Exhibit 24
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Winston King,
Richard Hart, An-Yen Hu, and Richard Kline, signing singly, and with
full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
 capacity as an officer and/or director of Guidewire Software,
Inc. (the "Company"),
 from time to time the following U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
("SEC") forms:
(i)Form ID, including any attached documents, to effect the assignment of
 codes to the undersigned to be used in the transmission of information
 to the SEC using the EDGAR System;
(ii) Form 3, Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities,
 including any attached documents;
(iii) Form 4, Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities,
 including any attached documents;
(iv) Form 5, Annual Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities in
 accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
 amended, and the rules thereunder, including any attached documents;
(v) Schedule 13D and
(vi) amendments of each thereof, in accordance with the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder, including any
attached documents;
(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
 which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
 Form 3, 4 or 5, Schedule 13D or any amendment(s) thereto, and timely
file such form(s) with the SEC and any securities exchange, national
 association or similar authority; and
(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
 foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
 benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-
fact's discretion. The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-
in-fact, acting singly, full power and authority to do and perform any
and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be
done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 or Regulation
13D-G of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  The
undersigned hereby agrees to indemnify the attorney in fact and the
Company from and against any demand, damage, loss, cost or expense
arising from any false or misleading information provided by the
undersigned to the attorney-in fact. This Power of Attorney shall remain
in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to
file such forms with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked
by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of February 24, 2018.
/s/ Curtis Smith