Debby Meredith joined Icon Ventures as an Operating Partner of Engineering in 2003 bringing over twenty years of start-up experience managing engineering teams with state-of-the-art practices. Debby provides great hands-on experience in scaling engineering teams to deliver world-class products. She is a highly sought after resource for many companies in Silicon Valley.

At Icon Ventures, Debby advises on all aspects of building engineering organizations, including process, scaling, management and recruiting. She evaluates potential investments, supports portfolio companies, and serves as a Board Observer for Midi Health and Remesh.

Debby is also an Independent Director of Taoweave (NASDAQ: TWAV), an advisor to several high-profile startups, and a Technical Advisor to Define Ventures, an early-stage digital health VC firm.

Before joining Icon, Debby was a Venture Partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures, where she served as interim VP of Engineering or CEO at portfolio companies. She then consulted for many well-regarded venture-backed companies, often serving as interim VP of Engineering until she helped hire a permanent replacement. Past clients include Proofpoint, Voltage Security (acquired by HP), OpenTable (acquired by Booking Holdings), Area 1 Security (acquired by Cloudflare), Scalyr (acquired by SentinelOne), Cohere Health, Yubico, and OpenGov (acquired by Cox Enterprises).

Earlier in her career, Debby held several technical leadership roles at AOL/Netscape, including Senior Vice President of Strategic Technologies and Products, VP of Browser Products, and Chief Quality Officer. Before Netscape, she was VP of Engineering at Collabra Software and VP of Development at Slate. She also held key technical positions at Metaphor Computer Systems, Logitech and Bell Laboratories.

Debby holds an M.S. in computer science from Stanford University and a B.S. in both computer science and mathematics from the University of Michigan.