# Troy Goode

> Troy Goode is a San Francisco software engineer, startup operator, and the founder and chairman of Courier. After repeatedly watching engineering teams build product-notification infrastructure from scratch at Eloqua, EveryAction, and Winmore, he founded Courier in 2019 to turn that recurring burden into a shared platform. Courier joined Y Combinator's Summer 2019 batch and later raised a $10.1 million Series A and a $35 million Series B. Goode previously served as Courier's CEO through 2024 and remains identified publicly as its chairman and founder.

- **Role:** Chairman & Founder at Courier
- **Organizations:** Courier, Y Combinator, Winmore, EveryAction, Eloqua, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Diamax Information Systems
- **Education:** Computer Science, Fairmont State University, Summer 2019 startup batch with Courier, Y Combinator
- **Known for:** Founded Courier in 2019 and led it through Y Combinator's Summer 2019 batch., Raised $10.1 million in Series A funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners in 2020., Raised $35 million in Series B funding led by GV in 2022, bringing publicly announced funding to $47.5 million including the seed round.

## Career timeline

- **2003-2006** — Managed engineering at Diamax Information Systems.
- **2006-2010** — Led an engineering team at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.
- **2010-2012** — Held a senior engineering-management role at Eloqua and helped lead the team through its 2012 IPO and subsequent Oracle acquisition.
- **2012-2013** — Served as vice president of engineering at EveryAction, then known as NGP VAN.
- **2013-2019** — Worked as CTO and head of product at logistics-software company Winmore.
- **2019** — Founded Courier and joined Y Combinator's Summer 2019 batch; a four-person team built the MVP and reached initial production customers before Demo Day.
- **2020** — Announced Courier's $10.1 million Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners, following a previously unannounced $2.3 million seed round.
- **2022** — Announced a $35 million Series B led by GV; Courier reported hundreds of software-company customers.
- **2024** — Moved from CEO & Founder to Chairman & Founder at Courier.

## Achievements

- Founded Courier in 2019 and led it through Y Combinator's Summer 2019 batch.
- Raised $10.1 million in Series A funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners in 2020.
- Raised $35 million in Series B funding led by GV in 2022, bringing publicly announced funding to $47.5 million including the seed round.
- Helped lead Eloqua's engineering organization through its 2012 public offering and acquisition by Oracle.
- Named as an inventor on US Patent 10,481,943, 'System and method for state machine management,' issued in 2019.
- Presented 'Engineering an API First Product' at QCon San Francisco in 2022.

## Latest updates

- **2024-12** — Transitioned from CEO & Founder to Chairman & Founder at Courier, according to his current public professional profile data.
- **2026-03** — His public GitHub activity remained current, including a gist updated in March 2026; his profile continued to identify him as founder at Courier.

## Links

- Website: https://www.courier.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/troygoode
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/troygoode
- GitHub: https://github.com/troygoode

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Last updated: 2026-09-28