Overview

Gender

male

Investor Type

Angel

Investor Stage

Seed

Will Ballard previously served as Chief Technology Officer at GLG, where he was responsible for the Engineering and IT organizations.

Prior to joining GLG, Will was the Executive Vice President of Technology and Engineering at Demand Media. Before that, he was Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Pluck before it was acquired by Demand Media. At both organizations, Will managed large teams of engineers responsible for software architecture, design, development and quality assurance. He was also responsible for the design and operation of large data centers that helped run site services for customers including Gannett, Hearst Magazines, NFL.com, NPR, The Washington Post and Whole Foods. Will has also held leadership roles in software development at NetSolve, NetSpend, and Works.com.

Will graduated with a BS in Mathematics from Claremont McKenna College.