Mike Mcnamara
Founder of Samara
San Jose, California
Overview
Work Experience
Co-founder, CEO
2022 - Current
Board of Directors, Chairman, Technology and Innovation Committee
2020
Initial member of the board of directors at spin-off from UTC to create an independent $16 billion company
Board of Directors, Chairman, Nominating & Governance Committee
2011
Member of the Board from pre-IPO to the present
Workday provides SaaS-based enterprise solutions for a company's human resources and financial management activities.
Raised $230,550,000.00 from Janus Capital Group, Morgan Stanley, T. Rowe Price and Bezos Expeditions.
Chairman, Board of Directors
2019 - 2023
PCH provides a unique, intelligent, end-to-end product development and supply chain orchestration platform for the world’s best brands.
Raised $77,000,000.00 from LFX Venture Partners, Chris Burch, Northbrooks Investments, Burch Creative Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, Cross Creek and Triangle Peak Partners.
Visiting Committee, Presidential CEO Advisory Board
2017 - 2023
Head of Samara
2020 - 2022
Samara was an innovation lab in Airbnb that focused on the future of living
Lake Swan Properties is a holiday home rental company.
Board of Director
2019 - 2020
Member of the board of directors and on the sub-committee when the company was sold to Salesforce for +$40B
Slack is a cloud-based communication and collaboration platform for teams.
Raised $1,391,100,000.00 from Light Street Capital, Meyer Ventures and Employee Stock Option Fund.
Venture Partner
2019 - 2020
Member, Advisory Board
2006 - 2019
Chairman, Board of Directors
2013 - 2018
Education
MBA
1980 - 1982
B.S., Industrial Management
1975 - 1979