Rob D. Ward
Founder at Meritech Capital Partners
Profile
Rob D.
Ward has founded Meritech Capital Partners in 1999.
He held the title of General Partner.
Mr. Ward's former jobs include being an Independent Director at Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. from 2009 to 2013, an Independent Director at Proofpoint, Inc. from 2004 to 2013, a Director at AudienceScience, Inc. from 2005 to 2014, a Director at Rally Software Development Corp.
from 2011 to 2012, a Director at Veracode, Inc. from 2012 to 2017, a Director at Looker Data Sciences, Inc. from 2015 to 2019, an Independent Director at Anaplan, Inc. from 2013 to 2020, and holding various titles at UltraShape, Inc., DataRobot, Inc., Pendo.io, Inc., Montgomery Securities, Inc., BigFix, Inc., Managed Futures Premier Energy Fund LP, and Smith Barney & Co., Inc. Mr. Ward's education history includes a graduate degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1994 and an undergraduate degree from Williams College in 1989.
Rob D. Ward active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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Meritech Capital Partners
Meritech Capital Partners Investment ManagersFinance Meritech Capital Partners (Meritech Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Mike Gorden, Paul Madera and Rob Ward. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Founder | 2010-07-01 |
Former positions of Rob D. Ward
Companies | Position | End |
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DataRobot, Inc.
DataRobot, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services DataRobot, Inc. develops automated machine learning, automated machine series, and managed al clouds. It offers solutions to the banking, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, and marketing sectors. The company was founded by Jeremy Achin and Thomas de Godoy in 2012 and is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Director/Board Member | 2021-10-04 |
ANAPLAN, INC. | Director/Board Member | 2020-06-02 |
Looker Data Sciences, Inc.
Looker Data Sciences, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Looker Data Sciences, Inc. provides business intelligence software services. It develops software that focuses on the intersection of economics and engineering. The firm's solutions specialize in cohort analysis, transaction sequencing, customer lifetime value, customer lifetime transactions, distribution analysis, behavioral analysis, supply chain analytics, and digital marketing. It serves eCommerce, Media, Ad Tech, SaaS, Healthcare, Gaming and FinTech industries. The company was founded by Lloyd W. Tabb, Marc Randolph, and Ben Porterfield in 2011 and is headquartered in Santa Cruz, CA. | Director/Board Member | 2019-11-30 |
AudienceScience, Inc.
AudienceScience, Inc. Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services AudienceScience, Inc. operates as an advertising technology and services company that puts marketing science firmly in the hands of the advertiser. Its AudienceScience Helios Enterprise Advertising Management system combines control and ownership of data with media spends transparency. The firm’s SaaS-based technology, AudienceScience Helios enables advertisers to store and analyse on and offline data, build proprietary audiences, and target those audiences in real time and all within a single closed-loop system. The company was founded by Nick Besbeas, Usama M. Fayyad and Bassel Yassine Ojjeh in 1999 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA. | Director/Board Member | 2014-04-30 |
Veracode, Inc.
Veracode, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Veracode, Inc. engages in the provision of software security solutions. The firm offers greenlight, static analysis, software composition analysis, dynamic analysis, application security platform, developer training, and vendor application security testing. Its services include application security consulting, technical support, manual penetration testing, developer training, security program management, third-party security, and veracode services packages. The company was founded by Christopher Wysopal, Jeffrey Lyle Fagnan, Matthew P. Moynahan, Christien Rioux and Michael Pittenger in 2006 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA. | Director/Board Member | 2017-02-28 |
Training of Rob D. Ward
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Graduate Degree |
Williams College | Undergraduate Degree |
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Private companies | 15 |
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Managed Futures Premier Energy Fund LP
Managed Futures Premier Energy Fund LP Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Managed Futures Premier Energy Fund LP engaged in the speculative trading of a diversified portfolio of commodity interests including commodity options and commodity futures contracts on U.S. exchanges and certain foreign exchanges. It invested in the trade commodity futures and options contracts of any kind. It also engaged in the swap contracts on energy-related products. The company was founded on January 5, 1998 and was headquartered in New York, NY. | Finance |
Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc.
Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. engages in the provision of learning and talent management solutions delivered as Software-as-a-Service. It also engages in the provision of support packages, client success framework, technical consulting and content, implementation, business consulting and educational services. The company was founded by Adam L. Miller, Steven D. Seymour and Perry A. Wallack on May 24, 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA. | Technology Services |
Proofpoint, Inc.
Proofpoint, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Proofpoint, Inc. engages in provision of security-as-a-service that enables large and mid-sized organizations worldwide to defend, protect, archive and govern their most sensitive data. The firm's security and compliance platform comprises of an integrated suite of threat protection, information protection, and brand protection solutions. Its solutions also includes email protection, advanced threat protection, email authentication, data loss prevention, SaaS application protection, response orchestration and automation, digital risk, web browser isolation, email encryption, archiving, eDiscovery, supervision, secure communication, phishing simulation and security awareness computer-based training. The company was founded by Eric Hahn in May 2002 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Technology Services |
AudienceScience, Inc.
AudienceScience, Inc. Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services AudienceScience, Inc. operates as an advertising technology and services company that puts marketing science firmly in the hands of the advertiser. Its AudienceScience Helios Enterprise Advertising Management system combines control and ownership of data with media spends transparency. The firm’s SaaS-based technology, AudienceScience Helios enables advertisers to store and analyse on and offline data, build proprietary audiences, and target those audiences in real time and all within a single closed-loop system. The company was founded by Nick Besbeas, Usama M. Fayyad and Bassel Yassine Ojjeh in 1999 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA. | Commercial Services |
Rally Software Development Corp.
Rally Software Development Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Rally Software Development Corp. provided cloud-based solutions for managing Agile software development. The company was founded by Ryan A. Martens on July 12, 2001 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO. | Technology Services |
UltraShape, Inc.
UltraShape, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services UltraShape, Inc. manufactures and markets non-invasive devices for the aesthetic medical field. The company was founded by Betsy S. Atkins and Glicksman Ami in 2000 and is headquartered in San Ramon, CA. | Commercial Services |
Veracode, Inc.
Veracode, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Veracode, Inc. engages in the provision of software security solutions. The firm offers greenlight, static analysis, software composition analysis, dynamic analysis, application security platform, developer training, and vendor application security testing. Its services include application security consulting, technical support, manual penetration testing, developer training, security program management, third-party security, and veracode services packages. The company was founded by Christopher Wysopal, Jeffrey Lyle Fagnan, Matthew P. Moynahan, Christien Rioux and Michael Pittenger in 2006 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA. | Technology Services |
Looker Data Sciences, Inc.
Looker Data Sciences, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Looker Data Sciences, Inc. provides business intelligence software services. It develops software that focuses on the intersection of economics and engineering. The firm's solutions specialize in cohort analysis, transaction sequencing, customer lifetime value, customer lifetime transactions, distribution analysis, behavioral analysis, supply chain analytics, and digital marketing. It serves eCommerce, Media, Ad Tech, SaaS, Healthcare, Gaming and FinTech industries. The company was founded by Lloyd W. Tabb, Marc Randolph, and Ben Porterfield in 2011 and is headquartered in Santa Cruz, CA. | Technology Services |
DataRobot, Inc.
DataRobot, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services DataRobot, Inc. develops automated machine learning, automated machine series, and managed al clouds. It offers solutions to the banking, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, and marketing sectors. The company was founded by Jeremy Achin and Thomas de Godoy in 2012 and is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Technology Services |
Pendo.io, Inc.
Pendo.io, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Pendo.io, Inc. provides cloud software for digital product teams and application services. It offers insights, sentiments, guidance, feedback, roadmap, integration, and adoption services. The company was founded by Todd Olson, Erik Troan, Eric Boduch and Rahul Jain in 2013 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC. | Technology Services |
Montgomery Securities, Inc. | Finance |
Meritech Capital Partners
Meritech Capital Partners Investment ManagersFinance Meritech Capital Partners (Meritech Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Mike Gorden, Paul Madera and Rob Ward. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Finance |
BigFix, Inc.
BigFix, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services BigFix, Inc. provides global information technology infrastructure services. The company was founded by David Donoho and David S. Hindawi in 1997 and is headquartered in Armonk, NY. | Technology Services |
Smith Barney & Co., Inc. | Finance |
Anaplan, Inc.
Anaplan, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Anaplan, Inc. engages in the provision of a cloud-based connected planning platform that connects organizations and people for decision making. It also offers professional services, including consulting, implementation and training. The company was founded by Michael Gould, John David Guy Haddleton and Sue Haddleton in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
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