Why We Invest in Startups

Dr. Patrick Pfeffer
Sr. Director of Growth Strategy and Venture Investments Juniper Networks

Cerent Engineering Science Complex, Salazar Hall 2009A
4:00 PM

Abstract – Juniper Networks is a networking equipment vendor based in Sunnyvale, CA. Since its creation in 1996 and IPO in 1999, Juniper has been an active strategic corporate venture investor to accompany its organic growth. The talk will provide an overview of why, where and how Juniper invest in startups.

Dr. Patrick Pfeffer is Senior Director of Growth Strategy and Venture Investments at Juniper Networks where he spends most of his days thinking about the future of the Internet. Since joining Juniper in 2008 he has led Juniper's packet optical strategy and has developed the concept of next generation central office. Before joining Juniper, Patrick was a managing director for Detecon a management consulting firm, he worked also for Alcatel on access networks, for Gluon Networks on VoIP, and for Qwest on IPTV. Patrick started his career over 20 years ago as a professor at the University of Colorado in Boulder. He holds Ph.D. degree in computer science from Paris University.