Jim Goetz
Encyclopedia
Jim Goetz is a venture capitalist at Sequoia Capital
in Silicon Valley
. He currently is on the board of directors for Barracuda Networks
, Jive Software
, MetaSwitch
, Nimble Storage, Pocket Gems and Widgetbox
.
Prior to joining Sequoia Capital in 2004, he had been a General Partner at Accel Partners and a founder of VitalSigns (LU). He has a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Cincinnati
and an MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University
.
Sequoia Capital
Sequoia Capital is a Californian venture capital firm located on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California. The Wall Street Journal has called Sequoia Capital "one of the highest-caliber venture firms", and noted that it is "one of Silicon Valley's most influential venture-capital firms"...
in Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is a term which refers to the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States. The region is home to many of the world's largest technology corporations...
. He currently is on the board of directors for Barracuda Networks
Barracuda Networks
Barracuda Networks, Inc. is a privately held company providing security, networking and storage solutions based on appliances and cloud services. The company’s security products include solutions for protection against email, web surfing, web hackers and instant messaging threats such as spam,...
, Jive Software
Jive Software
Jive Software is a software company in the social business software industry based in Palo Alto, California. Founded in 2001, Jive maintains additional offices in Portland, OR, Boulder, CO, Frankfurt, Germany, Tel Aviv, Israel, and London, UK.-Products:...
, MetaSwitch
Metaswitch
Metaswitch Networks is the trading name of Data Connection Ltd and Data Connection Corp, a private UK-based company that designs, develops, manufactures, and markets telecommunications hardware and software solutions to communication service providers, equipment manufacturers and large...
, Nimble Storage, Pocket Gems and Widgetbox
Widgetbox
Widgetbox is a San Francisco, California based company that enables businesses to create and deliver applications to their customers.Widgetbox products include:Widgetbox Mobile: build and distribute mobile web applications for iPhone and Android....
.
Prior to joining Sequoia Capital in 2004, he had been a General Partner at Accel Partners and a founder of VitalSigns (LU). He has a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
The University of Cincinnati is a comprehensive public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a part of the University System of Ohio....
and an MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
.