John McGrath Chief Investment Officer (Operating Team)

John McGrath joined KPCB in 2009 as executive-in-residence and serves as the firm’s chief investment officer.

Before joining KPCB, John spent eight years as vice president and chief financial officer for Network Equipment Technologies, Inc., a Nasdaq-listed provider of communications hardware systems and software applications. His earlier career experience includes serving as vice president of finance for Aspect Communications, director of finance for TCSI Corp. and manager in the High Technology and Manufacturing practice at Ernst & Young.

John has served on the boards of two publicly-traded companies, Endwave Corp. and Actel Corp., in the capacity of audit committee chair and financial expert. He also served on the board of trustees of the Presidio Fund, a Morningstar five star-rated mutual fund. John is a registered certified public accountant (inactive) in the state of California. He holds a B.S. degree in accounting from the University of Wyoming and an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business.