Shishir Mehrotra

Co-Founder & CEO of Coda

Shishir Mehrotra, Co-Founder & CEO of Coda

Shishir Mehrotra is the co-founder and CEO of Coda, a company that creates a new type of document that combines words, data, and teams into a single canvas.1 2 Prior to founding Coda, Mehrotra held several leadership roles at Google and Microsoft:

Vice President of Product, Engineering, and User Experience at YouTube at Google, where he helped grow YouTube into the world's largest video destination and one of Google's largest and fastest growing businesses3 4
Director of Product Management at Microsoft, working on projects like SQL Server, Windows (WinFS), Office, and Dynamics4
Founding CEO of Centrata, a software company funded by Vinod Khosla at Kleiner Perkins that aimed to help turn data centers into "utilities"4

Mehrotra holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).1 4 He currently lives in Los Altos, California with his wife and two daughters.4

As CEO of Coda, Mehrotra has focused on creating "documents as powerful as apps" that are accessible to anyone, not just engineers.2 He has written extensively about effective leadership, prioritization, product launches, and creating impact through rituals like Dory (a democratic feedback process) and Pulse (a way to gauge employee sentiment).2 5 6

Mehrotra is also working on a book called "The Rituals of Great Teams" based on interviews with over 1,000 leaders and companies about their team rituals.5 He frequently shares his insights on leadership and product development on his Substack newsletter and Twitter account.5 7

Highlights

Sep 8 · twitter

Fun conversation with @petergyang!

Apr 10 · The Business Journals

Coda partners with Snowflake - Silicon Valley Business Journal - The Business Journals

Apr 10 · twitter

I’m excited to share

that Coda has entered a strategic partnership with @Snowflakedb, the world’s leading Data Cloud company, plus a large investment round in Coda led by Snowflake Ventures!

Thrilled where this partnership is headed, and here’s a few reasons why. 🧵

Nov 1 · Yahoo Finance

Bill Gates, Michael Dell Back $250 Million Village Global Fund - Yahoo Finance

Aug 14 · lennysnewsletter.com

The rituals of great teams | Shishir Mehrotra of Coda, YouTube ...

Experience

Co-Founder & CEO at Coda (June 2014 - Present)

Vice President of Product, Engineering, UX at Google (YouTube) (May 2011 - May 2014), Director of Product Management at Google (YouTube Monetization) (September 2008 - May 2011), Director of Product Management at Google (GoogleTV) (April 2008 - September 2008), Director of Program Management at Microsoft (January 2002 - April 2008), Founding CEO, Board Member at Centrata (February 2000 - June 2002)