Erik Troan
Unicorn founderFounder at Pendo.io, Inc.
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area
FoundedPendo.io, Inc.$1B
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About
Erik Troan is the founding CTO of Pendo.io, where he built and managed a 250-person engineering organization spanning development, security, DevOps, SRE, and agile practices. He was Red Hat's first engineer and led the engineering team through the company's IPO, later serving in product marketing before founding rPath, a venture-backed company focused on virtual appliance technology and virtual machine deployment automation. Troan is currently a limited partner at GTMfund.
Founder at Pendo.io, Inc.
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Array Ventures Management LlcSan Francisco · $1.5M checksB Capital GroupManhattan Beach · $10M – $50M checksB4 Capital$10M – $50M checksBattery VenturesBoston · $500K – $100M checksBonfire VenturesLos Angeles · $2M – $4M checks · since 2024Contour Venture PartnersNew York · $500K – $2M checksCross Creek AdvisorsSalt Lake CityElevate Innovation PartnersNew YorkFirstMark CapitalNew York · $500K – $8M checksGeodesic CapitalFoster CitySapphire VenturesMenlo Park · $5M – $20M checks · since 2024
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Co-founders at Pendo.io, Inc.
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Saurabh SodaniFounder/CEO
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Todd OlsonExecutive Officer, Director
Experience
- GTMfundLimited Partnercurrent2021 — present
- North Carolina State UniversityBoard of Visitorscurrent2022 — present
- North Carolina School of Science and MathematicsMember Board of Trusteescurrent2018 — present
- Pendo.ioCTO / Foundercurrent2013 — presentRaleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area
- DigiumDirector2010 — 2018
- TheraSim, Inc.Director2005 — 2014
- Plaza Bridge GroupSenior Consultant2012 — 2013
- rPathDirector2004 — 2012
- rPathFounder, CTO2005 — 2011
- SpecifixFounder2004 — 2005
- Red HatVarious1995 — 2003
Skills & more
Leadership4Management5Open Source Development12Licensing7Cloud Computing30Software Packaging14Software Development18Scalability5Virtualization9Software Engineering10Product Marketing9Agile Methodologies6
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- Who is Erik Troan?
- Erik Troan is the founding CTO of Pendo.io, where he built and managed a 250-person engineering organization spanning development, security, DevOps, SRE, and agile practices. He was Red Hat's first engineer and led the engineering team through the company's IPO, later serving in product marketing before founding rPath, a venture-backed company focused on virtual appliance technology and virtual machine deployment automation. Troan is currently a limited partner at GTMfund.
- Where does Erik Troan work?
- Erik Troan is Founder of Pendo.io, Inc..
- What companies did Erik Troan found?
- Erik Troan founded Pendo.io, Inc..
- Where did Erik Troan go to school?
- Erik Troan studied at NCSSM; North Carolina State University (MS, Computer Science); University of Virginia (MA, Economics).
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