Jocelyn Goldfein is an American technology executive and investor. She is the managing director and a general partner at venture capital firm Zetta Venture Partners. Previously she was a director of engineering at Facebook and vice president of engineering at VMware. [1]
Goldfein attended Stanford University and graduated with a bachelor's degree in computer science in 1997. [2] After college, Goldfein started her career at Trilogy. [2] Later, she spent seven years at VMware, eventually becoming vice president of engineering. [3] While at VMware, she worked on their core virtualization offering and began their desktop business. [4] She moved on to become director of engineering at Facebook where her teams worked on several features, including news feed and search. [5] She is the managing director and a general partner at venture capital firm Zetta Venture Partners, as well as a guest lecturer at Stanford University, angel investor, and advisor. [1] [4] She is a member of the board of Harvey Mudd College. [4]
She spoke at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in 2012, [5] and delivered a keynote address at Women 2.0's HowTo conference in 2014. [2] In 2017, she was named to Business Insider's list of "43 Most Powerful Female Engineers." [4]
Jocelyn Goldfein is an American technology executive and investor. She is the managing director and a general partner at venture capital firm Zetta Venture Partners. Previously she was a director of engineering at Facebook and vice president of engineering at VMware. [1]
Goldfein attended Stanford University and graduated with a bachelor's degree in computer science in 1997. [2] After college, Goldfein started her career at Trilogy. [2] Later, she spent seven years at VMware, eventually becoming vice president of engineering. [3] While at VMware, she worked on their core virtualization offering and began their desktop business. [4] She moved on to become director of engineering at Facebook where her teams worked on several features, including news feed and search. [5] She is the managing director and a general partner at venture capital firm Zetta Venture Partners, as well as a guest lecturer at Stanford University, angel investor, and advisor. [1] [4] She is a member of the board of Harvey Mudd College. [4]
She spoke at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in 2012, [5] and delivered a keynote address at Women 2.0's HowTo conference in 2014. [2] In 2017, she was named to Business Insider's list of "43 Most Powerful Female Engineers." [4]