Arthur Patterson

Bio

Mr Patterson works closely with startup entrepreneurial teams in Software and Services. As the lead investor/director he has helped many management teams develop companies which are leaders in their respective markets. Recent IPO's of such companies include: Actuate, iPass, Portal Software, UUNET/MCI-WorldCom, and Veritas. Prior to co-founding Accel Partners, Arthur was General Partner of Adler & Company. He started in venture capital at Citicorp Venture Capital. At Citicorp, he also managed a fund of publicly traded equities and was on the Equity Committee of Citicorp's Investment management Group. Previously, Mr Patterson worked in Washington for the International office of the US Treasury Department - International Monetary, Trade and Development Policy. Mr Patterson is currently on the Boards of the following private companies: Arcot Systems (Authentication Security); Coremetrics (web analysis); Counterpane (Security Monitoring and Response); Integral Development (FX and Derivative Trading Systems); Valista (Payment Systems); Iron Planet (On-line Construction Equipment MarketPlace); MetroPCS (PCS Services for 23 million POP's in San Francisco, Sacramento, Atlanta, Miami); Noosh ( Print life cycle management); Rapt (Pricing Management) and Savi Technology ( RFID Supply Chain Management). Mr Patterson served as the President of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists and a Director of the National Venture Capital Association. Mr Patterson holds an AB and MBA from Harvard.