Paul Sagan

Paul Sagan is a senior advisor to, and an XIR (executive-in-residence) at, General Catalyst, representing the firm as a director of airSlate, Anaconda, and Section4. Paul is also a director of Moderna, and the lead independent director of VMware. Prior to General Catalyst, Paul served as president, CEO and vice chairman of Akamai Technologies, which he joined as Chief Operating Officer and employee #15 in 1998 when the company launched out of MIT.

A three-time Emmy Award winner for broadcast journalism, Paul serves as chairman of the board of ProPublica, and he is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. In all of his roles, Paul leverages his broad leadership capabilities, investment experience, and skills as an operator to advise and support CEOs and founding teams, with a particular focus on internet infrastructure, software and services.