Arthur Patterson

Who is Arthur Patterson?

Arthur works with start-up entrepreneurial teams in Software and

Services. As the lead investor he has helped management teams develop

their companies into market defining leaders. IPO's of such companies

include: Actuate, (Reporting); iPass, (Roaming); MetroPCS, (Cellular Carrier); Portal Software, (Internet Billing); UUnet/MCI-WorldCom, (ISP); and Veritas, (Storage). He has also been a Director and Investor in many other public information technology Companies.

He is currently on the Boards of several private companies including: Aptana (Open Source Web 2.0 Infrastructure); Arcot Systems (Authentication); Centrify (AD Based Identity Management); Coremetrics (Marketing Spend Optimization); Integral Development (FX Trading Systems); Iron Planet (Heavy Equipment Online MarketPlace); NewlineNoosh (Print BPM); Rapt (Media Inventory Optimization). Recent private exits include Savi Technology (RFID based Supply Chain Management) sold to Lockheed Martin, and Counterpane (Security Monitoring and Response) sold to BT.

Prior to co-founding Accel Partners, Arthur was General Partner of

Adler Company. He started in venture capital at Citicorp Venture

Capital. At Citicorp, he also managed a fund of publicly traded

equities and was on the Equity Committee of Citicorp's Investment

Management Group. Previously, Arthur worked in Washington for the

International office of the U.S. Treasury Department - International

Monetary, Trade and Development Policy.

Arthur served as the President of the Western Association of

Venture Capitalists and a Director of the National Venture Capital

Association. He received an AB and an MBA from Harvard.

Arthur lives in San Francisco with his wife, Louise Muhlfeld, and

their four still almost perfect children ages 14, 12, 10, and 6.