Eric Watson
InvestorAnalyst at Vector Capital · Board Member at Alliance of Angels
Redmond, Washington, United States
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About
Eric Watson is a product executive with experience leading AI solutions at Google and Meta, and has advised AI startups over the past five years. He currently serves as a venture capital advisor, board member, and investor at Breakwater Venture, AI2 Incubator, and Alliance of Angels. His background includes product development in cloud and AI, and leading teams ranging from 25 to over 130 people.
Experience
- Breakwater Venture, AI2 Incubator, Alliance of AngelsVenture Capital (VC) Advisor, Board Member, Investorcurrent2024 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- MetaDirector of Product Management2023 — 2024Bellevue, Washington, United States
- GoogleDirector of Product Management at Google Cloud2020 — 2022Seattle, Washington, United States
- OracleVice President - Oracle Cloud2017 — 2020Seattle
- ApptioChief Information Officer2014 — 2017Bellevue
- MicrosoftGeneral Manager, principal group manager2011 — 2014Redmond, Washington
- MicrosoftPrincipal Group Program Manager2004 — 2011Seattle, Washington, United States
Skills & more
Start-ups ManagementProject Portfolio ManagementOnline Services3Product Planning5Product Management29Program Management24Distributed Systems4Agile Methodologies11Software Project Management14User Experience6Agile Project Management5Software Design8
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Cloud ComputingStrategic PartnershipsSoftware DevelopmentSDLCGo-to-market StrategySoftware EngineeringScalabilityIntegrationTeam CollaborationCommunicationEnterprise SoftwareWindows AzureFrom Eric's professional profile.
Colleagues at Vector Capital
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Investor at Vector Capital
Alex Beregovsky
Director at Vector Capital
Alex Gillette
Global Co-Head of Corporate Strategy at Fortress Investment Group
Alex Slusky
Investor at Vector Capital
Amish Mehta
Investor at Vector Capital
Andrew D. Fishman
Executive Officer at Vector Capital
Andrew Merget
Investor at Vector Capital
Ashleigh Clock
Investor at Vector Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Eric Watson?
- Eric Watson is a product executive with experience leading AI solutions at Google and Meta, and has advised AI startups over the past five years. He currently serves as a venture capital advisor, board member, and investor at Breakwater Venture, AI2 Incubator, and Alliance of Angels. His background includes product development in cloud and AI, and leading teams ranging from 25 to over 130 people.
- Where does Eric Watson work?
- Eric Watson is Analyst at Vector Capital.
- Where did Eric Watson go to school?
- Eric Watson studied at Seattle Pacific University (BA, Computer Science); Seattle Pacific University (BA, Interpersonal Communication).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Meta461
Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceDrew HoustonCo-founder & CEO of DropboxGabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of HarveyTinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear VenturesMike ArpaiaComputer scientist working on machine learning and data infrastructure
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Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalGArash FerdowsiCo-founder of Dropbox
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Also worked at Oracle809
Marc BenioffCo-founder, Chair & CEO of SalesforceAyshaAdvisor at Clear VenturesNatalie VaisInvestor at Spark CapitalMark SiegelPartner Emeritus at Menlo VenturesHope CochranVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupMark NelsonVenture Partner at Madrona Venture Group
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Also worked at Apptio12
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