Greylock Partners backs entrepreneurs who are building disruptive, market-transforming consumer and enterprise software companies. 

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Howard joined [Greylock](/org/greylock) in 1971 after serving two years in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. In addition to his past [Greylock](/org/greylock) directorships he is a past director of the Boston Globe (Affiliated Publications), Foundation Board of the Forum of Young Global Leaders, Population Council, Partners Healthcare Investment Committee, Kleberg Foundation Investment Committee, and past Chairman of the [National Venture Capital Association](/org/national-venture-capital-association). He currently is on the boards of [Stryker](/org/stryker), [In-Q-Tel](/org/in-q-tel), Brookings Institution, advisory trustee of various Fidelity Mutual Funds, investment committees of Museum of Fine Arts, Brookings, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, also various advisory boards at [Harvard Business School](/org/harvard-business-school), Kennedy School, Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health. He is president of the Clermont Foundation.

Howard Cox

Asheem Chandna is a partner at [Greylock](/org/greylock). Prior to joining [Greylock](/org/greylock), they were a founding investor and board member of [Awake Security](/org/awake-security), which was acquired by [Arista Networks](/org/arista-networks) in October 2020. Asheem also served on the board of directors for Innovium Inc., which was acquired by [Marvell Technology](/org/marvell-technology) for $1.1 billion in October 2021.

Chandna has over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. Asheem began their career as a software engineer at Sycamore Networks and later held various leadership positions at startups including Rubrik, Inc. and [Abnormal Security](/org/abnormal-security).

Chandna attended Cathedral & John Connon High School before studying electrical engineering at Case Western Reserve University, where they also obtained their master's degree in computer engineering.

Some individuals on their team include Nir Zuk - Entrepreneur in Residence, David Hahn - Executive in Residence. Asheem Chandna reports to Bill Elfers, Founder, Partner. They are on a team with Corinne Riley - Investor, Jerry Chen - Partner, and Don Sullivan - Administrative Partner.

Asheem Chandna

David Sze is a Partner at [Greylock](/org/greylock), a venture capital firm, where they focus on consumer and enterprise companies.

Prior to joining [Greylock](/org/greylock), David was a Partner at Medium, a blogging platform company.

Before Medium, David was the co-founder and CEO of Discord, a social networking service for gamers.

Prior to Discord, David was the co-founder and CTO of Roblox, an online game platform.

Before Roblox, David was the co-founder and CEO of [Caavo](/org/caavo), a home entertainment control system company.

Before [Caavo](/org/caavo), David was the co-founder and CEO of Nextdoor, a social networking service for neighborhoods.

Before Nextdoor, David was the CEO of WHOSAY, a celebrity endorsement platform. WHOSAY was acquired by Viacom in 2018.

David also serves on the boards of PullString (acquired by Apple in 2019) and [Northern Light Venture Capital](/org/northern-light-venture-capital).

David Sze graduated from [Yale University](/org/yale-university) with a BA in Economics and Political Science. David then attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where they earned their MBA. Prior to attending Yale, David Sze attended Buckingham Browne & Nichols (BB&N) for high school.

David Sze reports to Bill Elfers, Founder, Partner. Some of their coworkers include Don Sullivan - Administrative Partner, Elisa Schreiber - Marketing Partner, and Saam Motamedi - Partner.

David Sze

Jerry Chen is a partner at [Greylock](/org/greylock). Jerry was previously a partner at [Onehouse](/org/onehouse), [Chronosphere](/org/chronosphere), [Truera](/org/truera), Notable, Blend, [Rockset](/org/rockset), [Cato Networks](/org/cato-networks), and [Instabase](/org/instabase).

Jerry Chen has a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from [Stanford University](/org/stanford), and an MBA in Industrial Engineering from [Harvard Business School](/org/harvard-business-school).

They are on a team with Asheem Chandna - Partner, Josh McFarland - Partner, and Don Sullivan - Administrative Partner. Jerry Chen reports to Bill Elfers, Founder, Partner.

Jerry Chen

Josh McFarland is a partner at Greylock. Josh was previously the co-founder and CEO of TellApart, which was acquired by Twitter in 2015. Prior to TellApart, they were an Entrepreneur in Residence at Greylock Partners and a Sr. Business Product Manager at Google. Josh also served on the board of [The Family Giving Tree](/org/the-family-giving-tree) from 2007 to 2014.

Josh McFarland graduated from [Stanford University](/org/stanford) with a B.A. in Economics.

Some of their coworkers include Sridhar Ramaswamy - Venture Partner, John Lilly - Venture Partner, and Bob Henderson - Special Limited Partner. Josh McFarland reports to Bill Elfers, Founder, Partner.

Josh McFarland

Simon Rothman has had a long and successful career in the tech industry. Simon is currently a venture partner at [Greylock](/org/greylock), but they have also held high-level positions at Convoy Inc, Ritual.co, and [Greylock](/org/greylock) Partners. Simon was also the founder and CEO of Glyde Corporation.

Simon Rothman is best known for their work at [eBay](/org/ebay), where they founded and built [eBay](/org/ebay) Motors into a hugely successful global business. Under their leadership, [eBay](/org/ebay) Motors grew at a rate of 100% per year for 6 years straight. Simon expanded the business into 20 countries and it became one of [eBay](/org/ebay)'s most successful divisions.

After leaving [eBay](/org/ebay), Simon Rothman became an angel investor and advisor to many startups, including Tesla Motors, [Lyft](/org/lyft), Cargurus, [Nuro](/org/nuro), Aurora, [Getaround](/org/getaround), [Lime](/org/lime), [Poshmark](/org/poshmark), [Fiverr](/org/fiverr), and others. Simon has played a pivotal role in the success of many of these companies.

Simon Rothman is a highly respected figure in the tech industry, and their experience and expertise are greatly valued by the companies they work with.

They are on a team with Saam Motamedi - Partner, Joseph Ansanelli - Venture Partner, and Bill Kaiser - Partner. Simon Rothman reports to Bill Elfers, Founder, Partner.

Simon Rothman

Elisa Schreiber is a marketing partner at [Greylock](/org/greylock) and a former head of global communications at Hulu. Elisa has over 25 years of experience in communications and marketing, and has been instrumental in launching and growing both domestic and international businesses.

Elisa launched the Hulu Plus subscription service, which grew to 2 million paid subscribers within 18 months. Elisa also lead communications for the launch of Hulu in Japan, which saw subscriber growth of 100% in its first year.

Elisa is a strategic thinker with a proven track record of developing and executing successful communications plans. Elisa has a deep understanding of the ever-changing media landscape and is an expert in both traditional and digital communications.

Elisa Schreiber has a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from the University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business, a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Communication and Media Studies from [UC San Diego](/org/uc-san-diego), and a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Visual Arts, Studio from [UC San Diego](/org/uc-san-diego).

They work with Saam Motamedi - Partner, Josh McFarland - Partner, and Joseph Ansanelli - Venture Partner. Their manager is Bill Elfers, Founder, Partner.

Elisa Schreiber

Manuel leads [Greylock](/org/greylock)’s technology team which supports on all strategic and operational IT for the firm.

Manuel joined [Greylock](/org/greylock) in 2016 and serves as Vice President of Technology. He provides leadership for the continued development of an innovative, robust, and secure information technology environment throughout the firm. In addition, he provides technology advisory to our portfolio companies ranging from IT investment strategies, technology stack advice, cybersecurity, product feedback, and introduction to trusted IT resources.

Prior to joining [Greylock](/org/greylock), Manuel spent 17 years building a reputation as a builder and leader of IT organizations at a number of Silicon Valley startups. He was most recently Director of IT at Thumbtack and was a member of the extended leadership team, working to scale both technology and operations. In similar Director roles at [Lookout](/org/lookout) and Vontu (sold to Symantec in 2007 for $350m), Manuel joined these companies as one of the first 20 employees and was integral in building and scaling people-centric IT operations at these high growth start-ups.

Manuel is also on the operating committee for VCPEIT, a peer support and networking group comprised of IT executives from venture capital, private equity, and other alternative asset firms. He is also an active member of ITKit.io, a community designed to foster the Modern IT community, by participating as a panelist and leading podcast interviews with various IT leaders.

Manuel earned his Bachelor of Science Information Systems from the [University of San Francisco](/org/university-of-san-francisco). He and his wife are raising their two sons in San Mateo, CA.



Manuel Bernal

Renee Signore

Prior to joining [Greylock](/org/greylock), Jason developed and launched new startups within the [AI Fund](/org/ai-fund) startup studio. He operated the startup companies from inception to seed funding, leading cross-functional efforts by prototyping products, signing initial customers, and recruiting the founding executive teams.

Before [AI Fund](/org/ai-fund), Jason was a management consultant at McKinsey’s Bay Area practice, advising companies on disruptive technology trends as well as sales and marketing. He also worked in [Opendoor](/org/opendoor)’s business operations team, where he optimized their house pricing models and purchasing process to improve unit economics.

Jason graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford with a B.S. in Mathematical and Computational Science and an M.S. in Statistics with a focus on machine learning. While at Stanford, he received the J.E. Wallace Sterling Award for Scholastic Achievement and was also a Mayfield Fellow. Outside of work, Jason can be found hiking in Marin or cheering for Stanford and other Bay Area sports teams.

Jason Risch

Former EIR, Current CPO at [Instacart](/org/instacart)

David Hahn

Lee and his team support entrepreneurs on their go-to-market efforts by connecting them with [Greylock](/org/greylock)’s network of innovative enterprise technology leaders.

Overseeing [Greylock](/org/greylock)’s CXO Program since 2018, Lee exists fully in two worlds: with early-stage portfolio companies and in [Greylock](/org/greylock)’s network of large enterprise companies they want to work with.

Lee’s team brings an expansive view of the technology landscape, helping enterprise leaders identify new tools while finding a place for [Greylock](/org/greylock) entrepreneurs to grow their companies through early product validation, pilot implementations, and scale opportunities with key customers.




Lee Haney

Don leads [Greylock](/org/greylock)'s operational, financial and administrative functions.

Don joined [Greylock](/org/greylock) in 2000. Prior to joining [Greylock](/org/greylock), Don served as chief financial officer of Wildfire Communications (a [Greylock](/org/greylock) portfolio company), where he focused on private financings and strategic relationships, and was instrumental in the acquisition of Wildfire by Orange in April 2000. Before Wildfire, Don served as finance vice president for SQA where he focused on the sale of SQA to Rational Software (now part of IBM) and then worked within Rational on other M&A transactions.

In previous roles Don was finance director at CrossComm, a publicly-held networking equipment company, and worked for Ernst & Young, LLP, specializing in early-stage technology companies.

Don graduated summa cum laude from [Assumption College](/org/assumption-college) with a Bachelor of Arts in Finance.



Don Sullivan

Corinne Riley

Mustafa Suleyman is a Venture Partner at [Greylock](/org/greylock). Mustafa was previously with Google as VP, AI Product Management & AI Policy from January 2020 to January 2022. Prior to that, they were with [DeepMind](/org/deepmind) as Co-founder & Head of Applied AI from June 2010 to January 2020. Mustafa also has experience as an entrepreneur, having co-founded Reos Partners in January 2007, where they served as Partner until December 2010.

Some of their coworkers include John Lilly - Venture Partner, Saam Motamedi - Partner, and David Sze - Partner. Mustafa Suleyman reports to Bill Elfers, Founder, Partner.

Mustafa Suleyman

Charlie Waite

Dave Strohm

As a General Partner at Greylock, I lead investments (seed/early/growth) in technology startups and partner with entrepreneurs to help them with product strategy, growth, team-building, and monetization. I’m excited about new products and businesses at the intersection of consumer and enterprise technology.

Prior to Greylock, I held product leadership roles at Google, LinkedIn, and Groupon. I’ve worked on a wide range of consumer and enterprise products throughout my career, including products used by billions of people and millions of businesses. I’ve also scaled numerous multi-billion dollar businesses, including consumer subscription, auction-based advertising, ecommerce, and enterprise SaaS.

David Thacker

Seth Rosenberg is an investor at [Greylock](/org/greylock). Prior to their current position, they were with Tome, [Wisetack](/org/wisetack), [PayJoy](/org/payjoy), [Roblox](/org/roblox), and [Greylock](/org/greylock) Partners. Seth also worked as a product manager at Facebook from August 2013 to December 2016. Some of their notable achievements include leading the transition from Facebook chat into Messenger as a standalone app and laying the building blocks for Messenger monetization. Prior to Facebook, they worked as an investment banker at [Goldman Sachs](/org/goldman-sachs) from July 2012 to July 2013 where they were involved in the IPO of RetailMeNot and [Intelsat](/org/intelsat). Seth also worked on the sale of Tekelec to Oracle Corp. In April 2011, they became the chief strategy officer at [Queen's University](/org/queens-university) Investment Counsel and in January 2010, they were an assistant to a talent agent at William Morris Endeavor.

Seth Rosenberg has a Bachelor of Commerce from [Queen's University](/org/queens-university) and a BBA in Finance from [ESSEC Business School](/org/essec-business-school).

Seth Rosenberg reports to Bill Elfers, Founder, Partner. They work with Dave Strohm - Venture Partner, Josh Elman - Venture Partner, and Lee Haney - Vice President, CXO Program.

Seth Rosenberg

Saam is wholly focused on partnering with the next generation of enterprise software entrepreneurs, leveraging his experience helping companies scale from initial product through growing revenues. He partners with entrepreneurs at the seed and early stages who are focused on new opportunities in applied AI, cybersecurity, data and machine learning infrastructure, and SaaS.

At [Greylock](/org/greylock), Saam has led investments in and sits on the board of security companies like Abnormal, [Apiiro](/org/apiiro), and others in stealth; application companies like [Cresta](/org/cresta) and [Utmost](/org/utmost); data & analytics companies like Snorkel, and infrastructure companies that are also still operating in stealth. Additionally, he works closely with [Avi Networks](/org/avi-networks) (acq. by VMWare), [Blend](/org/blend), [Clockwise](/org/clockwise), Notable Health and Spoke.



Saam Motamedi

Reid Hoffman

Roger Evans

Bill Kaiser

Bob Henderson

Sridhar Ramaswamy

Josh Elman is a venture partner at [Greylock](/org/greylock) and has over 19 years of experience in the technology industry. Josh was previously a VP at [Robinhood](/org/robinhood) and grew the team from 50 to over 200 people. Elman has also been a board member for [Houseparty](/org/houseparty), [Discord](/org/discord), and [TikTok](/org/tiktok).

Josh Elman has a BS from [Stanford University](/org/stanford) in Symbolic Systems and an MBA from University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business.

Their manager is Bill Elfers, Founder, Partner. Josh Elman works with Corinne Riley - Investor, Don Sullivan - Administrative Partner, and Asheem Chandna - Partner.

Josh Elman

Joseph Ansanelli

John Lilly

Dan Gregory

Bill Elfers

Allie Dalglish

Henry McCance

CTO & Co-Founder, [Palo Alto Networks](/org/palo-alto-networks)

Nir Zuk

Former Chief Data Scientist, The White House

DJ Patil

Aneel Bhusri is the advisor at [Greylock](/org/greylock). Aneel was previously with Intel Corporation from June 2014 to November 2019 where they were a member of Board of Directors. Aneel is also a Forbes Midas Touch List Member, coming in at #8 in 2009, #15 in 2011, and #25 in 2012. Prior to that, they were with [Workday](/org/workday) and [Greylock](/org/greylock) Partners. Before that, they were with PeopleSoft from August 1993 to April 1999 where they were senior vice president responsible for product strategy, marketing, and business development for major ERP vendor. Aneel was also part of 4 person operating committee and reported directly to Founder and CEO, Dave Duffield. Prior to that, they were with [Morgan Stanley](/org/morgan-stanley) from January 1988 to December 1991 as a corporate finance analyst.

Aneel Bhusri is a business executive and co-founder of [Workday](/org/workday), Inc. Aneel has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from [Brown University](/org/brown-university) and an MBA from [Stanford University](/org/stanford).

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