Board of Directors
Fredric W. Harman
Managing Partner, Oak Investment PartnersFred joined Oak as a General Partner in 1994 and focuses primarily on consumer Internet and Internet new media. He currently serves on the Boards of Pluck, Aspect Software, Connexus Corporation, FRS, Knowledge Networks, Limelight Networks, RazorGator, Rearden Commerce, Reunion.com, Shop.com, Sutherland Global Services, Talisma and U.S. Auto Parts.
Fred has also led investments in aQuantive, Allyes (acquired by Focus Media), Campus Pipeline (acquired by SCT), Fastclick (acquired by ValueClick), Captura (acquired by Concur), Cobalt, Exodus, ILOG, IMS (acquired by Celestica) Inktomi, Pivotal, Primus Knowledge Solutions, Qpass (acquired by Amdocs), Quintus (acquired by Avaya), Sanmina/SCI, SportsGG and SPSS.
Prior to Oak, Fred served as General Partner for Morgan Stanley's Venture Capital Group. His previous experience also includes business development at Hughes Communications, where he helped form the predecessor to DirecTV.
Fred earned an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business and a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, where he was a Hughes Fellow. He is also a co-owner of the Golden State Warriors and a Trustee of Sacred Heart Schools.
