Biography
Ned Hill has nearly 20 years of experience as an operator, consultant, and investor in technology companies, with a particular focus on communications, computing, and data center technologies. Prior to joining DFJ Mercury, Ned was a Director with Sternhill Partners, a Texas-based early-stage venture capital firm, where he worked closely with pioneering start-ups in several important emerging markets, including WiMAX (Navini Networks, acquired by Cisco); blade servers (RLX Technologies, acquired by Hewlett-Packard); and virtualization (Surgient). Prior to Sternhill, Ned was with BellSouth Internet Services where he was in charge of broadband operations during the initial deployment and growth phases of BellSouth's high-speed DSL and fiber optic Internet service. Before BellSouth, Ned worked with McKinsey & Company as a management consultant, focusing primarily on the communications industry; BroadBand Technologies, a start-up fiber-in-the-loop, telecom equipment manufacturer that went public in 1992, where he managed deployments throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico; Alcatel Network Systems; and Siecor Corporation, a fiber optic cable manufacturer owned by Siemens and Corning.
Ned currently serves on the board of directors of ActaCell, in innovator of next-generation high power lithium ion battery technology; on the board of directors for the Texas Venture Capital Association; and on the advisory boards of the Rice Alliance for Technology & Entrepreneurship and the Houston Technology Center's IT Screening Committee
Ned earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University and a Master of Business Administration from The Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College where he was named an Edward Tuck Scholar.
