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David

Investor

Former Chief Technology Officer at Acadian Ventures Management, Llc

London

Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K

About

Former chief technology officer at Workday responsible for the company's strategic technology direction. Joined Workday in 2008 through the Cape Clear Software acquisition and served in various leadership roles overseeing core transaction processing, analytics, and cloud infrastructure initiatives.

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Experience

  1. Oyster®Executive Chairmancurrent2026 — present
  2. Oyster®Chief Executive Officer2020 — 2026
  3. Nexmo, the Vonage API Platform (acquired by Ericsson)President2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  4. Nexmo (Acquired by Vonage)Cofounder and CEO2010 — 2016
  5. Paymo, Inc. (acquired by BOKU Inc, now Twilio)Business Development2008
  6. mBlox ( acquired by SINCH)Sales2004 — 2008

Education

  1. IMDMBA, Business and Management2009
  2. Phelma GrenobleComputer Science2000 — 2003

Skills & more

Strategy99Management30Leadership20Angel Investing1HRRemote WorkEmployee RelationsMobile Devices99Mobile Applications99Mobile Technology93Telecommunications92Mobile Payments66
+12 moreCloud ComputingStart-upsInternational SalesEntrepreneurshipMobile CommunicationsVenture CapitalProduct MarketingCorporate DevelopmentGo-to-market StrategyMarket ResearchCompetitive AnalysisSaaS
  • Remote Ready — Oyster®

From David's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended IMD137

Karthik ChakkarapaniInvestor at Foundation CapitalKulpreet SinghOperating Advisor at OpenOceanGrant AllenFounding GP, Schneider Electric Ventures at Giant Ventures Global LlpXavier MesnierPartner, Head of Frontiers in Health & Bio Investments at Verve VenturesChris EdwardsManaging Partner at Tall Grass VenturesIdil KavakliExperts | Venture Partner at 212

+ 131 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Oyster®8

Jahanvi SardanaInvestor at Index VenturesRob RueckertPartner at Sorenson VenturesJason GreenFounder and General Partner (Emeritus) at Emergence Capital PartnersLotti SiniscalcoPartner at Emergence Capital PartnersPietro BezzaManaging Partner at Connect VenturesKamran AnsariVenture Partner at Infinity Ventures

+ 2 more

Also worked at Nexmo (Acquired by Vonage)6

Gabi SchindlerChief Marketing Officer at Cota CapitalCarey LaiCo-Founder & General Partner at Conductive VenturesJames WinterHead of Marketing at Telescope PartnersVicente VentoInvestor at DTCPShukri ShammasPartner at Initial CapitalOmri KrigelPartner at Secret Chord Ventures

Colleagues at Acadian Ventures Management, Llc

Audrey
Investment Team Member at Acadian Ventures Management, Llc
David Clarke
Senior Advisor at Acadian Ventures Management, Llc
Jason Corsello
Founder & General Partner at Acadian Ventures Management, Llc
Ryan McQueeney
CFO at Acadian Ventures Management, Llc
Thomas
General Partner at Acadian Ventures Management, Llc

Network1

Anamitra BanerjiScout
Co-founder, Managing Partner at Afore Capital

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