Peter Morris

Who is Peter Morris?

Peter Morris

Venture Partner

Investing Area: Information Technology

Peter specializes in information

technologies with a focus on communications, electronics and software

infrastructure and is a member of the advisory group to NEA’s

Management Committee. His active portfolio companies include Agitar

Software, Force10 Networks and Tele Atlas. Past investments include

Accelerated Networks (Occam), Alteon WebSystems (Nortel), Berkeley

Networks (FORE Systems), Carrier Access, Clarify (Nortel), Cybermedia

(Network Associates), Cyras Systems (CIENA), Fibex Systems (Cisco),

Gadzoox, iAsiaWorks, IronPort Systems, Juniper Networks, Packeteer,

Tasman Networks (Cisco), Troika Networks and Virata (Globespan). Prior

to joining NEA in 1992, he was a General Manager at Telebit, and prior

to that he was with Montgomery Securities and Bain and Co. He has been

honored numerous times by Forbes magazine as one of the most successful

venture capitalists in America. Peter received his Masters in Business

Administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.