# Van Hoisington III

Strategic Account Executive at Cognition (Devin/Windsurf); ex-Windsurf top-10 AE, ex-SolarWinds and LiveAction  
Cognition  
Austin, Texas, United States

## At Cognition

- Role: Strategic Account Executive (Sales/GTM)
- Joined: Sep 2024
- How they joined: With Windsurf (https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/acquisitions/windsurf)
- Before Windsurf: Regional Sales Manager, LiveAction Software
- Overlapped before Cognition with other Cognition people at: Codeium (Windsurf) (https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/worked-together)

## Identity
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/van-hoisington-iii-652a2b9b
- Domain: cognition.ai

## Notes
- Became a Cognition Strategic Account Executive in 2025 when Cognition acquired Windsurf (July 2025); Windsurf leaders described the deal as combining Windsurf's in-IDE AI with Devin's autonomous cloud agent, which is the 'better together' story he now sells. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/benjaderstrom_%F0%9D%90%85%F0%9D%90%9E%F0%9D%90%9E%F0%9D%90%A5%F0%9D%90%A2%F0%9D%90%A7%F0)
- Named by Windsurf sales leader Graham Moreno among the top-10 AEs of Q1 2025 ('Breaking into the top 10 this quarter was a BATTLE -- huge congrats to Sam Miraglia, Van Hoisington III...'). (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/grahammoreno_these-are-starting-to-feel-redundant-but-activity-7323778147684917248-sL_A)
- Tagged with Alok Desai in Michael Hahl's 'Big news from Cognition & MongoDB' post (2026-08-13). (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/michael-hahl_big-news-from-cognition-mongodb-alok-desai-activity-7493725401865752576-OkHr)
- A customer-side engineering leader, Frank Blecha, publicly credited 'Van H. @Windsurf' with showing that Windsurf supports IntelliJ, Xcode and Neovim, not just VS Code ('A real unlock for enterprise-scale development'). This is direct evidence of his enterprise selling motion: technical demos of multi-IDE coverage to large engineering orgs. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/frankblecha_i-thought-windsurf-was-just-a-slick-ai-powered-activity-7338557232629915651-Q)
- His only public post found about his work at Codeium/Windsurf/Cognition (2024-11-07), quoted word for word: "Come meet us at re:Invent from December 2-6 in Las Vegas! 🚀 📍 Visit us at Booth 1798 or fill out our contact form at codeium.ai/reinvent to schedule a time to meet with us at the event. We are excited to talk to you about how Codeium's AI-powered solutions can supercharge your developers. See you in Vegas 🔮". (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/van-h-652a2b9b_codeium-at-aws-reinvent-activity-7260348542869753858-AJQX)
- Joined Codeium (later renamed Windsurf) as a Strategic Account Executive in 2024 after roughly three years at LiveAction Software, moving from network-monitoring sales into AI coding tools. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/van-hoisington-iii-652a2b9b)
- Listed in Graham Moreno's Q3 2024 Codeium wrap-up among new hires welcomed that quarter, the same quarter Codeium announced its $150M Series C. That dates his start to the Codeium growth push of mid/late 2024. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/grahammoreno_another-quarter-wrapped-in-q3-at-codeium-activity-7260305545587298306-3wZw)
- Public headline says "GTM @ Cognition". (https://www.linkedin.com/in/van-hoisington-iii-652a2b9b)
- Named among teammates in Cognition's Austin office (with Meredith Siewert, Sandeep Shah, Hannah Miller-Jones, Isaac Kim, Connor Haley and others) in Jennifer Ortegón's one-year-at-Cognition post. Many of these names are also ex-Windsurf East/EMEA sellers. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jenniferortegon_celebrating-one-year-at-cognition-today-activity-7477852718699683840-ltR5)
- Regional Area Manager then Regional Sales Manager at LiveAction Software (2021-2024), a network performance monitoring vendor. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/van-hoisington-iii-652a2b9b)
- Enterprise Account Executive (2020-2021) and earlier National Account Manager (Oct 2018-Dec 2019) at SolarWinds, an IT infrastructure monitoring software company. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/van-hoisington-iii-652a2b9b)
- Sales and Business Development Manager at Kata Logistics (Sep 2017-Sep 2018), a managed transportation company. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/van-hoisington-iii-652a2b9b)
- Started his career in Newgistics' Talent Development Program (Aug 2015-Jul 2016), then became a Business Strategy Analyst there (Aug 2016-Aug 2017). (https://www.linkedin.com/in/van-hoisington-iii-652a2b9b)
- Early finance internships: Amherst Pierpont Securities, a fixed-income broker-dealer (summer 2014), and Hoisington Investment Management, an Austin fixed-income adviser (Dec 2010-Jan 2011). His skills list (trading, portfolio management, credit) reflects that start. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/van-hoisington-iii-652a2b9b)
- BS in Economics with Financial Applications, Southern Methodist University (2011-2014). (https://www.linkedin.com/in/van-hoisington-iii-652a2b9b)
- Previous roles include Strategic Account Executive at Windsurf; Regional Sales Manager at LiveAction Software; Regional Area Manager at LiveAction Software; Enterprise Account Executive at SolarWinds; National Account Manager at SolarWinds; Sales and Business Development Manager at Kata Logistics; Business Strategy Analyst at Newgistics; Talent Development Program at Newgistics. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/van-hoisington-iii-652a2b9b)
- Education history includes Bachelor of Science, Economics with Financial Applications, Southern Methodist University. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/van-hoisington-iii-652a2b9b)
- Based in Austin, Texas. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/van-hoisington-iii-652a2b9b)
- Location is Austin, Texas, United States. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/van-hoisington-iii-652a2b9b)
- Based in Austin, Texas. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/van-hoisington-iii-652a2b9b)

## Experience
- Strategic Account Executive at Cognition - Austin, Texas, United States (Jul 2025 - Present)
- Strategic Account Executive at Windsurf - United States (Sep 2024 - Sep 2025): Windsurf was acquired by Cognition in July ‘25
- Regional Sales Manager at LiveAction Software (Dec 2023 - Sep 2024)
- Regional Area Manager at LiveAction Software - Austin, Texas, United States (Mar 2021 - Jan 2024): LiveAction is an enterprise software company that simplifies the network for IT organizations to deliver continuous insight, service assurance, and precise control of their network infrastructure. Our leading network performance and analytics platform, LiveNX, offers a deep understanding of networks and applies situational awareness to accelerate employee productivity and boost customer satisfaction.
- Enterprise Account Executive at SolarWinds - Austin, Texas (Jan 2020 - Mar 2021): We are a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT infrastructure management software. Our products give organizations worldwide, regardless of type, size or IT infrastructure complexity, the power to monitor and manage the performance of their IT environments, whether on-premises, in the cloud, or in hybrid models.
- National Account Manager at SolarWinds - Austin, Texas Area (Oct 2018 - Dec 2019): We are a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT infrastructure management software. Our products give organizations worldwide, regardless of type, size or IT infrastructure complexity, the power to monitor and manage the performance of their IT environments, whether on-premises, in the cloud, or in hybrid models.
- Sales and Business Development Manager at Kata Logistics - Austin, Texas Area (Sep 2017 - Sep 2018): Kata Logistics is a leader in providing managed transportation and other value added logistics services. Recognizing that no two customers are the same, our solutions are engineered and executed specific to individual customer demand.
- Business Strategy Analyst at Newgistics - Austin, Texas Area (Aug 2016 - Aug 2017): Since 1999, Newgistics has been transforming the customer journey. We create cutting-edge digital commerce, fulfillment, shipping, and returns solutions that build meaningful connections with consumers and drive business growth for our client brands.
- Talent Development Program at Newgistics - Austin, Texas Area (Aug 2015 - Jul 2016): Since 1999, Newgistics has been transforming the customer journey. We create cutting-edge digital commerce, fulfillment, shipping, and returns solutions that build meaningful connections with consumers and drive business growth for our client brands.
- Intern at Amherst Pierpont Securities - Austin, Texas Area (Jun 2014 - Aug 2014): Amherst Pierpont Securities is a market-leading broker dealer providing institutional and middle-market clients with access to a broad range of fixed-income products including residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed and other highly-structured finance transactions, U.S. Treasuries, federal agency debentures, investment grade corporate securities and repo finance.
- Intern at Hoisington Investment Mgt - Austin, Texas Area (Dec 2010 - Jan 2011): Hoisington Investment Management Company is a registered investment adviser specializing in fixed income portfolios.
- Ranch Management Intern at Killiam Oil Company - Laredo, Texas Area (Jun 2009 - Jul 2009): Killam Oil Co., Ltd. provides oil and gas exploration and production services. Killam Oil Co., Ltd. was founded in 1921 and is based in Laredo, Texas.

## Education
- Southern Methodist University - Bachelor of Science, Economics with Financial Applications - (Jan 2011 - Jan 2014)

## Sources
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/van-hoisington-iii-652a2b9b
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/grahammoreno_these-are-starting-to-feel-redundant-but-activity-7323778147684917248-sL_A
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/frankblecha_i-thought-windsurf-was-just-a-slick-ai-powered-activity-7338557232629915651-QstN
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/michael-hahl_big-news-from-cognition-mongodb-alok-desai-activity-7493725401865752576-OkHr
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jenniferortegon_celebrating-one-year-at-cognition-today-activity-7477852718699683840-ltR5
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/benjaderstrom_%F0%9D%90%85%F0%9D%90%9E%F0%9D%90%9E%F0%9D%90%A5%F0%9D%90%A2%F0%9D%90%A7%F0%9D%90%A0-%F0%9D%90%A0%F0%9D%90%AB%F0%9D%90%9A%F0%9D%90%AD%F0%9D%90%9E%F0%9D%90%9F%F0%9D%90%AE%F0%9D%90%A5-%F0%9D%90%85%F0%9D%90%9E%F0%9D%90%9E%F0%9D%90%A5-activity-7352000289131974656-KROK
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/grahammoreno_another-quarter-wrapped-in-q3-at-codeium-activity-7260305545587298306-3wZw
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/david-bean-980242222_some-exciting-worklife-updates-ive-recently-activity-7490430486184501248-oM8X
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/van-h-652a2b9b_codeium-at-aws-reinvent-activity-7260348542869753858-AJQX
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/cognition-ai-labs/posts
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-wu-8b94ab96?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_profile%3AACoAABRcyU0B3eVfSh_wWQgM7w3CZRywJOf28G8
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/benjaderstrom_%F0%9D%90%85%F0%9D%90%9E%F0%9D%90%9E%F0%9D%90%A5%F0%9D%90%A2%F0%9D%90%A7%F0
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/frankblecha_i-thought-windsurf-was-just-a-slick-ai-powered-activity-7338557232629915651-Q
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/david-bean-980242222_some-exciting-worklife-updates-ive-recently-activity-749043048618450
- https://www.barrons.com/articles/SB50001424052748704746704577094501097288154


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