Prior to joining Accel Partners, Avid worked in the Internet industry in startups and large technology companies in Silicon Valley.
Avid spent 3 years in product management at eBay. She launched eBay’s first suite of global online selling tools, Selling Manager and Selling Manager Pro, for which she holds a patent. She also led the design and launch of eBay’s Picture Services, a $40 million per year revenue generating business. Avid also worked at Skype Technologies and Tellme Networks in various product management roles.
Avid grew up in France until she moved to the Bay Area in 1996. She is fluent in English, French and Farsi, and conversant in German.
Avid holds a B.S. in Telecommunications Engineering and an M.S in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University, where she was a Mayfield Fellow and a member of the Cap and Gown Honor Society. She also holds an M.B.A. from Harvard University.
Avid is a member of the Kauffman Fellows Program.
