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William Gossman

Director at Nlight. Also an executive officer and promoter at Playcast.

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Updated Nov 9, 2026·Latest SEC filing Oct 9, 2026·Suggest an edit

About William Gossman

William Gossman is a director at Nlight.

Form D filings name William Gossman as an executive officer and promoter at Playcast.

William Gossman reports to the SEC as a director of 1 public company.

William Gossman first appears on SEC filings in 2018.

Experience

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

Playcast.io Current
Seed Investor/Company Advisor
2023 – Present
Nlight, Inc. Current
Lead Independent Director (2016 – Present)
Director
2016 – Present · Public company (LASR)
Retoku Capital Current
Founder
2008 – Present
Playcast, Inc.
Executive officer and promoter
2023 – 2026 · Everett, WA
Playcast streams PC games for players, streamers, hosts and developers.
HealthTap
Director
2018 – 2024
Mohr Davidow Ventures
Venture Partner
2001 – 2018
AudienceScience
Chairman & CEO
2003 – 2017
ConnectUp App
Director
2015 – 2016
aboutLife
Founder and Chairman
2012 – 2016
finsphere
Director
2012 – 2016
Marble Security, Inc.
CEO & Director
2012 – 2014
Hi5
CEO
2009 – 2012
Pelago, Inc.
Director
2008 – 2010
@mobile
Founder and COO
1997 – 2001
Mercury Group
Principal
1996 – 1997
Bell Laboratories
Vice President
1993 – 1996
Noise Cancellation Technologies, Inc.
Vice President
1988 – 1992
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Project Engineer
1986 – 1987
Draper
Draper Fellow
1984 – 1986

Key Colleagues at Startups

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

Playcast, Inc. · Form D, Oct 9, 2026
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Alexander St. John
Chief Executive Officer and director
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John Salter
Director
DM
Dave Madden
Executive officer

Sources

  1. SECPlaycast, Inc. Form D, filed Oct 9, 2026
  2. SECForms 3, 4 and 5 filed by William Gossman (SEC filer 1738257)