattle Area
  19. PayScale, Inc.SVP & GM, Consumer Business2012 — 2015Greater Seattle Area
  20. Foodista.comFounder & CEO2008 — 2012Seattle, WA
  21. Kyte.tvChief Product Officer2007 — 2008San Francisco, CA
  22. PeerflixChief Product Officer2006 — 2007
  23. Amazon.comVice President, Search Technology2005 — 2006Palo Alto, CA
  24. Amazon.comDirector, Local Search2004 — 2005Palo Alto, California
  25. Amazon.comDirector, Product Development, Algorithms2003 — 2004
  26. Amazon.comDirector, IMDb.com2000 — 2003
  27. Amazon.comGroup Product Manager1999 — 2000
  28. Amazon.comGeneral Manager, Bibliofind1999Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  29. AquentManager, Strategy and Customer Management Solutions1997 — 1999
  30. MicrosoftProduct Manager, Summer1996
  31. Marsee BakingGeneral Manager1993 — 1995
  32. U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Commercial ServiceInternational Trade Assistant1990 — 1993

Skills & more

LeadershipStrategy54Management44Public Speaking3Artificial Intelligence (AI)1Agile Methodologies2Private Equity2Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Cloud ComputingProduct Management65Engineering Management2E-commerce98
+12 moreStart-upsProduct DevelopmentEntrepreneurshipOnline AdvertisingUser ExperienceBloggingMarketingMobile DevicesOnline MarketingSocial MediaAdvertisingBusiness Strategy

Languages English · Italian · Spanish

From Barnaby's professional profile.

Colleagues at Mainsail Partners

Andrea McNees
Senior Manager, GTM Strategy & Operations at Mainsail Partners
Ania Frankel
Senior Director, Internal Operations at Mainsail Partners
Anthony Hayes
Partner at Mainsail Partners
Anurag Sharma
Associate at Mainsail Partners
Apoorva Polisetty
Talent Director at Mainsail Partners
Atasha Bozorgzad
Executive Assistant at Mainsail Partners
Bashir Abdallah
Vice President, Product at Mainsail Partners
Bill Simpson
CTO-in-Residence at Mainsail Partners

Frequently asked questions

Who is Barnaby Dorfman?
Barnaby Dorfman is a CTO-in-Residence at Mainsail Partners, advising portfolio CTOs, CPOs, and CEOs on scaling product and engineering organizations, with a focus on AI integration and execution strategy. A technology executive with over 30 years of experience, he held roles at Amazon (helping build the original Marketplace, IMDbPro, and A9 search), early startups Kyte.tv and Peerflix, and served as Global CTO at Go1; he was also part of the leadership that led to PayScale's acquisition by Francisco Partners. He founded Foodista.com, co-owns Don and Joe's Meats at Pike Place Market, and holds an MBA from Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business and a B.S. in International Business from San Francisco State.
Where does Barnaby Dorfman work?
Barnaby Dorfman is CTO-in-Residence at Mainsail Partners.
What does Barnaby Dorfman invest in?
Barnaby Dorfman invests in AI & Machine Learning.
Where did Barnaby Dorfman go to school?
Barnaby Dorfman studied at The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth (MBA, General Management); San Francisco State University, Lam Family College of Business (BS, Magna Cum Laude); Putney School (High School, College/University Preparatory and Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program).

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Also attended The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth259

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Also attended San Francisco State University, Lam Family College of Business13

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Also attended Universidad Complutense de Madrid102

Kike MirallesInvestment Director at Intel CapitalRaúl GallegoGeneral Partner at Inveready Technology Investment GroupPablo GoceAnalyst at Inveready Technology Investment GroupMaria PovedaDirector at Inveready Technology Investment GroupSamantha WulfsonPrincipal at FinTech CollectiveJosé Mª AmusáteguiCo-founder & Partner at Kibo Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Syncro4

Michael AndersonPartner at Mainsail PartnersDavid FarsaiPartner at Mainsail PartnersMarc BrownPartner and Global Head, EQT Growth Equity at Venture Guides Management, L.P.Angela HanAssociate at NewView Capital

Also worked at Builders Patch1

Diana MurakhovskayaGeneral Partner at The Artemis Fund

Also worked at Red Oak2

Jess BicknellVice President, Customer Experience at Mainsail PartnersDavid FarsaiPartner at Mainsail Partners

Also worked at Amazon.com714

Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health SystemsBinny BansalCo-founder of Flipkart; co-founder of PhonePe and OppDoorBrad PorterFounder & CEO of Collaborative RoboticsJane MooneyCo-founder & VP, Strategy and Finance at Collaborative RoboticsNick FrosstCo-founder of CohereDave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)

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