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Don Williams

Investor

Operating Advisor at Elsewhere Partners

Austin, Texas, United States

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298 people in our graph share verified history with Don — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

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Don: together at Skype

About

CTO of Foresite; former CEO of Mayadata and former head of core engineering at Skype.

Experience

  1. KoreInsideInvestor & Client / Partnercurrent2023 — present
  2. DataCore SoftwareStrategic Advisorcurrent2021 — present
  3. Foresite Cybersecurity & ComplianceAdvisor to the CEO2023 — 2025United States
  4. Foresite Cybersecurity & ComplianceChief Technology Officer2024
  5. EqualMeansEqualTreasurer & Board Director2024 — 2025Los Angeles, California, United States
  6. Bakkal CorporationAdvisor to the CEO / Investor2023 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  7. Foresite Cybersecurity & Compliance: A Saas-based Software Security CompanyChief Product Officer (interim)2022 — 2024Northern Pacific
  8. Elsewhere CapitalOperating Advisor2022 — 2023Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
  9. MayaDataChief Executive Officer2021San Francisco Bay Area
  10. MayaDataCOO and Chief Transformation Officer2021San Jose, California, United States
  11. PolycomExecutive Vice President and Head of Engineering2018 — 2019Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
  12. LohikaExecutive Advisor2017 — 2018San Mateo, Californa
  13. Comhear Inc.Technical Advisor2016 — 2017San Diego County, California, United States
  14. Prysm Inc.Vice President of Engineering - Collaboration Solutions2016 — 2017San Jose
  15. AutonometryCEO2014 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
  16. SkypeVice President and Head of Core Technology Group - USA - Estonia2010 — 2012
  17. CiscoVice President Service Provider Engineering - India2008 — 2010
  18. CiscoVice President Central Core Engineering - USA1996 — 2008
  19. SymmetricomManager Software1990 — 1996
  20. Centigram (acquired by ADC Telecommunications)Eng1988 — 1989
  21. ROLMMember Technical Staff1985 — 1987

Skills & more

Executive ManagementCloud Computing94Software Development66Product Management56Integration52IP40Security30Strategy25Distributed Systems15Software Engineering13Telecommunications12Routing11
+8 moreTestingGo-to-market StrategyData CenterWirelessAgile MethodologiesWiFiSystem ArchitectureNetwork Architecture

From Don's professional profile.

Colleagues at Elsewhere Partners

Alex Davern
Operating Advisor at Elsewhere Partners
April Downing
Operating Advisor at Elsewhere Partners
Ben Pfeffer
Investor at Elsewhere Partners
Bill Bock
Operating Advisor at Elsewhere Partners
Cam McMartin
Operating Advisor at Elsewhere Partners
Chad Savoy
Operating Advisor at Camber Partners
Chris Finch
Investor at Elsewhere Partners
Chris Pacitti
Founder and Partner at Elsewhere Partners

Frequently asked questions

Who is Don Williams?
CTO of Foresite; former CEO of Mayadata and former head of core engineering at Skype.
Where does Don Williams work?
Don Williams is Operating Advisor at Elsewhere Partners.
Where did Don Williams go to school?
Don Williams studied at California State University, Chico.

Founder mafias

Cisco mafia167

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sujay JaswaCorporate DevelopmentFounded Superunlimited +2Russ d'SaEngineerFounded Meetyu +2Val AgostinoSr. Director, Head of Product and GrowthFounded Monarch +2Marc AustinHead of Automation Strategy and Growth for Cisco Internet for the FutureFounded Hedgehog +2Dug SongChief Strategy Officer, Cisco SecurityFounded Duo Security (Link +1Aye MoahUser Interface DesignerFounded Baydin +1

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California State University, Chico mafia21

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Brian SathianathanMSFounded Iterate AI +1Fábio WittGestão de Sistemas de InformaçãoFounded EasyCarros +1Braydan YoungBachelor of ScienceFounded SlashExperts +1Andrew GazdeckiBachelorFounded Acquire +1Brandon BrownFounded Joymore +1Brett WilsonBachelor of ScienceFounded TubeMogul

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Elsewhere Partners mafia10

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Steve SemelsbergerOperating AdvisorFounded YouEarnedIt +1Rita SelvaggiOperating PartnerFounded ActivTrakMichele PerryOperating PartnerFounded RelatientHarrison YeagerOperating ExecutiveFounded StopLightDenny LeCompteOperating AdvisorFounded PortnoxHeidi FarrisOperating AdvisorFounded ActivTrak

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Foresite mafia3

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Rita SelvaggiBoard MemberFounded ActivTrakShelley PerryMember of Board of DirectorsFounded Bynder

MayaData mafia3

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Evan PowellCEO, ChairmanFounded DeepTempo +2George TeixeiraChairman of the Board, Co-founderFounded Caringo

Same school

Also attended California State University, Chico50

Andrew ReedInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Camilla HellgrenInvestor at EQT VenturesDaniel A. StillPartner and Director of Research at Technology Opportunity Ventures, LlcSarah LuchiniExecutive Assistant at Yamaha Motor VenturesRebecca HarrisOperations / Finance at Standard CryptoMatthew DaughertyDirector at Golden Eagle

+ 44 more

Shared employers

Also worked at DataCore Software4

John O'DonoghuePrincipal at Vistara GrowthGeorge TeixeiraChairman of the Board, Co-founder at CaringoGeorge DochevFounder at Lucid LinkPeter ThompsonCEO at Lucid Link

Also worked at MayaData1

Evan PowellFounder at DeepTempo

Also worked at Lohika2

Ashok SanthanamManaging Director at Copper Sky CapitalNatalia AnonAdvisory Board / Investment Committee at Angel One

Also worked at Autonometry9

Viplav SharmaPartner, Associate General Counsel at RTP GlobalEddie SaoudAssociate at Multiplier CapitalKishore GopalakrishnaExecutive Officer, Director at StarTreeNell Meosky LuoCEO and Chairman at Folia HealthAlankrit NishadFounder at OmnifulXiang FuFounder at StarTree

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