Fred Sturgis serves as a Managing Director at H.I.G. Ventures where he
is primarily focused on enterprise software and services investments
for the firm. Fred has extensive experience advising software companies
throughout all stages of their growth, as well as consulting to Fortune
500 companies on large-scale software projects. Prior to joining
H.I.G., he was a vice president in the technology investment banking
group of J.P. Morgan H&Q (formerly Hambrecht & Quist) and was a
founding team member of H&Q's Atlanta office. At H&Q, Sturgis
was responsible for the firm's East Coast software practice, advising
clients on a variety of M&A and capital raising transactions and
sponsoring several principal investments through H&Q's $500 million
venture capital fund. Previously, he was with the investment banking
groups of both Alex Brown & Sons and Salomon Smith Barney. Sturgis
began his career with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), where he
managed operations strategy and technology initiatives for several
large clients, primarily in the high-tech and telecommunications
industries. Fred earned an MBA with Distinction from The Wharton School
of the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated as a Palmer
Scholar. In addition, he received a BS degree in Mathematics, Cum
Laude, from Furman University. Fred serves as a member of the Board of
Directors for Invistics, Nexidia, Savvion and VistaScape.
