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Sean Doherty

Critic · DISC type C
Co-Founder & CEO at GovDash
📍 New York, New York, United States

Sean Doherty is the Co-Founder and CEO of GovDash, a Y Combinator-backed AI platform that helps businesses win government contracts. A graduate of Boston Universitys Questrom School of Business, he has also studied at Stanford and the London School of Economics. His leadership focuses on revolutionizing government procurement through technology.

His personal experience as a metastatic testicular cancer survivor profoundly shaped his path. Following his recovery, he worked as a Behavioral Technician at Duke University Health System, helping young adult cancer patients. He continues this mission as a Young Advisory Board Member for the Im Not Done Yet Foundation.

Unique fact: While undergoing chemotherapy, Sean co-developed his first startup, Hang, often holding work sessions in the chemo room.

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Experience
3 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder & CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
New York, New York, United States
Personality Overview

How Sean shows up

Negotiator
Precise
Critic

Unless the value is proven by data, they are unlikely to value fancy features. It is very likely that they will negotiate pricing or other important terms. They prefer to analyze logically and value objective facts over emotions.

Priorities

Topics Sean cares about

Government Contracting
As CEO of GovDash, his entire focus is on building an AI platform to help contractors win more government business and streamline their workflows.
AI in GovTech
He is building a company that leverages AI to transform the complex and traditionally manual processes of federal business development and proposal writing.
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Career

Work history

9-2023
Co-Founder & CEO
GovDash
1-2021
Young Advisory Board Member
I'm Not Done Yet Foundation
2-2021 - 12-2021
Behavioral Technician
Duke University Health System
3-2020 - 5-2021
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Hang
6-2019 - 7-2019
Summer Intern
Sustainability Partners LLC
In the press

Media appearances

BD Tech...Top 3 Tactics from Sean Doherty, CEO of GovDash. Featured in YouTube
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AI Revolutionizing GovCon: CEO Sean Doherty on Why GovDash is the Ultimate All‑in‑One Tool for Capture, Proposal and Contract Management. Featured in GovDash Blog
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Education
1-2022
Winter 22 Batch
Y Combinator
2016 - 2020
Education details unavailable
Boston University
2017 - 2020
Bachelor's degree
Questrom School of Business, Boston University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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