Jim Goetz

Partner - Sequoia Capital

Partner at Sequoia Capital focusing on cloud, mobile and enterprise investments. Jim currently serves on the board of Admob, Appirio, Barracuda, Clearwell, eMeter, Jive, MetaSwitch, Nimble, Palo Alto and Widgetbox. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital in 2004, Jim served as a General Partner at Accel Partners where he led the investments in Entrisphere (ERIC), Peribit (JNPR), RGB, and Rhapsody (BRCD) and was part of the team responsible for BroadJump (MOTV), Timetra (ALA) and Topspin (CSCO). Earlier, Jim was a Founder of VitalSigns (LU) where he went on to serve as VP/GM of the VitalSoft division of Lucent. Prior to VitalSigns, Jim was the Vice President of Network Management for Bay Networks. Prior to Bay and Synoptics, he held various product and marketing positions at AT&T, AT&T Bell Labs, and Digital Equipment. Jim has a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and an MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.

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Business Positions

Palo Alto Networks Network Security firm

• Position

Intel Corporation Semiconductor and Microchip manufacturer

• Independent Director (Nov 1 '19→?)

Sequoia Capital Sequoia Capital is one of the most famous venture capital firms for its early bets in companies such as Apple, Cisco and Google.

• Partner (Jun 1 '04→?) [+1]

• Partner ('04→?)

Accel Global venture capital firm with offices located in Silicon Valley, London, and India.

• General Partner (?→'04)

Board Memberships

Palo Alto Networks Network Security firm

• Member, Board of Directors ('05→?)*

Western Association of Venture Capitalists - WAVC Formed in San Francisco in the 1960s, the first official non-profit venture capital organization in the world.

• Director