# Connor Haley

Majors Account Director at Cognition (Devin, Windsurf); joined via Codeium/Windsurf acquisition  
Cognition  
Austin, Texas, United States

## At Cognition

- Role: Majors Account Director (Sales/GTM)
- Joined: Jul 2024
- How they joined: With Windsurf (https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/acquisitions/windsurf)
- Before Windsurf: Account Executive, Grafana Labs
- Overlapped before Cognition with other Cognition people at: Codeium (Windsurf); Grafana Labs (https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/worked-together)

## Identity
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/connor-haley-a24288a0
- Domain: cognition.ai

## Notes
- Current role: Majors Account Director at Cognition (maker of Devin and Windsurf) since Sep 2025, based in Austin, Texas; the title points to Cognition's largest-enterprise segment. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/connor-haley-a24288a0)
- Cognition signed a definitive agreement to acquire Windsurf on 2025-07-14. The deal included Windsurf's IP, product, brand, $82M of ARR and 350+ enterprise customers. That enterprise book is the base his Cognition majors role sells into. (https://cognition.com/blog/windsurf)
- Joined Codeium (later renamed Windsurf) in Jul 2024 in a GTM role, then became Strategic Account Executive at Windsurf in Aug 2025, one month after Cognition agreed to acquire Windsurf. So he arrived at Cognition through the acquisition, not as a direct hire. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/connor-haley-a24288a0)
- Graham Moreno managed him at Grafana Labs before Codeium. Moreno's Q1 2023 Grafana post listed Connor Haley among the Central region's 'top performers this Q'. Haley joined Codeium in Jul 2024, the same year Moreno started there (his 'year one' post is dated Feb 2025). (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/grahammoreno_absurdly-proud-of-what-we-accomplished-at-activity-7058859778411806720-z_R1)
- In Oct 2026, new Cognition hire Ian Silsby (ex-MongoDB) thanked Connor Haley by name, next to Chris Degnan, Russell Kaplan and Scott Wu. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/iansilsby_im-very-excited-to-join-cognition-im-grateful-activity-7520833083995090944-Pg0T)
- Moreno's 'Year one at Codeium' post (Feb 2025) named Connor Haley among the people who earned promotions that year. In the same post Moreno credited founders Varun Mohan, Anshul Ramachandran and Douglas Chen and said revenue grew 1,500%+. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/grahammoreno_year-one-at-codeium-is-a-wrap-thank-you-activity-7292756465822433281-Y6xp)
- Codeium sales leader Graham Moreno's Q3 2024 recap said: "Meredith Siewert (McCarty) and Connor Haley got on the board in a big way in their first 90 days". That is early evidence of fast ramp-up after he joined Codeium in Jul 2024. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/grahammoreno_another-quarter-wrapped-in-q3-at-codeium-activity-7260305545587298306-3wZw)
- At Grafana Labs (Oct 2022 to Jul 2024) he was an Account Executive in Austin, on the Central sales team with leaders such as Sandeep Shah and Isaac Kim. Both later also show up in Codeium/Windsurf GTM. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/connor-haley-a24288a0)
- Agility PR Solutions (May 2021 to Nov 2022): moved from Mid Market AE to Senior AE. His profile says: "2021 Presidents Club. #1 North American AE for both net new logos and attainment %." (https://www.linkedin.com/in/connor-haley-a24288a0)
- Public headline says "Cognition - Devin". (https://www.linkedin.com/in/connor-haley-a24288a0)
- The acquisition came days after Windsurf's CEO and other staff left for Google. Cognition was valued at $10.2B by Sep 2025. (https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/08/cognition-valued-at-10point2-billion-two-months-after-windsurf-.html)
- Teachers of Tomorrow, Houston (Oct 2018 to Apr 2021): went from Account Manager to Sales Associate, then Sales - Expansion. His profile describes being the "#1 Rep in terms of revenue" and taking a Texas program "that did over $200M in revenue and recreated from scratch in North Carolina." (https://www.linkedin.com/in/connor-haley-a24288a0)
- First job after college was Private Equity Fund Associate at ALPS (Aug 2017 to Sep 2018). In his words, ALPS was "acquired by DST Systems and then acquired by SS&C." This is the finance background he says he uses to show customers ROI. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/connor-haley-a24288a0)
- Education: University of Miami, bachelor's 2013 to 2017 (majors Finance and Legal Studies, minor Accounting, cognate 'World of Music'), then a Master's in Finance from Miami completed Aug 2020. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/connor-haley-a24288a0)
- I help Enterprises unlock new capacity with Cognition, which includes Devin the world’s first cloud AI software engineer.

Devin runs asynchronously in the cloud, working in parallel with development teams to handle backlog, tech debt remediation, and product polish at scale. This allows enterprises to accelerate transformation, reduce reliance on costly external integrators, and realize 6-12x efficiency gains.

I leverage insights from my Finance background to provide tangible ROI to leading or; this comes from the profile summary and preserves the person's own positioning. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/connor-haley-a24288a0)
- Previous roles include Account Executive at Grafana Labs; Senior Account Executive at Agility PR Solutions; Mid Market Account Executive at Agility PR Solutions; Sales - Expansion at Teachers of Tomorrow; Sales Associate at Teachers of Tomorrow; Account Manager at Teachers of Tomorrow; Private Equity Fund Associate at ALPS, A DST Company; Business Intern (Hong Kong) at 10th Studio. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/connor-haley-a24288a0)
- Education history includes Bachelor’s Degree, Finance, Legal Studies, Accounting, University of Miami; Master's degree, Finance, General, University of Miami. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/connor-haley-a24288a0)
- Do not confuse him with Connor Haley of Alta Fox Capital (Fort Worth hedge fund, @AltaFoxCapital on X, linkedin.com/in/connorhaley). That is a different person. (https://x.com/AltaFoxCapital)
- He was a Business Intern at 10th Studio in Hong Kong from May 2015 to Nov 2016, while an undergraduate. His listed skills include International Business and International Sales. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/connor-haley-a24288a0)
- He stayed in touch with his Grafana network, for example commenting as 'Cognition - Devin' on ex-colleagues' Grafana posts (Dorothy Luu, Blake Fernandez). Former Grafana colleagues are a warm route to him. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dorothyluu_after-two-amazing-years-at-grafana-labs-activity-7287541445434003456-l1-I)
- Location is Austin, Texas, United States. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/connor-haley-a24288a0)
- Interests listed on his profile: basketball, golf, live music, and books and podcasts on financial markets and AI. He lists English and Spanish. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/connor-haley-a24288a0)

## Experience
- Majors Account Director at Cognition - Austin, Texas, United States (Sep 2025 - Present)
- Strategic Account Executive at Windsurf - Austin, Texas, United States (Aug 2025 - Present)
- GTM (Go-to-Market) at Windsurf - Austin, Texas, United States (Jul 2024 - Present): Windsurf is a modern AI coding superpower, a code acceleration toolkit that combines world-class ML infrastructure with bleeding-edge agentic capabilities. The result? The world's most advanced AI code context awareness engine to help developers ship code faster and more reliably.

Founded in 2021, Codeium has raised over $243 million in capital at a $1.25 billion valuation, supporting 1M+ developers and hundreds of enterprises. Investors include Kleiner Perkins, Greenoaks Capital, and General Catalyst Partners.
- Account Executive at Grafana Labs - Austin, Texas, United States (Oct 2022 - Jul 2024): Grafana Labs is the company behind Grafana, Loki, Mimir and Tempo, the leading open source software for visualizing operational data. Grafana Labs helps users get the most out of Grafana, enabling them to take control of their unified monitoring and avoid vendor lock in and the spiraling costs of closed solutions.
- Senior Account Executive at Agility PR Solutions - Austin, Texas, United States (Apr 2022 - Nov 2022): 2021 Presidents Club.
#1 North American AE for both net new logos and attainment %.
- Mid Market Account Executive at Agility PR Solutions - Austin, Texas, United States (May 2021 - Mar 2022)
- Sales - Expansion at Teachers of Tomorrow - Houston, Texas, United States (Jan 2020 - Apr 2021): Took successful program in Texas that did over $200M in revenue and recreated from scratch in North Carolina.
- Sales Associate at Teachers of Tomorrow - Houston, Texas, United States (Jun 2019 - Jan 2020): #1 Rep in terms of revenue.
- Account Manager at Teachers of Tomorrow - Houston, Texas, United States (Oct 2018 - May 2019)
- Private Equity Fund Associate at ALPS, A DST Company - Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area (Aug 2017 - Sep 2018): Worked for ALPS that was acquired by DST Systems and then acquired by SS&C.
- Business Intern (Hong Kong) at 10th Studio - Hong Kong (May 2015 - Nov 2016)

## Education
- University of Miami - Bachelor’s Degree, Finance, Legal Studies, Accounting - (Jan 2013 - Jan 2017): Majors: Finance, Legal Studies
Minor: Accounting
Cognate: World of Music
- University of Miami - Master's degree, Finance, General - (Aug 2020)

## Sources
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/connor-haley-a24288a0
- https://cognition.com/blog/windsurf
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/grahammoreno_absurdly-proud-of-what-we-accomplished-at-activity-7058859778411806720-z_R1
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/grahammoreno_another-quarter-wrapped-in-q3-at-codeium-activity-7260305545587298306-3wZw
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/grahammoreno_year-one-at-codeium-is-a-wrap-thank-you-activity-7292756465822433281-Y6xp
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/iansilsby_im-very-excited-to-join-cognition-im-grateful-activity-7520833083995090944-Pg0T
- https://news.miami.edu/frost/_assets/pdf/the-score/2014SCORE.pdf
- https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/08/cognition-valued-at-10point2-billion-two-months-after-windsurf-.html
- https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/cognition-ai-buy-windsurf-doubling-down-ai-driven-coding-2025-07-14/
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dorothyluu_after-two-amazing-years-at-grafana-labs-activity-7287541445434003456-l1-I
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/cognition-ai-labs/posts
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cognition-ai-labs_security-remediation-is-an-engineering-capacity-activity-7457474452264763392-TYaw?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=member_desktop_web&rcm=ACoAAHCgwVQBC31GgYK4NIYtI4__k4Si2R22s4w
- https://x.com/AltaFoxCapital


Researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-04. Profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/connor-haley · Everyone at Cognition: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people