Bill Bedsworth

Bill Bedsworth has a diverse range of work experience. Bill is currently working at Stripe as the Head of Pricing since June 2023. Prior to that, they held positions at Zendesk, where they served as the Vice President of Operations, Business Insights & Pricing from December 2021 to June 2023. Bill also worked as the Vice President, Product Marketing Strategy & Pricing at Zendesk from May 2020 to December 2021, where they led the simplification of pricing and packaging.

Before joining Zendesk, Bill was the Founder and Partner at Oakland Ventures, where they oversaw the production and distribution of specialty alcohol products and served as an incubator and investor in other Bay Area producers from September 2014 to June 2021. Bill also had notable roles at Adobe, including Senior Director, Document Cloud for Enterprise from January 2017 to May 2020, Director of Operations, Document Cloud from July 2015 to January 2017, and Head of Business Strategy from April 2010 to July 2015.

Prior to their time at Adobe, Bill worked as a Principal at Bain & Company from September 2007 to February 2010, and as a Manager at The Bridgespan Group from March 2005 to August 2007. Bill also had a previous managerial role at Bain & Company from 2000 to 2005.

Bill Bedsworth attended the University of California, Berkeley from 1990 to 1994, where they earned a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering. Bill then pursued further education at the same institution, obtaining a Master's degree in Environmental Engineering from 1994 to 1995. Bill continued their studies and completed a PhD in Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley from 1995 to 2000.