Jeffrey McCarthy

Jeff is a Bluespec board member representing the investment in their company from North Bridge Venture Partners. Jeff previously supported Nasuni Founder Andres Rodriguez in his previous venture, Archivas, which was acquired by Hitachi Data Systems.

Jeff was also a lead investor in A123, an advanced battery maker that achieved a successful initial public offering. Prior to becoming an investor, Jeff had a distinguished career in sales and operations.

As President and CEO of New Oak Communications, a leading provider of extranet access switches, he oversaw all operations and shepherded the company through its acquisition by Bay Networks. Jeff stayed on after the acquisition as VP and General Manager of the Access Division.

Before New Oak, Jeff was VP of Sales and Business Development at Cadia Networks, a developer of ATM concentrator products for the service provider marketplace. Jeff also held various senior management positions earlier in his career, including VP of Carrier Operations at Wellfleet Communications/Bay Networks.

A magna cum laude graduate of Northeastern University, School of Management, Jeff received his MBA degree from Bentley College.