nCino, Inc. - Board of Directors

Diego Dugatkin has served on our board of directors since 2025. Dr. Dugatkin is Chief Product Officer of Box, a position he has held since June 2021, where he leads product management, including innovation, design, and AI strategy. He is also a current Board member of Freepik. Diego brings extensive executive experience spanning product management, product definition and development, strategic partnerships, marketing, mergers and acquisitions, and global business development across leading technology platforms. Prior to Box, Dr. Dugatkin served as Vice President of Product Management at Adobe and as Chief Product Officer at Switchfly, where he built the largest ecosystem of partners for loyalty and travel. He is a passionate team builder who enjoys the thrill of inventing, building, launching, and growing new products and services that create value through disruptive technologies in new or existing markets. Diego holds a Master of Science and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology.

Jon Doyle has served on our board of directors since December 2019. Mr. Doyle is currently a member of the board of directors of, and is Vice Chairman, Senior Managing Principal and Head of the Financial Services Group at, Piper Sandler, an investment banking company, following the merger of Piper Jaffray with Sandler O’Neill + Partners in January 2020. From January 2002 to January 2020, Mr. Doyle served as the Senior Managing Principal of Sandler O’Neill + Partners. Previously, Mr. Doyle held various positions in hardware sales and commercial banking. Mr. Doyle holds a B.S. in Finance from the College of William & Mary.

Pam Kilday has served on our board of directors since December 2019, and as our Lead Director since May 10, 2022. From May 2015 to April 2018, Ms. Kilday served, and subsequently retired, as Executive Vice President and Head of Operations of Truist Financial (formerly known as SunTrust Bank). Prior to that, Ms. Kilday held multiple executive roles in operations and technology at SunTrust. Over a 30-year financial services career, she has held a variety of leadership positions for Continental Bank of Illinois, Bank of America, Wachovia and SunTrust. Ms. Kilday holds a B.S. in Education from Tennessee Technological University and an M.S. from University of Illinois at Chicago.

Justin Nyweide has served on our board of directors since 2025. Mr. Nyweide is a Founding Partner and the CIO of HMI Capital Management, L.P. He serves on HMI’s Investment and Management Committees. Prior to co-founding HMI, Justin served as a Principal at KKR, within their credit-focused investment affiliate. Prior to KKR, Mr. Nyweide worked at GTCR, a private equity firm based in Chicago. Mr. Nyweide began his career in investment banking after graduating with honors from Harvard University. He serves on several education-based non-profit boards including the Retro Report and previously with The Center for Investigative Reporting / Reveal.

William Ruh has served on our board of directors since May 2013. Mr. Ruh is currently President at Cairn Capital Management, a credit asset management firm, a position he has held since October 2016. Mr. Ruh also currently serves as President of Ruh Advisory, a financial services consulting firm, a position he has held since January 2005. Mr. Ruh previously served as Managing Principal of CCM Capital Opportunities Fund, a financial technology company focused on private equity, from November 2013 to December 2015. Prior to that, Mr. Ruh served as Managing Principal of Castle Creek Capital from January 1994 to November 2013, a private equity firm, which he co-founded. Mr. Ruh also serves on the boards of a number of private companies and as the Chairman of the Board of the U.S. Sailing Foundation and as a board member of the U.S. Sailing Association. Mr. Ruh holds a B.S. in Marine Transportation from the State University of New York Maritime College and an MBA from the Duke University Fuqua School of Business.

William (Bill) Spruill is the co-founder and former CEO of Global Data Consortium (GDC), the most widely channel distributed global identity verification platform. In his tenure, he oversaw the formation of more than 50 enterprise channel relationships and established a cohort of more than 120 data suppliers creating a unique consortium business model that drove roughly $70M in revenues over the life of the business. Bill led the recent acquisition of GDC to the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) for $300 million making it one of the largest minority founder exits in the enterprise technology sector in U.S. history.

Bill is an active angel investor in the technology sector. Past investment exits include Union Metrics (sold to Trendkite/Cision); Magnus Health (private equity acquisition) and Loqate (acquired by GB Group UK). He is also an active mentor to founder teams globally helping to navigate early growth stage challenges and exit strategies.

Andy Yasutake has served on our board of directors since 2025. Mr. Yasutake is Senior Vice President, Global Head of Strategic Growth, Ventures & AI at Edgevana, a position he has held since January 2025, where he is responsible for all global AI capabilities and technologies, driving innovation at the intersection of distributed infrastructure, Web3, and AI. Prior to Edgevana, Mr. Yasutake served as a senior executive in large technology organizations for 25 years including at Airbnb with direct responsibility for all Digital Experience Products, Digital Transformation, and Generative AI and AI-capabilities across the Airbnb platform. Previously, Mr. Yasutake held senior product and technology leadership roles at LinkedIn and eBay as well as a global management consultant at Accenture. Throughout his career, Mr. Yasutake has demonstrated deep expertise in building scalable platform architectures, enterprise technology solutions, and data-driven operational strategies that transform how organizations serve millions of users globally. Mr. Yasutake holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology with an emphasis in Information Systems from the University of Southern California.

Pierre Naudé played a key role in the founding of nCino and served as nCino’s Chief Executive Officer until 2025. He has been a member of the board of directors since nCino began operations. From May 2022 to February 2025, Mr. Naudé served as the Chairman of our board of directors, and in February 2025, Mr. Naudé was appointed Executive Chairman.

Prior to nCino, Mr. Naudé served as the Divisional President of S1 Corporation. Mr. Naudé served as Vice President and Managing Partner of Unisys, a global information technology company, from January 2004 to October 2005 and as Managing Partner from January 2000 to December 2003. Mr. Naudé holds a B.S. in Finance and Management from Upper Iowa University.

Sean Desmond Director Sean Desmond serves as nCino’s President and Chief Executive Officer and is a member of the company’s Board of Directors since 2025. Prior to being appointed CEO, Mr. Desmond served as nCino's Chief Product Officer, overseeing the Product Development & Engineering organization globally. Mr. Desmond joined nCino in 2013 initially as Chief Customer Success Officer, ensuring the successful delivery and implementation of the nCino Platform to financial institutions around the world. Mr. Desmond has several decades of experience within global technology and financial services organizations and has successfully led delivery and professional services organizations at multiple large-scale technology companies including Informatica. He holds a BA in Business Administration from James Madison University.