Mr. O’Brien is a General Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners and focuses on investment opportunities in digital media, datacenter infrastructure, and semiconductors. Previously, he worked in product management at CIENA (formerly Lightera Networks), where he participated in the launch of the CoreDirector, the industry's leading intelligent optical switch. Prior to CIENA, Mr. O’Brien served as an associate at InterWest Partners where he focused on communications and software investments, and as an analyst at Morgan Stanley in the telecom mergers and acquisitions group. Mr. O’Brien has also worked as a marketing consultant for several startups, including Aperto Networks and PlaceWare (acquired by Microsoft). He holds an AB magna cum laude in Economics from Harvard and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. |