Ron Pragides

Experience

1. Blackhawk NetworkVice President of Engineeringcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
2. GTMfundLimited Partnercurrent2021 — present
3. Various StartupsAdvisor / Investorcurrent2020 — present
4. TrustlySenior Vice President, Engineering2022 — 2023San Carlos, California, United States
5. TrustlyVice President of Engineering2021 — 2022San Carlos, California, United States
6. CartaVice President of Engineering2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
7. AppDirectAdvisor2018 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
8. AppDirectVice President of Engineering2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
9. BigCommerceAdvisor2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
10. BigCommerceSenior Vice President of Engineering2015 — 2016San Francisco, California
11. BigCommerceVice President of Engineering2014 — 2015San Francisco, California
12. TwitterDirector of Engineering2012 — 2014San Francisco, California
13. SalesforceSenior Director, Mergers & Acquisitions2011 — 2012San Francisco, California
14. SalesforceSenior Director, Engineering2010 — 2011San Francisco, California
15. SalesforceDirector, Software Engineering2008 — 2010San Francisco, California
16. SalesforceManager, Software Engineering2004 — 2008San Francisco, California
17. CBCAEngineering Manager2001 — 2004San Francisco Bay Area
18. WeddingChannel.com (acquired by XO Group, Inc.)Manager, Application Development1999 — 2001San Francisco, California
19. Rendition, Inc. (acquired by Micron Technology, Inc.)Senior Software Engineer1998 — 1999San Francisco Bay Area
20. Sun MicrosystemsMember of Technical Staff, Graphics & Imaging1995 — 1998San Francisco Bay Area

Education

1. University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessCertificate of Business Excellence (COBE), Executive Education2010 — 2011
2. Stanford UniversityStudies in Computer Graphics1996 — 1997
3. University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBS, Electrical Engineering1988 — 1992
4. The University of Texas at ArlingtonMS, Electrical Engineering1993 — 1997

Skills & more

• Building RAG Agents with LLMs — NVIDIA
• Getting Started with Deep Learning — NVIDIA
• Deep Learning Specialization — DeepLearning.AI
• Sequence Models — DeepLearning.AI
• Convolutional Neural Networks — DeepLearning.AI
• Structuring Machine Learning Projects — DeepLearning.AI
• Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter Tuning, Regularization and Optimization — DeepLearning.AI
• Neural Networks and Deep Learning — DeepLearning.AI
• Introduction to AI in the Data Center — NVIDIA
• Generative AI with Large Language Models — DeepLearning.AI

From Ron's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business489

MFMark FiorentinoInvestor at Index VenturesRMRishi ModiInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)YNYibo NianInvestment Director at Intel CapitalZTZhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel CapitalHHariFellow at Clear VenturesDDennisDirector of Trading at Pantera Capital

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Also attended Stanford University1,575

PTPeter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundRHReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDSDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKRKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGTGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorALAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

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Also attended University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign259

SPSundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesDNDeep NisharInvestment Team at General CatalystPSPrashant ShahPartner at Monta Vista CapitalNNoorPartner at Clear VenturesPBPaul BragielCo-founder at Golden Gate VenturesGRGreg RudinBoard Partner at Menlo Ventures

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Also attended The University of Texas at Arlington13

BCBryan ChambersCo-Founder & President at Capital FactoryAKApril KooimanFormer Senior Executive, Cloudmed - R1 at Empactful CapitalGAGaurav AroraInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsRFRoland FryerFounder and Managing Partner at Equal Opportunity VenturesLVLuciano VelazcoCEO Dionisio Romero University at Taram CapitalDNDr. Noé E. CrespoAssociate Director at Parallel 18

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Shared employers

Also worked at Blackhawk Network3

SSSantosh SolletiInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsBWBrent WuPartner at Geodesic CapitalAAAnil AggarwalVenture Partner at Oak HC/FT

Also worked at Trustly3

CGCarole GinmanHead of Marketing at OxxMJMalathi JivanInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsSBStefan BacklundFounder at Kuorrokveik Adventure Capital

Also worked at AppDirect8

AKAlex KolicichInvestment Team at 8VCAKAnthony KlineInvestments at General PartnershipSLSusan LinInvestor at FELIX CAPITALCAChris ArsenaultFounder and Partner at Inovia CapitalHLHugues LalancettePartner at Inovia CapitalSCSteven ChungVice President at Inovia Capital

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Also worked at BigCommerce9

SCSteve CaseChairman & CEO of Revolution; co-founder of AOLSMSteve MurrayAdvisor, Revolution Growth at RevolutionJRJeff RichardsInvestor at GGV CapitalRCRay ChengManaging Partner at Millennium New HorizonsBFBecky FlintInvestor at Roble VenturesJSJames SmithChief Growth Officer at IA Global

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