Summary
Sarfaraz Rydhan is an entrepreneur-in-residence and former software engineer with 11+ years building revenue, partnerships, and product-market fit across cloud-native and AI/ML ecosystems. He combines hands-on technical roots from UCLA with an MBA from Berkeley Haas to lead GTM, pricing, and partner strategies for startups and platform companies (Netlify, Zeet, Sift). Known for translating product-led engineering insights into repeatable commercial motions, he’s launched new markets in APAC, led ISV/OEM ecosystems, and scaled partner teams to drive ecosystem revenue. As a founder he ran discovery-informed product experiments with LogLM, demonstrating a data-driven willingness to iterate and pivot. Colleagues describe him as a high-agency operator who pushes customers and partners to adopt disruptive ideas while bridging engineering, sales, and product.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
University of California, Los Angeles