Ralph Gootee
Co-founder of TigerEye. Formerly PlanGrid, Pixar, Sony and Johns Hopkins.
San Francisco, California
Invests in
Min Investment:
$10,000.00Max Investment:
$100,000.00Target Investment:
$50,000.00
Skills
Education
- TJ
- SU
Lists including Ralph
Investments
Inboxbooster
Total Funding: $1M
Rayon
Total Funding: $6M
VERSATILE
Total Funding: $100M
Higharc
Total Funding: $100M
Popl
Total Funding: $2M
Queenly
Total Funding: $8.8M
Axle Health
Total Funding: $5.2M
Polytomic
Total Funding: $2M
UpCodes
Total Funding: $3.7M
Handle
Total Funding: $31M
InsiteVR
Total Funding: $2M
Work Experience
2021
Co-founder & CTO
2021
Co-founder of the stealth sales software company: TigerEye.
2020 - 2021
Visiting Partner
2020 - 2021
Visiting partner for YC W20. Helped coach over 400 companies, everything from in the weeds technical evaluation to fund raising strategy. Enjoyed the experience working with early stage companies, but my heart was more interested in development than investment.
2019 - 2020
Chief Software Architect
2019 - 2020
After PlanGrid's 875m acquisition from Autodesk, I helped integrate our product and engineering team. Additionally I supported our international sales effort and ran a small strike team focused on augmented reality on the job site.
2011 - 2019
Co-Founder and CTO
2011 - 2019
As PlanGrid's Co-founder, I served as VP of Engineering, Chief Product Officer, and CTO helping build a +200 R&D team. Additionally I was a board member along with Doug Leone, Carol Bartz, and George Hu. With the CEO and CFO I helped lead the acquisition of PlanGrid to Autodesk for $875M.
2010 - 2011
Systems Software Engineer
2010 - 2011
As a systems engineer at Pixar, I wrote tools for animators. Credited on Cars 2. Also worked on Toy Story 3 and Brave.
2009 - 2010
Software Architect
2009 - 2010
I worked closely with Google on Sony's first Android phone line, Xperia. Focusing on user experience and prototyping, I developed 3d interfaces that pushed the limits of Android 1.0
2004 - 2009
Software Engineer and Mathematician
2004 - 2009
Working in the Air Defense department, I helped develop optimization algorithms and visualization techniques for ballistic missile defense systems. The applications I worked on support visualizing and analyzing millions of data points over terabytes of data, which was groundbreaking at the time.