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Bill Butler

Investor

Investor at Sand Hill Angels

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Bill Butler is a commercial operations executive who has held leadership roles in strategy, sales, product engineering, partnerships, and post-merger integration across startups, Fortune 100 companies, and private equity-backed organizations. His experience spans three major technology platform shifts—client/server to cloud to AI—and includes building a managed security platform that grew to over $200 million in revenue, leading early enterprise AI channel strategy, and directing commercial operations during the separation of HP into two Fortune 100 companies. He currently serves as Founder and Managing Director of Wm. & Co., where he works as an interim CRO/CCO and embedded GTM executive.

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Experience

  1. Wm. & Co.Founder & Managing Director, Interim CRO/CCO, Embedded GTM Executivecurrent2022 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
  2. Sand Hill AngelsAngel Investorcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. DeepgridsBoard of Advisorscurrent2025 — present
  4. InMomentVice President Strategy & Operations2020 — 2022
  5. Alvarez & MarsalAdvising Executives on Growth/CX, Operations and Cost Optimization2018 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  6. Stealth-mode StartupAdvisory Board Member2017 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  7. ImpervaVP Sales Operations2017 — 2018Redwood City, California, United States
  8. OpenTextVP and General Manager2015 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  9. HP AutonomyGeneral Manager2008 — 2016Palo Alto, CA
  10. Orchestria (now part of CA)Director, Alliances and Business Development2006 — 2008
  11. Symantec CorporationDirector Global Alliances2002 — 2006New York City Metropolitan Area
  12. TicketPlanetExecutive Vice President, Product Development and Marketing2001 — 2002San Francisco Bay Area
  13. AccentureSr Manager, Growth & Strategy (Corporate Strategy)1998 — 2001New York City Metropolitan Area
  14. AccentureManager, Communications Media Technology (CMT)1994 — 1998San Francisco Bay Area

Education

  1. University of Utah - David Eccles School of BusinessMBA, Strategic Management and Marketing
  2. University of UtahBUS, Architecture
  3. University of CambridgeInternational study aboard, Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies

Skills & more

Customer ServiceContact CentersPrivate Equity FirmsMachine LearningStrategic LeadershipStrategic VisionaryMobility PlatformsOperational ExcellenceEarly Stage InvestmentTeam AlignmentSocial InfluencePresentations
+12 moreDesign ThinkingKnowledge AcquisitionIndustry TrainingForecastingProduct ServiceDefining RequirementsLogistics ManagementExitsP&L OperationsCash FlowWarehouse OperationsWholesale

Languages English · French · Greek · Portuguese · Spanish

  • SPP — International Association for Strategy Professionals
  • CA-AM — Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals

From Bill's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business30

Franz KoflerInvestor at Next Frontier CapitalJenni LePrincipal at Clarevia VenturesAdam EliasonController at Signal Peak VenturesErika MorganHead of Investor Relations at Signal Peak VenturesLaura BurkeFund Accounting Manager at Sorenson VenturesGreg WarnockCo-Founder & Managing Director at Mercato Partners

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Also attended University of Utah66

Eric AndersonPartner at Scale Venture PartnersKelly KoVice President of Technology Ventures and Innovation at Flare Capital PartnersTravis HeathAdministrative Partner & CFO at Signal Peak VenturesJason LangInvestor at EPIC VENTURESGeoff SwindleInvestor at EPIC VENTURESTommy AhlquistInvestor at EPIC VENTURES

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Also attended University of Cambridge621

Niko BonatsosInvestment Team at General CatalystGeorgia StevensonInvestor at Index VenturesHannah SealInvestor at Index VenturesAnthony PhilippakisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Erik NordlanderInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Nic LowdenInvestor at Moonfire Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Alvarez & Marsal33

Laura HamiltonInvestor at GGV CapitalPiyush KharbandaGeneral Partner at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Lisa PollinaVice Chairman, Americas at SC VenturesAurelia TettenbornJunior HR Manager at PICUS CAPITALJonathan RotbardInvestor at CoinFundLucy HanInvestor at SUPPLY CHANGE CAPITAL

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Also worked at Imperva8

Mark KraynakInvestor at Aspect VenturesAsheem ChandnaInvestor at Greylock PartnersRob WardCo-Founder and Partner at Meritech Capital PartnersPatrick MassetCEO, AIIM at Vegvisir CapitalMichael KantarovichInvestor at CyberstartsMickey BoodaeiPartner at Picture Capital

+ 2 more

Also worked at Symantec Corporation70

AyshaAdvisor at Clear VenturesSteve SinghManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupSaket SrivastavaInvestor at Foundation CapitalGeyer JonesFormer Chief Strategy Officer at RSA Security at Scale Venture PartnersDoug NealManaging Director at eLab VenturesTed SchleinGeneral Partner at Ballistic Ventures

+ 64 more

Also worked at Accenture587

Mark SusterManaging Partner at Upfront VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesJulie YangVice President at InvestcorpAmira OujiVice President of Platform & Portfolio Success, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionAntonio GrifoniAssociate at P101 VenturesWendy XiaoPartner at Northzone

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