Fred Sturgis

Who is Fred Sturgis?

Fred Sturgis serves as a Managing Director at H.I.G. Ventures where he

is primarily focused on enterprise software and services investments

for the firm. Fred has extensive experience advising software companies

throughout all stages of their growth, as well as consulting to Fortune

500 companies on large-scale software projects. Prior to joining

H.I.G., he was a vice president in the technology investment banking

group of J.P. Morgan HQ (formerly Hambrecht Quist) and was a

founding team member of HQ's Atlanta office. At HQ, Sturgis

was responsible for the firm's East Coast software practice, advising

clients on a variety of MA and capital raising transactions and

sponsoring several principal investments through HQ's $500 million

venture capital fund. Previously, he was with the investment banking

groups of both Alex Brown Sons and Salomon Smith Barney. Sturgis

began his career with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), where he

managed operations strategy and technology initiatives for several

large clients, primarily in the high-tech and telecommunications

industries. Fred earned an MBA with Distinction from The Wharton School

of the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated as a Palmer

Scholar. In addition, he received a BS degree in Mathematics, Cum

Laude, from Furman University. Fred serves as a member of the Board of

Directors for Invistics, Nexidia, Savvion and VistaScape.