Peter J. Barris is the Managing General Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA), which is a leading venture capital firm focused  on helping entrepreneurs create and build new enterprises that use technology for it’s growth. NEA focuses on investments in all the stages of a company’s development. It was founded in 1978. Mr. Barris served as Managing General Partner of New Enterprise Associates, LLC, or NEA, since 1999. He has been with NEA since 1992, and he serves as an executive officer, General Partner of various NEA entities. He received his MBA from Dartmouth College and bachelors in Electrical Engineering from Northwestern University.

Mr. Barris specializes in information technology companies and works at the firm’s Reston office. Barris serves on the board of directors for the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association, Innerworkings, Inc., the National Venture Capital Association and Venture Philanthropy Partners. He was a Director at UUNET Technologies, Broadview Networks, AMISYS, CareerBuilder, Mobius Management Systems, SALIX Technologies, and Tripod. He is also a Member of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University, the Board of Overseers of the Tuck School at Dartmouth College and the Board of Advisors of the Tuck’s Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship at Dartmouth College.

Peter  Barris’ journey:

• He joined G.E (General Electric) in the year 1977 and held various management positions including Vice President and General Manager at GE Information Services upto 1985.
• Later he joined as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Systems Software Division at UCCEL Corp, the name that the University Computing Company was changed to. UCC Corp is a data processing service bureau.
• Later he joined LEGENT as President and COO and served in those positions upto the year 1992.
• Finally in 1992 he joined in NEA as General Partner and became Managing General Partner in 1999.