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Neal Harris

Investor at Neal Harris Investments

Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area

Overview 

Neal Harris is an experienced Angel Investor based in the Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area, with a background in sales, enterprise communications, and network architecture. With a Bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University, Neal has held significant roles such as Vice-President of Worldwide Sales at Converus and VP of Enterprise Sales at Jive Communications/LogMeIn Inc. Highlights of Neal's career include his role as a Limited Partner at Alta Ventures Mexico and Signal Peak Ventures, as well as his experience as a Global Account Manager at Cisco Systems.

Work Experience 

Neal Harris Investments

  • 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.

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Alta Ventures Mexico

  • Limited Partner

    2012

    Investor in Alta Ventures Fund I.

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Signal Peak Ventures

  • Limited Partner

    2000

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

vSpring is a traditional early-stage venture capital firm with over $350 million of committed capital under management.

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Converus

  • 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.

Converus provides scientifically validated credibility assessment technologies.

Raised $12,162,454.00 from Alta Ventures Mexico, MolecularCloud, Alta Ventures Mexico, Album VC, MHS Capital and Kickstart.

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Jive Comunications / LogMeIn Inc.

  • VP, Enterprise Sales

    2013 - 2014

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Cisco Systems

  • Global Account Manager, LDS Church

    2011 - 2012

Cisco DevNet is your source for everything developer at Cisco Systems.

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Foundry Networks / Brocade

  • 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.

Packet Engines / Alcatel

  • Director, Western Region Sales

    1997 - 1999

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

Ascend Communications / Lucent

  • 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.

SynOptics Communications / Bay Networks / Nortel

  • 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.

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