Neal Harris

Angel Investor

2018 - Current

Recent private placement investments include: Pickle4 (new owner US Open for Pickleball in Naples, FL), Angel Studios Accelerator Fund & Designer Wellness.

Limited Partner

2012

Investor in Alta Ventures Fund I.

Limited Partner

2000

Investor in vSpring Fund I and Fund II, which were acquired by Signal Peak.

Vice-President, Worldwide Sales

2014 - 2018

EyeDetect was invented by the team of world-renowned scientists at the University of Utah. Companies that deploy EyeDetect create a "trust culture" and significantly improve their ability to protect against theft and loss.

VP, Enterprise Sales

2013 - 2014

Global Account Manager, LDS Church

2011 - 2012

Director/Vice-President, Sales

2000 - 2011

I originally managed sales teams covering a 6 state region - WA, OR, ID, MT, UT, & WY. Ultimately, I managed US sales for Foundry's Layer 4/7 business throughout the Americas. Foundry sold for ~$3 billion to Brocade in cash shortly before the 2008 market crash.

Director, Western Region Sales

1997 - 1999

Gigabit ethernet pioneer - sold to Alcatel USA for $325 million in the spring of 1999.

Sales Representative

1996 - 1997

Ascend was one of the most successful technology startups in Silicon Valley, selling to Lucent for $24 billion in June of 1999.

Sales Representative

1990 - 1996

SynOptics invented 10BASE-T ethernet, which became the dominant technology for enterprise and internet computer networking. Company merged Wellfleet to form Bay Networks and then sold to Northern Telecom.