Peter Barris

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Mr. Peter Barris is a Chairman at ZeroFox. He serves as Senior Advisor at NewView Capital. He served as a Board Member at Groupon. He also serves as a Board Member at NextNav. He serves as Chairman & General Partner at Tempus. He also serves as a Trustee at Northwestern University. He also serves as a Board Member at In-Q-Tel. He joined New Enterprise Associates (NEA) in 1992 and was named Managing General Partner in 1999. Since that time NEA's assets under management have grown from $1B to over $13B and the firm has expanded its operations to India and China. Under his leadership, NEA has invested in industry-transforming technology companies like CareerBuilder, Data Domain, Diapers.com, Juniper Networks, Macromedia, Playdom, Salesforce.com, and TiVo. He has been named several times to the Forbes Midas List of top technology investors, having personally led investments in over two dozen technology companies that have completed public offerings or mergers. He serves on the board of a public company (GRPN) and is currently a director of several private companies including BenchPrep, Mediaocean, SnagFilms, and Sprout Social. Before joining NEA, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of Legend Corporation (LGNT) and Senior Vice President of the Systems Software Division of UCCEL Corporation (UCE). Both companies were ultimately acquired at valuations that were record-breaking for their time. Earlier, he spent almost a decade at General Electric Company in a variety of management positions, including Vice President and General Manager at GE Information Services. Outside interests include serving on the Northwestern Board of Trustees and the Board of the Tuck School Private Equity and Entrepreneur Center. He previously served on the Executive Committee of the Board of the National Venture Capital Association and was also a founding member of Venture Philanthropy Partners, a philanthropic organization in the Washington D.C. area. He has a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Northwestern and an MBA from Dartmouth.