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Brian Doud Built His Career Where Marketing Meets the Scoreboard
From Coca-Cola sponsorships to trucking software, Brian Doud has spent more than 25 years translating complicated businesses into stories people can use. His clearest lessons, however, may have been learned on a Birmingham lacrosse field.
Michael McBride
Michael McBride is a General Partner at GV (Google Ventures), where he leads early-stage investments in enterprise technology, AI, and open-source-powered companies. A Stanford-trained mechanical engineer who spent three decades building high-growth startups before pivoting to venture capital, McBride brought operational credibility from five years as GitLab's CRO - where he oversaw a 100x+ revenue run-rate expansion before its 2021 IPO. He joined GV in December 2023 and quickly became one of its most active dealmakers, leading GV's $319 million Cribl Series E - the firm's second-largest investment ever.