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Frank Chen

Partner at Andreessen Horowitz

Belmont, California

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $50,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $50,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $10,000,000.00

Work Experience

  • Partner

    2009

    Helping entrepreneurs build software companies that are eating the world

2007 - 2009

  • VP of Products & UI Design

    2007 - 2009

    My company Opsware was acquired by HP Software in August 2007.

2003 - 2007

  • VP of Products and UI Design

    2003 - 2007

    Leads the (inbound) product management, (outbound) product marketing and user interaction (UI) design team which defines, markets, and ships Opsware™ automation software, now part of HP Software. Focus on defining the capabilities of the overall product offering through clear, compelling, and up-to-date PRDs, UI designs, product roadmap, and other documents. Enables the sales force to compete effectively to close enterprise deals.

2001 - 2003

  • Sr. Director, West Coast Operations

    2001 - 2003

    Built and managed infrastructure-as-a-service for marquee brands such as Fox News, Fox Sports, Nike, Fandango, Blockbuster, and others. Managed awesome customer-focused team of project managers, system administrators, and system architects.

1999 - 2001

  • VP of Product Development

    1999 - 2001

    Hired and managed a team of user experience designers, graphic designers, product managers, HTML producers, writers, and editors for this consumer-facing Web site

  • Director of Product Management

    1995 - 1999

    Led a cross-functional team that defined, shipped, and marketed Netscape’s award-winning LDAP directory (Netscape Directory Server) and security products (Netscape Certificate Server)

1994 - 1995

  • Product Manager

    1994 - 1995

    Deployed Oracle Media Server software at Tele-TV and Bell Atlantic Video Services. Eventually transitioned to do product management for Oracle's interactive TV software suite.

1992 - 1994

  • Senior Technical Writer

    1992 - 1994

    Wrote PenPoint Software Developer's Kit documentation