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Geoff Harris

Investor

General Partner at Flying Fish Ventures

Seattle, Washington

Writes $500K – $2M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Geoff Harris, an early AI/ML specialist who leveraged Pacific Northwest talent, has 15 years leading speech recognition and NLP at Microsoft (Xbox, Cortana) and personally invested in 40+ startups.

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Invests in

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareHardware

Experience

  1. Flying Fish PartnersCo-Founder, Managing Partnercurrent2016 — presentGreater Seattle Area
  2. Placements.ioInvestorcurrent2014 — presentGreater Seattle Area
  3. Self EmployedAngel Investor, Advisorcurrent2013 — present
  4. MicrosoftPartner Group Program Manager - Bing Speech and NLP2012 — 2013
  5. MicrosoftGeneral Manager - Speech@Microsoft2010 — 2012
  6. MicrosoftGeneral Manager - Mobile Services2007 — 2010
  7. MicrosoftProduct Unit Manager - Zune2007
  8. MicrosoftProduct Unit Manager - Windows Media Player2003 — 2007
  9. MicrosoftProgram Manager1998 — 2003
  10. Andersen ConsultingConsultant1994 — 1998

Education

  1. Brown UniversityBA, Political Science1990 — 1994

Skills & more

Cloud Computing25Product Planning11SaaS30Product Management30Demand Generation1Software Development10Scalability2Partner Management4Strategic Partnerships5Go-to-market Strategy14Mobile Devices11Sales Enablement1
+12 moreEnterprise SoftwareMobile TechnologyConsultingSoftware DesignSoftware EngineeringDistributed SystemsMobile ApplicationsCross-functional Team LeadershipSoftware as a Service (SaaS)StrategyBig DataSoftware Project Management

From Geoff's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Brown University327

Theresia GouwFounding Partner at Acrew CapitalAlexis AbramsPartner, General Counsel at Felicis VenturesJohn KimInvestor Relations at General CatalystAli Fisher SweetInvestor at Index VenturesMark GoldbergInvestor at Index VenturesKarim FarisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)

+ 321 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Placements.io1

Joe ApprendiGeneral Partner at Revel Partners

Also worked at Microsoft737

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesWesley ChanInvestor at Felicis VenturesQuentin ClarkInvestment Team at General Catalyst

+ 731 more

Also worked at Andersen Consulting613

Mark SusterManaging Partner at Upfront VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesJulie YangVice President at InvestcorpAmira OujiVice President of Platform & Portfolio Success, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionAntonio GrifoniAssociate at P101 VenturesWendy XiaoPartner at Northzone

+ 607 more

Investments

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Per the firm's website.

Colleagues at Flying Fish Ventures

Adriane Brown
Managing Partner at Flying Fish Ventures
Frank Chang
Managing Partner at Flying Fish Ventures
Heather Gorham
Principal at Flying Fish Ventures
Heather Redman
Managing Partner at Flying Fish Ventures
Lisa Nelson
Venture Partner at Flying Fish Ventures
Malyun Abdullahi
Chief of Staff at Flying Fish Ventures
Tiffany Linke-Boyko
Principal at Flying Fish Ventures
Tri Tran
CFO at Flying Fish Ventures

Network1

Frank Chang
Managing Partner at Flying Fish Ventures

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