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Gary Little

Partner

Gary was named to the 2008 and 2009 Forbes Midas 100 lists honoring the most successful and influential people in venture capital. He focuses on Internet services and software investments. His investments include NexTag (2/3 acq. by Providence Equity), Netli (acq. by Akamai), TimesTen (acq. by Oracle) and KnowledgeNet (acq. by Thompson). Gary currently serves on the boards of Adara Media, Evernote, Jaspersoft, Mule Soft, NexTag, PeopleMatter, Rhythm NewMedia and Voltage Security. He is a board observer and assists with Morgenthaler’s investments in Practice Fusion and Lending Club.

Gary joined Morgenthaler Ventures in 1997. Previously, he served in several roles at Apple Computer, including SVP of Apple’s Power Macintosh Division, VP Sales Americas, and Sr. Dir of Marketing for Apple’s Pacific division (China, Japan, Asia, Latin America, Canada).

Previously, Gary spent seven years at Sun Microsystems as Director of Product Marketing, Director of Asia Pacific Marketing (including a posting in Hong Kong), and as Group Manager of Industry Marketing. Before Sun, he held sales and marketing positions at IBM. Gary began his career as an IC design engineer for TRW’s microelectronics research labs. Gary earned an MBA from Harvard University and a BSEE from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Education:

Harvard (M.B.A.), U.C.L.A. (B.S.E.E.).

Board Seats:

 

  • Adara Media
  • Evernote
  • Jaspersoft
  • MuleSoft
  • NexTag
  • PeopleMatter
  • Rhythm NewMedia
  • Voltage Security

 

Focus:

Internet services and software

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