Ned Hooper
Partner, Centerview Capital
Ned Hooper is a Founding Partner of Centerview Capital Technology and currently serves as its Managing Partner.
Ned brings over 20 years of operational and investment experience, leading growth technology businesses from the C-Suite and managing venture and growth capital investments. Prior to Centerview, Ned was Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Cisco. He drove the development of Cisco’s business vision and strategy to identify market transitions across customer segments and developed integrated strategies that leveraged all Cisco assets. As part of this role, he was responsible for business development activities including acquisitions, equity investments, and the incubation of innovative technologies.
Ned currently serves on the Board of Directors of Quantenna Communications; zSpace, a start-up driving innovation in immersive, holographic platforms; and as a Trustee for the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia. Prior investments include Think Big Analytics (acquired by Teradata).