Matthew Howard
Venture Capitalist. Focus on communication and storage systems, embedded systems, semiconductors, mobile/wireless, security/rich media. Current investments/boards: Avere, ConteXtream, MobileIron, Omneon, Retrevo, Spectra Linear, Summit Micro.
| Headline: | Investor |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Website: | http://www.nvp.com |
| Groups: | 2011 UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition, 2012 UC Berkeley Startup Competition, Ignite Clean Energy (ICE), UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition 2009-2010, [INACTIVE] UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition 2008-2009 |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Investing in projects, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Professional opportunities, Supporting my investments |
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Matt Howard
General Partner
Norwest Venture Partners (NVP)
Matt brings over 20 years of experience in marketing, product management, engineering, business development, and sales in a wide range of technologies to Norwest Venture Partners. Matt has appeared on the Forbes Midas List as a top 100 dealmaker for three years.
Matt focuses his efforts on communication and storage systems, embedded systems, semiconductors, mobile/wireless, security and rich media. He currently serves on the board of Avere Systems, ConteXtream, MobileIron, Omneon, Retrevo, Spectra Linear and Summit Microelectronics. He is a board observer for his most recent investment, ShotSpotter. Previously, Matt was on the board of Airespace (acquired by Cisco Systems), Reconnex (acquired by McAfee), Skystream Networks (acquired by Tandberg Television), Spinnaker Networks (acquired by Network Appliance), Swan Labs (acquired by F5 Networks) and Webstacks (acquired by Extreme Networks). Matt is a board observer with FireEye. He was a board observer with Veraz Networks (Nasdaq: VRAZ), Yipes (acquired by Reliance/Flag Telecom) and ZettaCom (acquired by IDT). He previously served on the board of the Wireless Communications Alliance (WCA).
Prior to joining the firm in 2000, Matt held a number of senior positions with Cisco's IOS organization and the Internet Business Unit. He established Cisco's security and VPN strategy, situated Cisco as the leading firewall appliance manufacturer, and launched the first load-balancing product.
Previously, Matt was vice president of marketing at Vertical Communications, where he focused on voice over IP and launched the first MGCP enabled media gateway. In addition, Matt has held various positions at Digital Equipment Corporation, BDM International, and Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN) Communications Corporation. He began his career as a cryptological analyst with the U.S. Naval Security Group.
Matt holds a bachelor of business administration, with an emphasis in information systems, and a master of science degree in telecommunications management, in addition to two patents.
For additional information, please visit www.nvp.com.
