| Harvard College, AB | 1989 |
| Social Studies / Economics | |
| Harvard Business School, MBA | 1994 |
| Management |
Brian Goffman is co-founder and CEO of Optify. Optify provides lead generation software for B2B marketing. In this role, Brian is responsible for overall direction of the company.
Before co-founding Optify, Brian was a venture partner at Madrona Venture Group in Seattle. At Madrona, Brian was an early investor in AdReady, Mixpo, and Bevy. Brian is also an advisor at AboutUs.
Earlier, Brian was a director at Microsoft where he helped lead the Unified Communications business group, including the launch of Live Meeting, Office Communications Server, and Office Communicator. Prior to Microsoft, Brian was a principal at Austin Ventures, where he was led investments or was an active advisor to companies including Listen.com (RealNetworks), Motive (public), BroadJump (acquired by Motive), BenefitMall, and TechRepublic (acquired by Gartner Group). Earlier in his career, Brian held roles at PointCast, Reuters and McKinsey & Company.
Brian holds an AB and MBA from Harvard University.
| Company | Date | Round | Size | Participants |
| Optify | 10/08 | Series A | $2.75M | 7 |
