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Paul Rogers

Investor

Venture Partner at Next Coast Ventures

Austin, Texas

Writes $3M – $5M checks · typically $4M

About

Venture partner and CTO at EquipmentShare, formerly CTO at RetailMeNot and Namely. Opened Google's Austin office in 2008 and led BazaarVoice engineering during its early years.

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Experience

  1. Next Coast VenturesTechnical Venture Partnercurrent2016 — presentAustin
  2. EquipmentShareCIO2024 — 2025
  3. EquipmentShareCTO2021 — 2024Marble Falls, Texas, United States
  4. WorkriseHead of Engineering2019 — 2021Austin, Texas Area
  5. Bypass POSBoard Member2017 — 2019Austin, Texas Area
  6. NamelyCTO2017 — 2019Greater New York City Area
  7. RetailMeNot, Inc.CTO2011 — 2017Austin, Texas Area
  8. GoogleEngineering Director2009 — 2011
  9. GoogleEngineering Director2008 — 2009
  10. BazaarvoiceVP, Engineering and Operations2005 — 2008
  11. TrilogySenior Director1992 — 2005
  12. Trilogy SoftwareSenior Director1992 — 2005
  13. Andersen ConsultingConsultant1990 — 1992

Education

  1. Rice UniversityB.A., Cognitive Psychology, Piano Performance, Business, Computer Science1986 — 1990

Skills & more

Engineering Management18Distributed Systems37Scalability32Product Management20Software Engineering8Enterprise Architecture4Architecture9Software Development16Cloud Computing9Web Applications9Agile Methodologies11Software Design2
+11 moreBig DataMachine LearningArchitecturesOpen SourceLinuxSaaSJavaRESTEnterprise SoftwareManagementLeadership

From Paul's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Rice University92

Abigail JohnsonPartner, Chief Operating Officer at Sapphire VenturesEdi DanalacheSenior Associate at Scale Venture PartnersJim BridenstineManaging Partner, Artemis Group at Cortado VenturesPatrick OkoraforDirector of Finance at Mercury FundSharon KedarCo-Founder, Partner at Northpond VenturesMartin ScottSenior Technical Advisor at Samsung Catalyst Fund

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Shared employers

Also worked at Workrise2

Ryan WhittleDirector, Communications & Media at Red Cell IncubationEric BielkeDirector (former Temasek) / Investor at Fathom

Also worked at Bypass POS2

Zaz FloreaniVenture Partner at FirstMile VenturesZack FreedPrincipal at Fraser McCombs Capital

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 Bazaarvoice13

Neeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesAndy LeaverOperating Partner at Notion CapitalLisa RobertsChief Product Officer at Mercury FundMike HerringInvestor at EPIC VENTURESAdam ZeplainCo-Founder & Managing Partner at mark vcThomas BallCo-Founder and Managing Director at Next Coast Ventures

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Colleagues at Next Coast Ventures

Adam Rogers
Partner at Next Coast Ventures at Next Coast Ventures
Anthony Walker
Partner, Next Coast Legacy at Next Coast Ventures
Ben Beverly
Senior Associate at Next Coast Ventures
Brian Sharples
Co-founder and CEO of HomeAway at Next Coast Ventures
Cotter Cunningham
Founder, Chair and CEO RetailMeNot at Next Coast Ventures
Dustin Sellers
Partner, Next Coast Legacy at Next Coast Ventures
Jason Dorsey
Gen Z and Millennial Expert at Next Coast Ventures
Julian Castelli
Senior Technology + SaaS Executive at Next Coast Ventures