Fredric W. Harman

Who is Fredric W. Harman?

Fredric W. Harman joined Oak as a General Partner in 1994. Fred's

primary investment focus is on Consumer Internet and Internet New

Media. Fred is currently on the Boards of Aspect Software, Connexus

Corporation Demand Media, FRS, Knowledge Networks, Limelight Networks,

RazorGator, Rearden Commerce, Reunion.com, Shop.com, Sutherland Global

Services, Talisma and U.S. Auto Parts. Fred has also led investments in

aQuantive, Allyes (acquired by Focus Media), Campus Pipeline (acquired

by SCT), Fastclick (acquired by ValueClick), Captura (acquired by

Concur), Cobalt, Exodus, ILOG, IMS (acquired by Celestica) Inktomi,

Pivotal, Primus Knowledge Solutions, Qpass (acquired by Amdocs),

Quintus (acquired by Avaya), Sanmina/SCI, SportsGG and SPSS. Prior to

Oak, Fred worked for seven years with Morgan Stanley's Venture Capital

Group where he was a General Partner. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Fred

worked in Business Development at Hughes Communications where he was

involved in the formation of the predecessor to DirecTV. Fred received

an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business and a BS and MS in

Electrical Engineering from Stanford University where he was a Hughes

Fellow. Fred is also a co-owner of the Golden State Warriors and a

Trustee of Sacred Heart Schools.