Bill is Managing Director and Co-founder of Voyager Capital, an early-stage venture firm with over $525 million under management in five funds that is focused on investing in tech opportunities in the Pacific Northwest. He has over 35 years of combined investing and senior executive experience in the technology industry. Voyager has backed over 75 companies that have created over $10 billion in market value. He has participated on the boards of 29 companies, including 25 Voyager portfolio companies, focusing on AI enabled solutions, cloud software and infrastructure, digital media and mobile opportunities. He has guided companies through $5 billion in exit transactions, including several IPO’s. He currently serves on the boards of portfolio companies Thoughtexchange and Hiya.
Prior to co-founding Voyager in 1997, Bill spent three years as Managing Director of e.liance Partners, a firm that advised information technology companies on strategy, venture financing and corporate partnering. He served as Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of public software company Aldus from 1988 to 1994 when the company’s revenues grew from $28 to $240 million. Bill was responsible for global finance, legal, operations, and acquisition activities, including leading the $.5 billion merger and integration with Adobe in 1994. He also served as a senior executive with Westin Hotels from 1979 to 1987 where he was responsible for global corporate reporting and real estate finance.
Bill has been active in several university organizations, including serving as a Cornell University Trustee, and has served on the Advisory Boards for Cornell’s Johnson Graduate School of Business, the Nolan Hotel School, e.Cornell, and the Center for Entrepreneurship. He also was the past chair and a current member of the Advisory Board for the University of Washington Buerk Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the University’s Innovation advisory board. He is also the founder of the Seattle program for Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) a global deep science accelerator. Bill also serves on the Board of Directors of the Seattle Symphony and was on the board and executive committee of Big Brothers/Sisters. Bill has also been active on a number of tech industry boards, including the Washington Technology Industry Association, Washington Technology Association, DEMO, the Canadian Financing Forum and Thayer Ventures.
He earned a B.S. and an M.B.A. from Cornell University.