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Neal Harris

Angel Investor

Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $3,000,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $7,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $5,000,000.00

Education

Work Experience

  • Angel Investor

    2018

    Recent private placement investments include: Pickle4 (new owner US Open for Pickleball in Naples, FL), Angel Studios Accelerator Fund & Designer Wellness.

  • Limited Partner

    2012

    Investor in Alta Ventures Fund I.

  • Limited Partner

    2000

    Investor in vSpring Fund I and Fund II, which were acquired by Signal Peak.

2014 - 2018

  • Vice-President, Worldwide Sales

    2014 - 2018

    EyeDetect was invented by the team of world-renowned scientists at the University of Utah. Companies that deploy EyeDetect create a "trust culture" and significantly improve their ability to protect against theft and loss.

  • VP, Enterprise Sales

    2013 - 2014

2011 - 2012

  • Global Account Manager, LDS Church

    2011 - 2012

  • Director/Vice-President, Sales

    2000 - 2011

    I originally managed sales teams covering a 6 state region - WA, OR, ID, MT, UT, & WY. Ultimately, I managed US sales for Foundry's Layer 4/7 business throughout the Americas. Foundry sold for ~$3 billion to Brocade in cash shortly before the 2008 market crash.

  • Director, Western Region Sales

    1997 - 1999

    Gigabit ethernet pioneer - sold to Alcatel USA for $325 million in the spring of 1999.

  • Sales Representative

    1996 - 1997

    Ascend was one of the most successful technology startups in Silicon Valley, selling to Lucent for $24 billion in June of 1999.

  • Sales Representative

    1990 - 1996

    SynOptics invented 10BASE-T ethernet, which became the dominant technology for enterprise and internet computer networking. Company merged Wellfleet to form Bay Networks and then sold to Northern Telecom.