Team

Fredric W. Harman, Managing Partner, joined Oak Investment Partners as a General Partner in 1994. Fred's primary investment focus is on Consumer Internet and Internet New Media. Fred is currently on the Boards of Aspect Software, Demand Media, Federated Media, FRS, Knowledge Networks, Limelight Networks, MyLife.com, RazorGator, Rearden Commerce, Shop.com, Sutherland Global Services, and U.S. Auto Parts. Fred has also led investments in aQuantive (acquired by Microsoft), Allyes (acquired by Focus Media), Campus Pipeline (acquired by SCT), Fastclick (acquired by ValueClick), Captura (acquired by Concur), Cobalt, Connexus (acquired by Epic Advertising) 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 worked for seven years with Morgan Stanley's Venture Capital Group where he was a General Partner. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Fred worked in Business Development at Hughes Communications where he was involved in the formation of the predecessor to DirecTV. Fred received 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. Fred is also a co-owner of the Golden State Warriors and a Trustee of Sacred Heart Schools.