# William Foiles

> William Foiles is the co-founder and CEO of Project Canary, a Denver climate-tech company that builds high-fidelity sensors and an enterprise data platform to measure, verify, and report methane emissions across the oil and gas value chain. A CFA charterholder with finance roots at Goldman Sachs and a stack of Stanford degrees, Foiles bet that the fastest way to fight climate change was not protest but precision - measuring the invisible 25% of warming that comes from methane so operators can actually fix it.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Project Canary
- **Organizations:** Project Canary, Goldman Sachs (former)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business, MS in Environment and Resources, Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, MS in Finance, Villanova School of Business, BBA in Real Estate, University of Georgia, Terry College of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Project Canary, a climate-tech firm that has raised approximately $121M to date, Helped build an enterprise emissions data platform combining high-fidelity sensors, third-party data ingestion, and proprietary analytics, Drove partnerships with research and standards bodies including Colorado School of Mines and METEC to advance methane emissions quantification models

## Career timeline

- **pre-2018** — Investment Banking Associate at Goldman Sachs after being offered a full-time role following his summer tenure
- **2018** — Co-founded Project Canary in Denver with Chris Romer
- **2022** — Project Canary closed a $111M Series B round (February 2022)
- **present** — Serves as Co-Founder and CEO, overseeing operations, product, supply chain, and data strategy

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Project Canary, a climate-tech firm that has raised approximately $121M to date
- Helped build an enterprise emissions data platform combining high-fidelity sensors, third-party data ingestion, and proprietary analytics
- Drove partnerships with research and standards bodies including Colorado School of Mines and METEC to advance methane emissions quantification models
- Earned the CFA charter alongside four academic degrees spanning finance, real estate, and environmental science

## Latest updates

- **2024-08** — Project Canary and Colorado School of Mines announced work to pioneer advancement of methane emissions quantification models.
- **2024-02** — Foiles featured on the Energy in Transition podcast discussing how new technology is changing emissions monitoring in oil and gas.

## Links

- Website: https://projectcanary.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-foiles-cfa-850aa7105/

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Last updated: 2026-06-04