Forest Baskett
Special Partner·New Enterprise Associates
Bio
Professional summary
Forest Baskett is a Special Partner at NEA focused on technology investing and has been with the firm since 1999. He holds board positions at private companies and has seen several investments become public companies. Before NEA, he was Senior Vice President of R&D and Chief Technology Officer at Silicon Graphics and founded Digital Equipment Corporation's Western Research Laboratory.
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- New Enterprise AssociatesSpecial Partner1999 – Present
- Silicon GraphicsSenior Vice President of R&D and Chief Technology Officer
- Digital Equipment CorporationFounder and Director, Western Research Laboratory
- Stanford UniversityProfessor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Education
- University of Texas at AustinPhD, Computer Science
- Rice UniversityBA, Mathematics
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