About
Mike Herring serves as Chief Financial Officer at Viz.ai, an AI healthcare company. He previously held CFO roles at Pandora during its expansion to $1.4B in revenue and subsequent acquisition by SiriusXM, and at Omniture through its growth from $20M to $350M and IPO on Nasdaq before its sale to Adobe for $1.8B. Herring holds a CPA credential and has experience with capital structure optimization, SaaS unit economics, and M&A transactions across multiple companies.
Experience
- Viz.aiChief Financial Officercurrent2024 — present
- Ronald McDonald House Charities Bay AreaBoard Membercurrent2026 — present
- Adventure ScientistsBoard Membercurrent2017 — presentBozeman, Montana
- DownstairsPartnercurrent2005 — presentPark City, Utah
- MJG // Frontend MastersAdvisor2013 — 2025
- ColorCFO Advisor2023
- ColorCFO2021 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- SpokinAdvisory Board Member2016 — 2023
- Next Frontier CapitalLP Advisory Board Member2015 — 2023Bozeman, Montana
- Saga OuterwearInvestor and Advisor2010 — 2022Greater Salt Lake City Area
- GoogleBusiness Finance Officer2018 — 2021Mountain View, CA
- GobblerInvestor and Advisor2011 — 2020
- EPIC Venture FundAdvisory Board Member2015 — 2018
- FluidBoard Member2011 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- PandoraPresident & CFO2013 — 2017Oakland, CA
- Adobe SystemsVP Operations2009 — 2013San Jose, California, United States
- BazaarvoiceAdvisor2009 — 2012
- Omniture, Inc.CFO2004 — 2009Orem, Utah, United States
- Ancestry.comCFO2000 — 2004
- ThirdAge Media San Francisco, CAVice President, Finance/CFO1996 — 2000
Education
- UCLABA, Economics/Business, Political Science1987 — 1991
Skills & more
Certified Public AccountingMusic ProductionPublic CompaniesBusiness TransformationMusic IndustryArtificial Intelligence (AI)Streaming MediaFilmStart-ups10Strategic Partnerships2VideoAnalytics1
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Mergers & AcquisitionsMarketingVenture CapitalCloud ComputingDigital MarketingFinanceEntertainmentEntrepreneurshipSubscriptionsDTCTeam LeadershipLeadership- Certified Public Accountant — California Board of Accountancy
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Same school
Also attended UCLA374
Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzRon ConwayFounder of SV AngelKirsten GreenFounder and Managing Partner at Forerunner VenturesPaul FieldingFinance & Operations at General CatalystMelody MaExecutive Assistant and Lead Receptionist at Trinity VenturesGizem CakilInvestor at OpenView Venture Partners
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Shared employers
Also worked at Google942
Ron ConwayFounder of SV AngelBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundJess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalTomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at Felicis
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Also worked at Gobbler1
Also worked at Adobe Systems81
Louise TomlinsonInvestor at Reinventure GroupAditya ReddyVice President at Sapphire VenturesSydney SloanChief Marketing Officer at Scale Venture PartnersJeff VeenDesigner and investor in London, United KingdomErika NashInvestor at Next Frontier CapitalDavid MackayD9Y at Mucker Capital
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Also worked at Omniture, Inc.9
Rory O'DriscollPartner at Scale Venture PartnersStacey BishopPartner at Scale Venture PartnersMike DoddGeneral Partner at Silverton PartnersMark GorenbergInvestor at Zetta Venture PartnersWade ShermanInvestor at EPIC VENTURESJoanna BurtonInvestor & Advisor at The 98
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Colleagues at EPIC VENTURES
Andy Theurer
Chief Executive Officer - ARUP Laboratories at EPIC VENTURES
Brad Wiskirchen
Investor at EPIC VENTURES
Charles Fisher
Investor at EPIC VENTURES
Chris Stone
Investor at EPIC VENTURES
Craig Jeppson
Investor at EPIC VENTURES
Darren Lee
Investor at EPIC VENTURES
David Liu
Investor at EPIC VENTURES
Dean Robison
Investor at EPIC VENTURES