Mr Ron Bernal

KANDO id: 5187

Bio

Ron is an entrepreneur and business executive who spent the first 24 years of his career in the high-technology operating world and the last 15 years as a venture capitalist. He joined NEA in 2010 as a Venture Partner and focuses on information and software technology investments. He currently serves on the boards of Cohere Technologies, Fugue, Igneous Systems, Ketra, Kumu Networks, Luminate Wireless, Tigera, Uhana and Waltz Networks and works closely with Blue Jeans Network and Datavisor. Previous board memberships include Boulder Wind Power, Data Domain (acquired by EMC), Drobo (merged with Connected Data), Gainspeed (acquired by Nokia), HelioVolt, Leyden Energy (acquired by A123), LifeSize (acquired by Logitech), Indicative (acquired by Nimsoft), Nicira (acquired by VMware), ProStor (acquired by Imation and Tandberg) Redseal Systems and Solidfire (acquired by NetApp). Prior to NEA, Ron was a Partner at Sequel Venture Partners and led the firm's investments in HelioVolt and Buzzwire. Ron previously served as a Venture Partner at Sutter Hill Ventures, where he led the firm's investments in Data Domain, Drobo, ProStor, LifeSize, Indicative and Redseal Systems. Prior to Sutter Hill Ventures, he was Chief of Staff/COO for the Service Provider and Product Technology Group Businesses at Cisco. He joined Cisco as part of the Growth Networks acquisition in 2000, where he was President and CEO. Ron co-founded Growth Networks, an internet switching fabric company, in 1998 while serving as an entrepreneur-in-residence at NEA. Prior to working with NEA, he spent more than seven years with Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) in roles including Senior Vice president and General Manager of the $1 billion-plus server division and President of the MIPS group, the microprocessor subsidiary of SGI. Ron was also Vice President of Engineering and COO of Edge Computer, a computer company he co-founded in 1983. Ron also serves on the boards of Colorado School of Mines Advisory and Colorado State University Ventures. He holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from DeVry Institute of Technology.


Career


New Enterprise Associates Inc

Global venture capital firm focused on helping entrepreneurs build transformational businesses across multiple stages, sectors and geographies.
Focus areas: Technology, Software & Services, Systems.

Sequel Venture Partners

Venture capital firm
Partner (past)
Email: [email protected]

Education