Frank Chen
Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
Frank Chen
Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
Belmont, California
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2009 - Current
Helping entrepreneurs build software companies that are eating the world
VP of Products & UI Design
2007 - 2009
My company Opsware was acquired by HP Software in August 2007.
VP of Products and UI Design
2003 - 2007
Leads the (inbound) product management, (outbound) product marketing and user interaction (UI) design team which defines, markets, and ships Opsware™ automation software, now part of HP Software. Focus on defining the capabilities of the overall product offering through clear, compelling, and up-to-date PRDs, UI designs, product roadmap, and other documents. Enables the sales force to compete effectively to close enterprise deals.
Sr. Director, West Coast Operations
2001 - 2003
Built and managed infrastructure-as-a-service for marquee brands such as Fox News, Fox Sports, Nike, Fandango, Blockbuster, and others. Managed awesome customer-focused team of project managers, system administrators, and system architects.
VP of Product Development
1999 - 2001
Hired and managed a team of user experience designers, graphic designers, product managers, HTML producers, writers, and editors for this consumer-facing Web site
Director of Product Management
1995 - 1999
Led a cross-functional team that defined, shipped, and marketed Netscapes award-winning LDAP directory (Netscape Directory Server) and security products (Netscape Certificate Server)
Product Manager
1994 - 1995
Deployed Oracle Media Server software at Tele-TV and Bell Atlantic Video Services. Eventually transitioned to do product management for Oracle's interactive TV software suite.
Senior Technical Writer
1992 - 1994
Wrote PenPoint Software Developer's Kit documentation
Education
B.S.
1988 - 1992
High school diploma
1984 - 1988