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Zack Urlocker

Investor

Investor at Index Ventures

Traverse City, Michigan, United States

About

Zack Urlocker is an executive in residence at Index Ventures who has held leadership roles across sales, marketing, product, engineering, and business development at software companies including Duo Security, Zendesk, MySQL, and Active Software, which collectively generated over $20 billion in shareholder returns at exit. He serves as a board member and advisor to venture-backed software companies including Cockroach Labs, Contentful, DataStax, GitLab, HackerOne, HubSpot, and PagerDuty. Urlocker shares guidance on scaling software companies through his newsletter, Build to Scale.

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Experience

  1. Index VenturesExecutive in Residencecurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Venture Capital Backed StartupsInterim Executive, Board Member, Coach, Advisorcurrent2017 — present
  3. CrescendoChief Operating Officer2024 — 2025Traverse City, Michigan, United States
  4. Scale Venture PartnersExecutive in Residence2024Foster City, California, United States
  5. NetlifyEl Presidente2023Anywhere, everywhere
  6. GatsbyChief Executive Officer2020 — 2023Everywhere, anywhere
  7. University of MichiganLecturer2017 — 2019Ann Arbor, Michigan
  8. Duo SecurityChief Operating Officer2014 — 2017Ann Arbor, Michigan
  9. Scale Venture PartnersExecutive-in-Residence2013 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
  10. ZendeskChief Operating Officer2010 — 2013San Francisco, CA
  11. Scale Venture PartnersExecutive in Residence2010
  12. Sun MicrosystemsVP Lifecycle Marketing2008 — 2010
  13. MySQLEVP Products2003 — 2008
  14. M7VP Marketing2002 — 2003
  15. webMethods / Active SoftwareVP Marketing1999 — 2001
  16. BorlandVP Marketing1997 — 1999
  17. BorlandDirector of Product Management1990 — 1997Scotts Valley, CA

Education

  1. University of WaterlooM. Math, Computer Science
  2. Concordia UniversityBachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science
  3. Northwestern UniversityMaster of Management (incomplete), Marketing

Skills & more

ManagementStrategy62Team Management6Executive DevelopmentProduct InnovationScalabilityCustomer-focused ServiceSaaS99Cloud Computing99Start-ups99Enterprise Software99Product Management85
+12 moreProduct MarketingStrategic PartnershipsBusiness DevelopmentBusiness AlliancesDemand GenerationGo-to-market StrategyLead GenerationOpen SourceBusiness IntelligenceMarketingOnline MarketingBusiness Strategy

Languages French · Turbo Pascal

From Zack's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of Waterloo161

Chamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social CapitalKarim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge CapitalRohan MongaInvestment Associate at Luge CapitalAndrew MiklasGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorAniTalent Team at Hummingbird VenturesAlex KolicichInvestment Team at 8VC

+ 155 more

Also attended Concordia University85

Harley FinkelsteinInvestor at Felicis VenturesDavid NaultGeneral Partner at Luge CapitalCagdas YildizInvestment | Simya VC at 212Domenic Del VecchioPrincipal at Panache VenturesSep AlaviGeneral Partner at White Star CapitalYannick FollaHead of AI & Automation at White Star Capital

+ 79 more

Also attended Northwestern University278

Hannah KrootMarketing Lead at Intel CapitalMikowai AshwillInvestor at Spark CapitalNaomi Pilosof IonitaBoard Partner at Menlo VenturesEric OngInvestor at LightbankBill PescatelloInvestor at LightbankScott JacobsonManaging Director at Madrona Venture Group

+ 272 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Crescendo2

Hemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystAnand ChandrasekaranManaging Partner at Celesta Capital

Also worked at Gatsby3

Shardul ShahInvestor at Index VenturesCaitlin ByrnesTalent at AudaciousDan ScholnickGeneral Partner at Trinity Ventures

Also worked at Duo Security8

Shardul ShahInvestor at Index VenturesDug SongFounder, Duo Security at Decibel PartnersJon OberheideFounder, Duo Security at Decibel PartnersRuoting SunOperating Partner at Runtime VenturesRob WardCo-Founder and Partner at Meritech Capital PartnersHilarie Koplow-McAdamsVenture Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

+ 2 more

Also worked at Sun Microsystems116

Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorGlen AndersonPartner at Monta Vista CapitalPatrik BackmanGeneral Partner at OpenOceanDeny KhoungPortfolio Support at 8VCNick CheethamGTM and Culture Expert at Notion CapitalJuan Carlos SotoVenture Partner at Copper Sky Capital

+ 110 more

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