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.