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Will Hayes
Founder of Bestomer
San Francisco, California
Overview
Will Hayes is the Founder of Bestomer, with a strong background in enterprise software, SaaS, and cloud computing. He has held leadership roles at Lucidworks as President and CEO, and at Splunk as Director, showcasing his expertise in product management and business development.
Hayes is an active investor and advisor, supporting startups like DentalFynd and Fibo, and contributes to the community through roles like Executive Board Member at 10,000 Degrees and Co-Chair of Contra Costa Advisory Board.
Work Experience
Founder
2022 - Current
Bestomer is a free service purpose-built to fix the broken relationship between businesses and their customers.
Investor/Advisor
2022
Pinecone develops a vector database that makes it easy to connect company data with generative AI models.
Raised $138,000,000.00 from Sahin Boydas.
Member
2017
Executive Board Member & Contra Costa Advisory Board Co-Chair
2022
10,000 Degrees readies low-income youth for college.
Raised $65,000.00 from Napa Valley Vintners.
President and CEO
2014 - 2022
Chief Product Officer
2013 - 2014
Lucidworks connects experiences throughout the entire user journey to meet customer and employee intent in the moment.
Raised $208,999,999.00 from Francisco Partners, Granite Ventures, Top Tier Capital Partners, Sixth Street, Shasta Ventures and AllegisCyber.
Director, Business Development
2010 - 2013
Sr. Solutions Architect, Business Development
2007 - 2010
Engineering Program Manager
2005 - 2007
Splunk Ventures is an Investment Firm.
Programmer Analyst
1999 - 2005
Genentech specializes in genetic testing and personalized medicine.