| 词条 | John O'Farrell (venture capitalist) |
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| name = John O'Farrell | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Ireland | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = Irish | other_names = | known_for = General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz | alma_mater = University College Dublin (Bachelor of Electronic Engineering) Stanford Graduate School of Business {{small|(M.B.A.)}}| occupation = Venture capitalist }}John O’Farrell is an Irish venture capitalist at the Silicon Valley firm Andreessen Horowitz, which he joined in June 2010 as its third general partner.[1] He serves on the boards of PagerDuty, Slack,[2] Factual, GoodData,[3] Granular,[4] IFTTT, ItsOn and the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties.[5] Early life and educationBorn in Ireland, O’Farrell has a Bachelor of Electronic Engineering from University College Dublin and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he graduated as an Arjay Miller Scholar.[6] Early careerFrom 1997 to 2001, O’Farrell was Senior Vice President of International for @Home Network (later Excite@Home), where he led the launch of broadband Internet services through joint venture subsidiaries in the Benelux countries,[7] Australia[8] and Japan.[9] Prior to @Home, O’Farrell held general management, marketing and consulting positions in the United States and Europe with US WEST, Telecom Ireland, Booz Allen Hamilton, the European Commission, Digital Equipment Corp. and Siemens.[6] From 2001 to 2007, O’Farrell was Executive Vice President, Business Development for Opsware Inc., which was initially known as Loudcloud and was one of the first companies to offer Software as a Service and cloud computing services.[10] With CEO Ben Horowitz, O’Farrell negotiated Loudcloud’s 2002 exit from the services business and its emergence as a server automation software company named Opsware with a $52 million initial contract from EDS.[11] Over the subsequent five years, O’Farrell led the expansion of Opsware’s product line into asset-management, networking,[12] storage[13] and runbook automation[14] through four acquisitions as well as overseas partnerships with NEC Corp.[15] and NTT Communications.[16] In February 2006, O’Farrell negotiated Opsware’s multi-million dollar distribution agreement with Cisco Systems, which was generating $5 million in quarterly revenue for Cisco by Q4 of that year.[17] O’Farrell and Horowitz orchestrated a process involving 10 potential acquirers that resulted in the sale of Opsware to Hewlett-Packard for $1.65 billion in June 2007.[18] O’Farrell joined smart grid networking company Silver Spring Networks in January 2008 as Executive Vice President, Business Development.[19] O’Farrell led the company’s $90 million Series D fundraising led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Google; its expansion into Europe, Latin America and Asia; and its acquisition of Greenbox Technology.[20] PhilanthropyIn April 2012, O'Farrell along with Andreessen Horowitz General Partners Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, Peter Levine, Jeff Jordan, and Scott Weiss pledged to give half of their lifetime income from venture capital to charity.[21] References1. ^{{cite news|last=Swisher|first=Kara|title=The Not-Marc-and-Ben GP–aka John O'Farrell–at Andreessen Horowitz Speaks!|url=https://allthingsd.com/20101104/the-not-marc-and-ben-gp-aka-john-ofarrell-at-andreessen-horowitz-speaks/|accessdate=21 September 2012|newspaper=All Things D|date=4 November 2010}} 2. ^{{cite news|last=Geron|first=Tomio|title=Tiny Speck Lands $10.7M From Accel Partners and Andreessen Horowitz|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2011/04/12/260/|accessdate=21 September 2012|newspaper=Forbes|date=12 April 2012}} 3. ^{{cite web|last=Boonin|first=Sam|title=GoodData Secures $15 Million Funding, Adds Andreessen Horowitz and Google Executives to the Board|url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/8/prweb8728382.htm|work=The GoodData Blog|publisher=GoodData.com|accessdate=21 September 2012}} 4. ^{{cite news|last=James|first=Andrew|title=Solum: One Foot in Silicon Valley, the Other in the Field|url=http://pandodaily.com/2012/06/28/solum-one-foot-in-silicon-valley-the-other-in-the-field/|accessdate=21 September 2012|newspaper=Pando Daily|date=28 June 2012}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Board of Directors|url=http://www.shfb.org/boardofdirectors|publisher=Second Harvest Food Bank|accessdate=21 September 2012}} 6. ^1 {{cite web|title=John O'Farrell|url=http://www.crunchbase.com/person/john-ofarrell|work=CrunchBase|publisher=TechCrunch|accessdate=22 September 2012}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=Commission clears joint venture @Home Benelux B.V.|url=http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/98/825&format=HTML&aged=1&language=EN&guiLanguage=en|work=Press Releases|publisher=Europa.eu|accessdate=22 September 2012}} 8. ^{{cite news|last=Grice|first=Corey|title=Excite@Home strikes a deal down under|url=http://news.cnet.com/ExciteHome-strikes-a-deal-down-under/2100-1033_3-226912.html|accessdate=22 September 2012|newspaper=CNET|date=11 February 1999}} 9. ^{{cite web|date=June 19, 2000|title=@Home Expands Abroad|url=http://www.internetnews.com/isp-news/article.php/397271/Home+Expands+Abroad.htm|work=Internet News|publisher=InternetNews.com|accessdate=22 September 2012}} 10. ^{{cite web|last=Sheff|first=David|title=Crank It Up|url=https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.08/loudcloud_pr.html|work=Feature Article|publisher=Wired|accessdate=22 September 2012}} 11. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.crn.com/news/channel-programs/18828518/eds-to-acquire-loudcloud-hosting-business.htm|title=EDS to Acquire Loudcloud Hosting Business|last=|first=|date=17 June 2002|newspaper=CRN|accessdate=22 September 2012|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}} 12. ^{{cite news|last=Dubie|first=Denise|title=Opsware to acquire Rendition Networks|url=http://www.informationweek.com/news/16600035|accessdate=22 September 2012|newspaper=Network World|date=2 December 2004}} 13. ^{{cite news|last=Dubie|first=Denise|title=Opsware set to buy Creekpath Systems|url=http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/071106-opsware-buy-creekpath.html|accessdate=22 September 2012|newspaper=Network World|date=11 July 2006|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905220759/http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/071106-opsware-buy-creekpath.html|archivedate=5 September 2013|df=}} 14. ^{{cite news|last=Gonsalves|first=Antone|title=Data Center Software Maker Opsware Acquires IConclude|url=http://www.informationweek.com/data-center-software-maker-opsware-acqui/197800631|accessdate=22 September 2012|date=6 March 2007|work=Information Week}} 15. ^{{cite web|title=NEC to Resell Opsware Software in Japan|url=http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/nec-to-resell-opsware-software-in-japan|work=TheWHIR.com|publisher=Whir Magazine|accessdate=22 September 2012}} 16. ^{{cite web|title=NTT Communications to Be Flagship Customer in Asia Pacific for Opsware Network Automation System; Further Strengthens NTT Com's Leadership in Data Center Automation and Utility Computing|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20050518005311/en/NTT-Communications-Flagship-Customer-Asia-Pacific-Opsware|work=News Release|publisher=Business Wire|accessdate=22 September 2012}} 17. ^{{cite web|title=Opsware Targets BMC and CA|url=http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/877829/opsware_targets_bmc_and_ca/|work=Technology News|publisher=Red Orbit|accessdate=22 September 2012}} 18. ^{{cite web|title=Tony Baer on HP's Acquisition of Opsware|url=http://www.ebizq.net/topics/process_monitoring/features/8285.html|work=Process Monitoring|publisher=ebizQ|accessdate=22 September 2012}} 19. ^{{cite web|title=John O’Farrell Joins Silver Spring Network As Executive Vice President of Business Development|url=http://www.silverspringnet.com/newsevents/pr-011508.html#.UCGOFshWrms|work=News & Events|publisher=Silver Spring Networks|accessdate=22 September 2012}} 20. ^{{cite web|title=Silver Spring Networks: The Cisco of Smart Grid?|url=http://gigaom.com/cleantech/silver-springs-the-cisco-of-smart-grid/|work=CleanTech|publisher=GigaOM|accessdate=22 September 2012}} 21. ^{{cite web|last=McBride|first=Sarah|title=Andreessen Horowitz partners pledge income to charity|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/25/us-andreessenhorowitz-charity-idUSBRE83O1CV20120425|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=3 August 2012}} External links{{Commonscat|John O'Farrell|John O'Farrell}}
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