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Ron Bernal

Venture Partner at New Enterprise Associates

Longmont, Colorado

Overview

Work Experience

  • Venture Partner

    2010 - Current

    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 21 years as a venture capitalist. He joined NEA in 2010 as a Venture Partner and focuses on infrastructure software investments. He currently serves on the boards of Cohere Technologies, Gladly, Miim, and SmartCar and works closely with Tigera. Previous board memberships include Big Data Federation, Blue Jeans Network (acquired by Verizon), Boulder Wind Power, Data Domain (acquired by EMC), Datrium (acquired by VMware), Drobo (acquired by Connected Data), Gainspeed (acquired by Nokia), HelioVolt, Igneous Systems (acquired by Rubrik), IonQ (public), Ketra (acquired by Lutron), Kumu, 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, Solidfire (acquired by NetApp), Splashtop and Uhana (acquired by VMware).

  • Partner

    2006 - 2010

    Ron was a Partner at Sequel Venture Partners where he focused on cleantech, enterprise infrastructure and enterprise software investments. While at Sequel, he led the firm's investments in HelioVolt and Buzzwire

  • Venture Partner

    2002 - 2006

    Ron 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.

  • VP of Operations for SP Line of Business and Chief Development Officer

    2000 - 2002

    Ron worked for Cisco Systems as Vice President of Operations for the Product Technology Groups and the Service Provider Line of Business. He joined Cisco following the acquisition of Growth Networks in 2000

  • President, CEO

    1998 - 2000

    Ron was President/CEO and co-founder of Growth Networks, an Internet switching fabric company, founded in1998 while he was serving as an entrepreneur-in-residence (EIR) at NEA.

  • SVP and General Manager

    1990 - 1998

    Ron 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.

  • VP of Engineering and COO

    1983 - 1990

    Ron was Vice President of Engineering and COO of Edge Computer, a computer company he co-founded in 1983

Education

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