Jeff Drazan

Bio

Jeff oversees Business Services, Manufacturing & Operations and Technology investments. Jeff was previously a co-founder and Managing Director of Sierra Ventures, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm with $1.5 billion under management. Prior to Sierra, Jeff served in a variety of operations and R&D management positions at both AT&T and Bell Laboratories. Jeff has served as a Director of Centex Telemanagement (CNTX – Acquired by MFS), Stratacom (STRM – Acquired by Cisco), On Assignment (ASGN), Micromuse (MUSE – Acquired by IBM), ConvergeNet (Acquired by Dell), Combinet (Acquired by Cisco), Quinta (Acquired by Seagate), Vertel (VRTL), ParAcer (Acquired by Stratos Lightwave), FrontBridge (Acquired by MicroSoft), Sychip (Acquired by Murata), Micro Power (Acquired by Westin Presidio) and Digital Generation Systems (DGIT). He currently serves as a Director of numerous public and private companies, including American Fiber Systems, Valere Power, Theravance (THRX), Element Labs, and AuthorHouse. New York University, MBA, Stern School of Business Administration. Princeton University, Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering.