Peter Bell, General Partner at Highland Capital Partners
Peter Bell serves on the Virtual Computer Board of Directors and is a General Partner at Highland Capital Partners. Peter has worked with and invested in companies through the technology sector, including companies in the information security, e-commerce, data center infrastructure, enterprise software and communications industries.
Prior to joining Highland Capital Partners, Peter was Managing Director and founder of Stowe Capital, LLC, which specialized in providing capital and management expertise to emerging growth companies.
Before establishing Stowe Capital in 2002, Peter was the co-founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of StorageNetworks, an information storage software and services company, where he took the company from pioneering concept to over $120 million in annual revenue in three years. Peter closed six rounds of equity capital financing, totaling over $700 million, including a successful IPO for StorageNetworks in June, 2000.
Earlier in his career, Peter held positions in marketing, operations and sales at EMC and played a key role in building and managing their Open Storage Group, a major growth engine for EMC.
Peter has BS in Accounting from Boston College, an MBA from Harvard Business School and an Honorary Doctorate from Babson College.
