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Khang Tran
SVP Engineering at Goodwater Capital
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Khang Tran
SVP Engineering at Goodwater Capital
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
Overview
Khang Tran is a seasoned professional currently serving as the SVP of Engineering at Goodwater Capital, with a background in engineering and investing. With notable experience at companies like Uber and Sonder Inc., he has a strong track record in engineering management and product leadership roles, specializing in sectors like transportation tech and consumer internet.
Tran's career highlights include leading engineering teams at high-growth companies like Hipcamp and Uber, showcasing expertise in product management, software engineering, and user experience design, while also actively investing in Series B stage startups across various sectors like food and beverage, education, and fintech.
Work Experience
SVP Engineering
2021 - Current
Empowering exceptional entrepreneurs everywhere to change the world for good.
Goodwater Genesis seeks out exceptional entrepreneurs and helps them cultivate the success they deserve.
Head of Engineering
2019 - 2021
Survived and then thrived through a pandemic.
Director of Engineering
2018 - 2019
Grew the engineering team from 7 to 70. Launched a second office internationally. Supported some really wonderful people and made lifelong friends. Loyal customer to this day.
Sonder is a tech-driven hospitality company offering spaces built for travel and life in cities around the world.
Raised $839,550,000.00 from Talent Resources Ventures and TriplePoint Ventures.
Senior Engineering Manager, Marketplace
2016 - 2018
The hardest, most inspiring job I've ever had...
Engineering Manager, Growth
2014 - 2016
... learning from the smartest people I've ever met...
Senior Software Engineer, Growth
2014 - 2014
... making the biggest impact on the world I've ever seen.
Uber develops, markets, and operates a ride-sharing mobile application that allows consumers to submit a trip request.
Raised $30,212,450,000.00 from PayPal.
Various Engineering & Product Leadership Roles
2007 - 2013
After leaving EDA, I wanted to really discover my passion. So I tried many, many things: founder, engineer, product manager, SEO/SEM, social, photo sharing, payments, venture capital, retail. Worked with some amazing people. Learned a lot. Failed a lot. Some small successes. Mostly, I grew tremendously and am grateful for all the relationships I built along the way. • Co-Founder @ Grid (shut down) • Co-Founder @ Kafki (shut down) • Engineer @ AngelList • Head of Product @ Friend.ly (acquired by Facebook) • Head of Product @ WePay (acquired by JPMorgan Chase) • CTO @ RealtyNation (now ApartmentList) • Co-Founder @ TrendHappy (shut down) • Engineer @ Ruba (acquired by Google) • Engineer @ Qubescape (shut down)
Senior Software Engineer
2001 - 2007
Acquired by Synopsis
Intern
1998 - 2000
3 internships/coops at Intel. Fun times.
An ecosystem of software & hardware vendors, integrators and solution providers focused on adoption of NFV and SDN-based solutions.
Education
BSE
1996 - 2001