Linda Golan: Managing Director and Co-Founder
Linda has worked in high tech, consulting and government and has a wide range of experience in strategy, business planning, and operations. Prior to founding Third Avenue, Linda worked at Sun Microsystems in various groups including Services, Strategy/ Planning, Marketing, and Sales. Before joining Sun Microsystems, Linda was a management consultant at Deloitte, KPMG, and AT Kearney. While at KPMG and AT Kearney, she helped lead the practice development in Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union countries. She has also worked as an advisor to U.S. State Department/ USAID on privatization of state assets in Hungary and Russia immediately after the break up of Soviet Union. Linda has extensive international experience and has lived in Russia, Hungary and India. Linda graduated from U.C. Berkeley with highest honors and received an MPP from Harvard University. She lives in San Jose with her husband and their two children, ages 4 and 1. During her spare time, she is training for a 100 mile bike race.
Linda has worked in high tech, consulting and government and has a wide range of experience in strategy, business planning, and operations. Prior to founding Third Avenue, Linda worked at Sun Microsystems in various groups including Services, Strategy/ Planning, Marketing, and Sales. Before joining Sun Microsystems, Linda was a management consultant at Deloitte, KPMG, and AT Kearney. While at KPMG and AT Kearney, she helped lead the practice development in Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union countries. She has also worked as an advisor to U.S. State Department/ USAID on privatization of state assets in Hungary and Russia immediately after the break up of Soviet Union. Linda has extensive international experience and has lived in Russia, Hungary and India. Linda graduated from U.C. Berkeley with highest honors and received an MPP from Harvard University. She lives in San Jose with her husband and their two children, ages 4 and 1. During her spare time, she is training for a 100 mile bike race.
