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Ryan Panchadsaram

Ryan Panchadsaram

Advisor to the chairman at Kleiner Perkins

DirectorRoles at 2 startups
Updated Nov 13, 2026·Latest SEC filing Nov 13, 2026·Suggest an edit

About Ryan Panchadsaram

Ryan Panchadsaram joined Kleiner Perkins in 2016 and is advisor to the chairman, working with venture-stage companies and advising John Doerr on technology. At GALY, he represents John Doerr's family office and serves as a director. GALY makes cocoa and cotton for brands. He is also a director of Hertha Metals.

Earlier, Panchadsaram was U.S. deputy chief technology officer. At the White House, he helped agencies better use an $80 billion budget. Time featured him in 2014 as part of the Healthcare.gov recovery team. He then helped start the U.S. Digital Service. He promoted internet access and entrepreneurship as a U.S. delegate to the United Nations. Before public service, he co-founded Pipette, a digital health startup later bought by Ginger.io. He held product and engineering roles at Microsoft and Salesforce.com. At Microsoft, he designed Outlook for Mac 2011 and filed patents on location tools, interfaces, and large data sets. He earned an industrial engineering and operations research degree from UC Berkeley.

Experience

This experience comes from official bios, from Ryan Panchadsaram's profile and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Ryan Panchadsaram in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

Hertha Metals, Inc. Current
Director
2026 – Present · Conroe, TX
Hertha Metals turns iron ore of any grade into steel or high-purity iron in one step, using natural gas, hydrogen and electricity.
New Constellation Current
CEO
2025 – Present
Galy Co. Current
Board of Directors
2021 – Present · Medford, MA
GALY grows cotton and cocoa from plant cells for brands needing traceable, predictable supply.
Doerr Capital Current
Partner
2021 – Present
Speed & Scale Current
Co-Author
2021 – Present
WhatMatters.com Current
Co-Founder
2018 – Present
Kleiner Perkins Current
Advisor to the Chairman
2016 – Present
National Science Board (NSB)
Member of National Science Board
2024 – 2026
Big Data Journal
Editorial Board
2014 – 2016
The White House
U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer
2013 – 2016
US Department of Health and Human Services
Presidential Innovation Fellow
2012 – 2013
Ginger
Customer & Product
2012
Pipette
Co-Founder & CEO
2010 – 2012
United States
Deputy Chief Technology Officer for the United States
Microsoft
Salesforce.com

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people Ryan Panchadsaram works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

Galy Co. · Form D, Nov 13, 2026
Luciano Bueno
Luciano Bueno
Founder & CEO at GALY, director
Eric Toone
Eric Toone
Scientific Advisory Board
Carmichael Roberts
Carmichael Roberts
Board of Directors
Hertha Metals, Inc. · Form D, Oct 27, 2026
Laureen Meroueh
Laureen Meroueh
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, director

Ryan Panchadsaram in the News

Sources

  1. SECGaly Co. Form D, filed Nov 13, 2026
  2. SECHertha Metals, Inc. Form D, filed Oct 27, 2026
  3. P4GALY home page